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...cook who has been burned and another plays a man who carries a bunch of heavy stuff but refuses his co-worker's help. "That's OK, I've got it," he says - right before tripping down a hill. (That's when we learned how to construct a sling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Give Me the Paddles and — Clear! | 9/5/2000 | See Source »

...parents and shower invitees would do well to purchase a good diaper bag, a stout stroller and an infant carrier or sling--remembering that it's not necessary to bring a new baby home to a roomful of gadgets. A safe bed, a good car seat and loving and attentive parents beat products like the Mommy Bear with "real" heartbeat ($20) every time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worst Baby Gifts | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

David walked out to fight in a loincloth with a sling. Goliath stepped out in a 10-foot shimmer of bronze with a 20-foot spear. A group of men ran onto the plain and hog-tied David to make things fair...

Author: By Matthew F. Quirk, | Title: Keeping It a Fair Fight for Financial Aid | 3/10/2000 | See Source »

Some stories shouldn't be changed, some opponents don't need added advantage, and some fights just aren't fair. But try telling that to the consortium of colleges presently working to deprive prospective students of their right to bargain financial aid--their one sling strong enough to knock the towering cost of higher education to its knees...

Author: By Matthew F. Quirk, | Title: Keeping It a Fair Fight for Financial Aid | 3/10/2000 | See Source »

...Meadows, Oaklawn Park, Turf Paradise. Races go off like firecrackers on the Fourth, and watching four big-screen TVs and handicapping four sets of horses simultaneously induces a curiously pleasurable dizziness. I've seen a hobbled man pushing 80 scream for the duration of one race at Laurel, sling a wad of losing tickets into the air like confetti, then turn his attention to a stretch run at Santa Anita without missing a beat...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Endpaper: Lucky Strikes and Ascot Gavottes | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

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