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...horse solves that problem by packing its musculature in its upper body, then transferring that power down to the legs with an elaborate rope work of tendons and ligaments that absorb shock as the animal runs and then snap the leg back to reuse the energy on the next stride. The system works well, but it does leave the legs exceedingly vulnerable to injury because when a break occurs, the blood vessels embedded in the limbs can torque and tear...
...couples with children in the Massachusetts study said they got married explicitly seeking the benefits afforded by the state to keep their families secure. Yet the kids generally took it in stride. Said Tracy, 13, about her two dads' wedding: "It didn't really change anything for me 'cause I was already so used to living with them." What stood out most about the day, for Tracy, was that her 10-year-old brother, the ring bearer, didn't trip and fall as he walked down the aisle - though she wanted him to. "That'd be really funny," she said...
...here in Melsungen, but let us share with those brave Berliners what little we have!" Oxford, England May 17, 1954 Then, according to plan, [Chris] Chataway sprinted into the lead, [Roger] Bannister right at his heels. Some 300 yds. from the finish, Bannister began pouring it on, lengthening his stride for his famed finishing kick, his head rolled back, his neck painfully arched. He tore the tape and collapsed unconscious into the arms of Trainer [Franz] Stampfl. "I wasn't thinking about anything in particular," he said afterward. "I saw the tape faintly ahead, put everything into getting there...
...Lance Corporal Phillip Tussey pauses on the edge of a small alley. With another Marine covering him, he makes a dash to cross the five yards of open ground. He doesn't get more than a couple of steps when a shot rings out. He's cut down mid-stride, hit in the thigh. The men around him open fire. Within seconds, insurgents start shooting from the opposite direction. A Marine tries to drag Tussey by a leg toward a humvee but gets stranded out in the open. Tasayco bolts forward and grabs the wounded man by the arm. Someone...
...exam. “I have received some concerns and will take these into consideration so that the students will not be hurt by my mistake,” he said last night. But though some students said they had been pressed for time, most took it in stride. “I’m going to be honest. Any time you get the opportunity to take an exam that’s shorter than it was originally going to be, that’s nothing but positive,” said Raquel O. Alvarenga...