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...that the message adviser with the Texas-size twang and 'tude is based in the heart of Manhattan. Jim Ferguson, president of Young & Rubicam's New York City office and a Hico, Texas, native, heads up the collection of advertising talent that has been called in to turn its skill for selling Advil and Chicken McNuggets to selling the candidate--much as Reagan's "Tuesday Team" did in 1984. The Park Avenue Posse--named after the location of Ferguson's apartment, where the small group held its first six-hour meeting with advisers from Austin--has worked with the Bush...
...birthday parties as well as at fencing clubs and tournaments across the U.S. Since 1996 the number of registered members under 20 of the U.S. Fencing Association, the sport's governing body, has tripled, to 9,000. More than a third are girls. "It's graceful; it requires skill, strength and concentration," says Michael Massik, executive director of the USFA. "We don't have enough instructors for kids at clubs to meet the demand...
...would get winded driving these peaks, for Pete's sake. But instead of following Armstrong and his teammates over the cragged peaks of Europe, we're treated to ad nauseam stories about Tiger Woods, whose accomplishments are myriad, to be sure, but whose claim to greatness lies more with skill and mental determination rather than those combined with true athletic prowess...
What makes Tiger so good? He possesses a rare combination of strength, talent, brains, will. John Daly hits the ball as far as Tiger. Corey Pavin has shown as much shotmaking skill. Vijay Singh works as hard on his game. Ernie Els has as much poise under pressure. But no one combines these traits like Tiger. His long, high tee shots allow him to sail over the trees, bunkers, ponds and other obstacles that trap or deter lesser golfers. He routinely hits unreachable par-five holes in just two strokes. He can hit a soft, high nine-iron shot into...
...when we construct the nonbiological equivalents of human neuron clusters, we will almost certainly include built-in, quick-downloading ports. When one computer learns a skill or gains an insight, it will be able to share that wisdom immediately with billions of other machines...