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...liked his story on the sport of Extreme Ironing, described by its inventor, Phil ?Steam? Shaw of Leicester, England, as ?the latest outdoor activity that combines the thrill of an extreme sport with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt.? At the Extreme Ironing World Championships in Munich two years ago, athletes competed in five events: forestry, rock-wall, aquatics, vehicular and freestyle. With the tilted gaze of a visionary, Steam has eyes on the 2008 Olympics: ?If they can have synchronized swimming, why can?t they have Extreme Ironing?? His friend, Matthew ?Starch? Patrick, remains skeptical: ?I wouldn...
Clark came ripping into the race in September claiming to answer the call of desperate Democrats--particularly the pragmatists who fear Bush more than they admire Dean and don't want to waste a vote just to blow off steam. "I'm not running to bash George Bush," Clark says. "I'm running to replace him." With no campaign experience or political record to run on, Clark had to introduce himself to Democratic voters, who, he acknowledges, are less accustomed than Republicans to seeing a general in their race; he still needs to prove that he is the Democrats' Eisenhower...
...Jones industrials, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ composite all ended the year in solidly positive territory for the first time since 1999. Most market strategists are looking forward to another finish in the black in 2004, but many warn that by midyear, stock prices may start losing steam as the tax-cut stimulus effect wears off--especially if the Fed raises interest rates. As the economy continues to grow, the fear of inflation--or the thing itself--could also dampen stock prices. A few market watchers think the S&P 500, a popular gauge, could end 2004 flat...
...bases out of Western Europe now that the cold war is over and shift forces east to Poland and Romania to be closer to the hot spots of the Middle East. He has asked the Navy whether its constant presence in, for example, the Mediterranean makes it harder to steam quickly to conflicts elsewhere. He wants the Air Force to think less about pilots in expensive jets and more about inexpensive unmanned drones carrying smart munitions. In a legislative tour de force in November, he pushed through Congress an overhaul of the Pentagon's civil-service rules that will allow...
...also is not going to let anybody take away her steam,” Davies said. “She’s doing really well. She’s very versatile. In the middle of the meet they decided to switch her from the 200 breast...