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...Consequently, the Bush campaign has reeked of flop sweat all spring. It has spent a very unpresidential $80 million in dreadful, petty, often misleading negative ads. Kerry was accused of voting to raise taxes 350 times and of cutting a great many defense programs, although Republicans often voted the same way. To be fair, Democratic interest groups like MoveOn.org have also put trashy ads on the air, but the idea that the President of the United States would put his name on such unrelenting sludge is unprecedented. The Bush-Cheney campaign and the Republican National Committee (R.N.C.) send forth...
...punched and kneed one another through a thick pad. At one point, as I held my body in a Pilates position--sideways, supported by only my forearm and the side of my foot--I wondered where all the water on the concrete floor had come from. It was just sweat pouring off my face...
Adidas has already scored success. Its ClimaCool system, first tested in 2000, accounted for 20%, or $82 million, of the company's 2003 U.S. apparel sales. For the Olympics, Adidas has unveiled the Adistar SS running shirt, with a wicking fiber that helps sweat evaporate and wide mesh holes that increase ventilation. Adistar's silver microfibers down the back and metallic tape at the neck let heat escape, creating a cooling sensation upon touch. "Since I started using ClimaCool, I don't sweat as much," says Haile Gebrselassie, the two-time 10,000-m Olympic champion from Ethiopia...
Athletes wearing Play Dry from Reebok cite a similar effect; the material also draws sweat to its fibers. U.S. tennis star Andy Roddick, Swedish heptathlete Carolina Kluft--the gold-medal favorite--and the Polish weight-lifting team will be among those sporting Play Dry in Greece. The technology helped Reebok sell some $263 million in apparel worldwide last year...
...Reagan of the liberals, always full of bright-faced hope for a new tomorrow. By comparison, Gingrich and his followers made conservatism look snide and angry and strenuous. They learned the phrases but never the genial delivery of the man who carried 49 states in 1984 without breaking a sweat...