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...flat, one could equally well say that the apple fell on Newton's head because of gravity or that Newton's head hit the apple because he and the surface of the earth were accelerating upward. This equivalence between acceleration and gravity didn't seem to work for a round earth, however; people on the other side of the world would have to be accelerating in the opposite direction but staying at a constant distance from...
...Richard Kelso had fought to keep their only son Steven, 10, at home. They had long been advised to institutionalize the boy, who has cerebral palsy, uses a wheelchair, needs a ventilator to breathe and suffers from seizures. But aided by a team of nurses, the couple provided the round-the-clock care Steven needed. Still, the strain of medical crises can take its toll. Says Susanmarie Trout, a friend of the Kelsos and herself the mother of a severely disabled teenager: "You're always walking a thin line between being able to cope and losing...
...other low-impact calorie-burning activities. For example, a 140-pound woman burns 111 calories walking at a moderate pace for 30 minutes. That sort of exertion, on a regular basis, could result in a hefty weight loss - and would produce significantly less strain on relationships than a round-the-clock regimen of snapping, bubble-blowing and chewing...
...worldwide preemptive clampdown on suspected terrorists. A joint NYPD-FBI anti-terrorism task force arrested four men in Brooklyn Thursday on charges contained in a sealed indictment. One of the men has been linked with Ressam by phone records. U.S. officials have also supplied information to help governments abroad round up hundreds of suspected terrorists. Unless specific evidence emerges as a basis for trial, most are expected to be released early in the New Year. France used similar sweeping preemptive arrests in 1998 to successfully forestall GIA plans to mount terrorist attacks during the soccer World...
This was to be Rae Carruth's breakout season. The first-round NFL draft pick for the Carolina Panthers hadn't lived up to the promise he showed in 1997, when he led the league's rookie wideouts with 44 catches and 545 receiving yards. First, a broken foot kept him out for nearly all of the 1998 season; then he was sidelined by a sprained ankle in October. By last week, the only running the 25-year-old wide receiver could do was a graceless flight from charges that he conspired to murder his 6 1/2-months-pregnant girlfriend...