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...there’s something awfully lonely about not being able to toss out an F-bomb when the occasion calls...
...Nixon in 1960, the less experienced candidate won. The other four were: Jimmy Carter over Gerald Ford in 1976, Ronald Reagan over Carter in 1980, Bill Clinton over Bush the Elder in 1992, Bush the Younger over Al Gore in 2000. The one exception to the rule was a toss-up: Nixon and Hubert Humphrey had similar levels of experience in 1968. This sort of pattern may have deep significance. It may mean that when Americans want change, they want a powerful fresh gust of it. Or it may mean nothing at all in wartime. "I just don't know...
...most of its 96 top scent developers separately to the June congress; their noses are so precious that IFF prohibits more than two from ever traveling on the same plane. In addition to trading tips on new smell-rendering techniques and technologies, these wizards of whiff will toss around novel scent combinations employing hydroponic vegetables, Chinese herbs, Indian spices and other recent additions to their olfactory palettes...
...Heaving a 16-lb. metal ball farther than anyone else in the world takes prodigious strength. It also takes grace, balance and technique. Parry O'Brien was a shot-put champion whose great innovation was a 180º spin that built momentum for his toss. He broke the shot-put world record 17 times between 1953 and 1959 and in four Olympic Games took home two gold medals plus a silver. O'Brien, 75, had a fatal heart attack while competing in a Santa Clarita, Calif., swim meet...
...while freshman Kelli Okuji was third in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:05.35. In the javelin, senior Julia Pederson and freshman Eda Karesin continued their strong performances, with Pederson placing second after a 40.46-meter throw and Karesin one spot behind with a 35.52-meter toss. On the men’s side, the shot put was the strongest event, with junior Alex Obrecht taking first with a 15.49-meter toss and freshman Jack Brady taking second after a 15.04-meter throw. Freshman Justin Grinstead was the team’s other winner, taking the 400-meter hurdles...