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...Games in Calgary. "There are many sources of information about the Olympics, from elaborate access guides to last-minute look-ahead capsules in the newspapers," says Ferrer. "Our package is designed for the solid amateur Olympics fan, one who does not need an encyclopedic guide but wants a serious warm-up to this year's Games...
...published a scientific study of 130 British oddballs, past and present. Among them: Samuel Johnson, the rotund 18th century author who amused friends by rolling down steep hills, and Prince Charles, who talks to plants, if not to his wife Princess Diana. The British study, however, is only a warm-up for a nearly completed analysis of 800 American eccentrics. The tentative conclusion: the U.S. has displaced Britain as the uncontested eccentricity capital of the world. Declares Weeks, a native of Garwood, N.J.: "America, particularly California, has more eccentrics per square foot than anywhere else...
During the warm-up, I knocked several shots past Darius. I could see the fear in his eyes. He was wondering how I was able to hit three straight shots passed...
Harvard got a good warm-up for this match-up Monday, when it dispatched St. John's, 9-3, at Ohiri...
...leave scar tissue that can interfere with agility. Rock Drummer Max Weinberg, who underwent seven operations on his fingers to keep his hands from clenching, had no such damage. Currently on tour with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, he downs six aspirins a day and does hand warm-up exercises for 45 minutes before a show. Afterward he chills his hands in ice for ten minutes and wears elastic gloves to reduce swelling...