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...seem less confident since the accident. You used to come across as a little cocky. Have you changed? I've learned that it's even?to put it your way?more cocky if you don't say anything. It's like Muhammad Ali (and the rope-a-dope strategy he used against George Foreman in Zaire)?that kind of cocky. I think he won more impressively doing that than if he'd come out swinging and KO'd Foreman in two minutes...
...Jump ropes have come a long way from the playground and boxing gym. Today you can find sleek bodies skipping rope in upscale health clubs from Manhattan to Hollywood. What's the appeal? It's a low-tech exercise that jump-starts the heart and burns more calories than most aerobics, according to the American Council on Exercise. It also delivers a full-body workout. "You end up working the tiniest muscles," says platinum-selling R.-and-B. singer Deborah Cox, who recently unveiled the new, more muscular body she attributes to her jump-rope routine. Renee Zellweger and Jennifer...
...Hirschfeld's lines had snap and swing - movement, like a jump-rope at top speed. Millions of lines over 80 years, and not one had an inappropriate stroke. There was drama in the contrast of those black lines on a white page - a bit less when it was reprinted on the Times' gray newsprint. Which is why you should look at his work in book form: the handsomely illustrated autobiography "Hirschfeld On Line," or, for about the price of a manicure, the Gotham-glorifying "Hirschfeld's New York" and the all-movie "Hirschfeld's Hollywood...
...These are the only people I’ve seen using a shovel instead of a rope to get out of a hole,” he quipped...
Keeping a low profile comes naturally to Cheney. He has little time for the public side of politics. He recoils at working a rope line, grimaces when his staff schedules him to speak at a campaign rally, bristles when forced to make small talk with anyone not on his mental list of people worth his time. Told earlier this year that his schedule included 30 minutes of schmoozing with small-bore donors after a fund-raising speech in the Midwest, Cheney curled his lip and, without even looking at the aide who delivered the news, said, "Make it five...