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Walker, who is six and one-half feet tall and weighs 260 pounds, said he had not planned on entering the competition...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Widdicombe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Wins Burger Eating Contest | 2/7/2003 | See Source »

Beyond the spiritual value of the drum circle, there is also plenty of good old-fashioned flirting. One newcomer hops around a tall, thin belly dancer, charging at her red scarf like a bull...

Author: By Stephanie E. Butler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Local Group Creates New Culture With Dance, Drums | 2/7/2003 | See Source »

...smart as the p.r. flacks would have us believe. Last February, for example, three Afghans, described as dangerous al-Qaeda terrorists, were killed by a missile launched from a CIA Predator drone in the eastern part of the country. They were apparently villagers collecting scrap metal. One was tall and could have been Osama bin Laden. Never mind that the man killed was only 5 ft. 11 and bin Laden is 6 ft. 5; the Predator can't see every detail, and there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Spooks Shouldn't Run Wars | 2/3/2003 | See Source »

...surveys the basketball court and confesses, "I don't see another Yao Ming here. We x-ray their hands when they're quite little, and from the length of the bones we can predict how tall they will grow to be. They all have the dream, but the fact is, we don't have anyone here who is going to grow above 2 meters." That's nearly 0.3 meter shorter than the orbiting Rocket rookie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Would Be Ming | 2/2/2003 | See Source »

...after the Guangdong debacle it becomes evident that for McClintock and Byrne, the Year of the Goat has begun about three weeks early. "The players that we invited from the U.S.A. are not doing well," says Sharks coach Liu Qiuping after practice. "Usually we bring in one tall American and one short one. When Yao Ming went to the NBA, we got two tall guys to take his place, but it didn't work out as we had wished. They do not play as if they are in a war. They should be full of spirit and energy. Instead, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Would Be Ming | 2/2/2003 | See Source »

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