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While the Polynesian influx is enriching junior league, it's also raising tricky issues. It would be hard to find anyone who would dispute that Polynesian kids grow fast. In football, this means they tend to be bigger than their white peers at a stage of life - seven to 17...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power Play | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

That leaves a number of possibilities. A total power failure, perhaps caused by a bird strike in one or both engines, tricky wind or temperature conditions at takeoff, and pilot error are all factors under consideration. "Given the rear position of the engines on the MD-82," adds Wheeldon, "if...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death Toll Could Rise in Madrid Crash | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

In BMX cycling, eight bikers are lumped together on a narrow, twisting dirt track. First to the finish wins. Period. The bikes fly off jumps, and midair collisions are inevitable. It's a summer version of snowboard cross - the frenzied, TV-friendly race that debuted in Torino in which racers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beijing Gives BMX a Ride | 8/19/2008 | See Source »

Sure, there's a goalie there, but think about it: you get to throw a little ball into a fairly big net. Soccer is hard precisely because you can't use your hands; it's difficult to control a ball with your feet. Here, just grip it and rip it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, America, What About Handball? | 8/14/2008 | See Source »

Right now, it's a familiar place to many of Britain's banks. On August 7, rival Barclays added $5.4 billion to the enormous sums British lenders have written off amid the credit crisis; London-based HSBC, Europe's largest bank, made a similar contribution a few days earlier. For...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Credit Crisis Spreads to Europe | 8/11/2008 | See Source »

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