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...responsibilities. What's worse, government power seems to tickle autocratic fantasies. In my experience, environmentalists spend far too much energy advocating hard-line government "solutions" that don't stand a chance of being enacted. Sure, it might be good for the planet if governments banned the use of sport-utility vehicles - or, for that matter, of all fossil fuels. Yet not only is it hard to sell outright prohibitions to voters, but the sad truth is that governments have a woeful record in even the mildest interventions. One of the most significant innovations in the last decade has been Europe...
...love our horses--so much that we may be wearing them out. Racehorses sustain lethal injuries an average of 1.5 times in every 1,000 starts, according to some studies. A millennium after the sport was born, we're breeding horses to finer and finer tolerances, racing them earlier and harder and producing an animal that may be a thrill to watch but is increasingly hard to keep whole...
...aren’t expected to do well, but we have a really strong team.” Although Ultimate Frisbee, which originated in a New Jersey high school in 1968, was originally associated with a liberal, counter-culture movement, the game has evolved into a more competitive sport. Harvard Red Line Co-Captain William P. Chen ’06 says associating the sport with hippies is a misconception.“Some teams are still like that, but because people are taking it more and more seriously, there is less room for that. If you aren?...
...parents raised me to be a good sport, but I don't want to share the world record." JUSTIN GATLIN, U.S. track star and world's fastest man for five days until he learned that because of a timing error, he had actually tied, not broken, Jamaican rival Asafa Powell's 100-m record...
...freaks, joga.com is a powerful tool. Users can view and debate the Ronaldinho ad ("Ronaldinho is the best player but that 4 times on the crossbar no way," writes Raymond from the Hague, Netherlands, on one board), organize pickup games and rant against the most severe problem facing the sport: racism. Members can blog, upload their own soccer video or view thousands of other clips, from the latest Arsenal highlights to Nikola from Bulgaria juggling the ball--in slow motion, no less--in his bedroom. "Some Tricks I Make!" reads the title...