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...talks, which are intended to set the stage for the main event: the U.N. summit in Copenhagen in December, where nations are expected to hammer out a successor to the expiring Kyoto Protocol. "If this were a marathon, I think I'd say the runners were gathering their stamina for the final sprint," De Boer told reporters on the closing day. (See the top 10 green ideas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Progress on Global Warming Remains Elusive | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...loss, leaving two singles points remaining, the score poised at 3-2. Fortunately for Harvard, it could count on its co-captain and No. 77 in the nation to seal the win at the No. 1 position; despite losing the first set, Clayton’s tenacity and stamina came to the fore in a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over Jonathan Jaklitsch...

Author: By Allen J. Padua, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Splits Weekend in Closely Contested Battles | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

...Hotfoot, triumphed by covering the inhospitable terrain in 20 days. Since 1983, the Iditarod - the word is said to mean "distant place" in indigenous Alaskan dialects - has steadily grown in popularity, becoming both the most popular sporting event in the state and an international touchstone renowned for both the stamina it requires and the desolate beauty of the unforgiving terrain it covers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Iditarod | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

...been imprisoned, humiliated and accused of being a puppet of the West, but I believe he is a Zimbabwean patriot in touch with the vast majority of his people. He has shown he has stamina." - George Bizos, a South African lawyer who was Mr. Tsvangirai's advocate during his treason trial in 2004, on critics who call Tsvangirai too naive or cowardly to address Zimbabwe's political and social ills (International Herald Tribune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Morgan Tsvangirai | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

Tell me about the club's founder, Bernarr McFadden, and his belief that this activity improved stamina, immunity and even virility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coney Island's Human Polar Bear | 1/1/2009 | See Source »

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