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...grand Texan tradition, George W. Bush, during his run for the Texan governorship, headed off into the woods in the middle of dove shooting season with rifle on shoulder and a pack of reporters following close upon his heels--no doubt to showcase his closeness to nature and the common man. In fact, Bush did shoot and bag a bird. Unfortunately, the bird had the audacity not to be a dove, but a killdee--a member of an endangered species no less...
Some companies and entrepreneurs are willing to shoulder the risk alone. Take Scott Martin, CEO of software developer diCarta in Redwood City, Calif. His firm will spend $4.5 million on R. and D. this year and claim a $100,000 tax credit. Martin readily admits he would be spending at his current pace even without the R.-and-D. credit. "We're a start-up," he says. "We have to spend, or we're dead...
More than 90% paralyzed and unable to speak by the time she came to Haven House, Lane controls her world by computer. The ALS Association of Georgia, with help from Lane's church, installed $2,000 worth of software in her omnipresent laptop. She can move her left shoulder enough to make her elbow control a mouse, allowing her to scroll through the alphabet--and communicate. Taped up on two walls of her room are one-page instructions to the staff that detail just how she is to be positioned at the computer and given drinks, including the angle...
...About two weeks before camp opened, I got a call from Hopkins' dad," Murphy said. "He called to report that Kris had sustained a serious shoulder injury and would need to be redshirted this season...
...With the trio of sophomore stars missing, five of their classmates remain to pick up the pieces. Ripmaster, for one, has already demonstrated an ability to shoulder some of the offensive load. Now a starter at midfielder, Ripmaster scored what proved to be the game-winning goal against Vermont last Friday...