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...word was that the pool was fast. Often, that's enough to spur great performances from elite athletes, where the folklore and "feel" of a venue, combined with the stature of the Games and their ultra-competitive nature, can bring out the best in people. "A lot of it is psychological," said Hall, after five world records tumbled on the first night of competition. "Knowing a lot of records have been broken, it creates more." Australia's swimming-crazy fans screamed for gold and generously applauded the achievements of swimmers from all countries. That also helped bring in classic times...
...have found common ground, though, on at least one tax initiative. Both would like to make permanent a tax credit for companies engaging in costly research and development. Signed into law in 1981--but needing reauthorization every few years--the R.-and-D. tax credit is designed to spur innovation by reimbursing companies for some of the costs of engineering better mousetraps...
...become incapacitated. There are two types: a document detailing specific wishes (e.g., Do you want to be sustained on a respirator?), and one that names a health-care proxy to speak for you when you can't. Experts--who stress that the real point of ADs is to spur conversation with family and doctors--recommend using both. Choose a proxy (probably not your spouse) who is likely to be thorough and levelheaded in carrying out your wishes. Keep the identity of your proxy with...
...probably won't be possible to avoid some climate change this century, up or down--and there's still a chance that the earth's systems will compensate for any that occurs--but the possibility that climate turns rapidly and unpredictably should spur us into doing whatever is practical to turn from fossil fuels--fast. If done right it can be a boon. Energy conservation usually increases profits. In developing nations it's often cheaper to use alternatives like wind power to electrify new areas...
...good-looking; he just had to have a job--and use deodorant. That was my father's world. It disappeared some time between the Beatles and the Eagles and didn't return. What replaced it was a shopping list. A long one, always subject to revision and spur-of-the-moment additions and deletions--the sort of list that women bring to supermarkets...