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...than 15 or 20 m.p.h. and strike ice, hard-packed snow or another solid object with the head, they're likely to suffer severe injury, and again the presence of a helmet may not make much difference. It's in the middle area - at speeds that are neither very slow nor very fast - that a helmet can play the biggest role. The trick, of course, is that you never know when you're going to be in that gray zone, since even slow beginner skiers can lose control and speed up, and high-speed skiers have to slow down eventually...
...Physics makes things trickier still, causing different parts of the body to move at different speeds. Your skis or snowboard may be sliding along at a slow 10 m.p.h., but if you catch a tip or edge on something stationary, the rest of you plunges forward and accelerates. "The body acts as an inverted pendulum, so the upper body moves much faster than the lower body," says Shealy...
Though Maxwell Dworkin Café floor supervisor Donna R. Spears said she viewed the closing as “unexpected” and “disappointing,” she acknowledged that the café had many slow days, and that its limited hours—8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.—meant that many students turned to other options...
...record-setting clearance of 1.98 meters. Always aiming for further heights, Christensen improved substantially over the course of this year’s indoor season. With the help of her coaches, Christensen worked on improving her approach to the bar. “I’ve always had slow approach,” Christensen said. “My coach and I have been working on running faster the whole time. If I can get a good plant, then I really get into the air well.” “She’s a very technical...
...upset a lot of people in our upcoming matches.” FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 6, HARVARD 1 After battling Florida International in 90-degree, humid weather, the Crimson fell at No. 1, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 singles in straight sets. “We had a slow start, but the match was much closer than the score,” sophomore Samantha Rosekrans said. While finally seeing the sun and playing outdoors may have been a welcome adventure for the New Englanders, the wind and the heat proved to be unruly side effects that plagued Harvard throughout...