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...Sony continued to roll out variations on its theme, adding such innovations as AM/FM receivers, bass boost and auto-reverse on later models. Sony even made a solar-powered Walkman, water-resistant Sport Walkmans and even devices with two cassette drives. But cassettes, like any technology, weren't going to last forever. With the introduction of compact discs in 1982 the format began to go the way of the 8-track itself...
...features: protection and comfort. What this has meant in practice is that if you're looking at an image of a woman in white shorts, a white skirt or a bathing suit, and if she's displaying particular athleticism or confidence or doing any kind of water sport, you're in the middle of an advertisement for a lady product. Enjoy...
Pagano, a former Marine, is a volunteer chaplain for the Louisville Metro Police Department (where he does not carry a weapon). Taking a break from a shift at the indoor gun range where he works one day a week, Pagano tells TIME that he's an avid sport shooter and a proponent of responsible gun ownership. Despite criticism for commingling guns and religion, he stands by his view that Christians are called on to be prepared to defend themselves and their families. "Pacifism is optional for Christians," says Pagano. "It's not a requirement...
...thing I found most remarkable is the Wimbledon locker room, which the players share. I played middle school basketball, and we wouldn't prepare in the same room as the opposition. These guys were in the fifth set of a Grand Slam final, with the rule of the sport hanging in the balance, and during the rain delays they are both repairing to the same little room. Tennis is incredibly intimate. Yet in this match there was no physical contact at all between the players until the end, when they shook hands...
...quality institutions - the Cleveland Clinic, Geisinger in Pennsylvania, Intermountain in Utah - Mayo is dedicated to offering integrated and coordinated care, with a broad network of providers working together to reduce redundant tests and office visits, improve disease management and generally avoid treating patients like pinballs. "It's a team sport here," says David Lewallen, a Mayo orthopedic surgeon. "A bunch of tennis players doing their own thing just doesn't work - it's too expensive, and it's bad medicine. We only do things to help the patient, and we're all looking over each other's shoulders...