Word: wearings
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...Since I have a hearing loss, I have to wear two hearing aids everyday. It is embarrassing for me to wear them at school. Most other kids my age don't have to wear them. I know how to talk and use sign language. It is hard work trying to learn to speak clearly. It is especially hard to say sounds like...
Hossein Rahimi does not wear a beard, not even the ten o'clock shadow de riguer for even the casually pious. He prays five times a day and bemoans what he calls "social corruption," but gels his hair, listens to Eminem, and doesn't look away when pretty girls pass. And that's not exactly typical of an activist of the basij, the clerical regime's volunteer paramilitary force tasked with enforcing its strictures on personal and social behavior...
...After that? Armstrong has hinted at a future in politics. He?s inspired millions of Americans to wear yellow Livestrong bracelets, so he has a base. ?Lance showed everybody that willpower matters,? says Giorgio Andretta, a Charlotte, N.C. bicycle importer who traveled to the Champs-Elys?es to catch Armstrong?s last win. And his home state of Texas will elect a governor next year. ?Never say never,? Armstrong told TIME about his political ambitions. ?I?m a fighter, and I do have certain beliefs. I don?t think I?m truly cut out for it, but if people want...
...never even allowed to race a bike as a kid, stood sixth overall through 14 stages (out of 21) in this year's Tour. He grew up without a television or radio in a Mennonite household in Pennsylvania, and he needed permission from a pastor to wear racing tights in public. Landis still won't conform. After riding shotgun for Armstrong on the U.S. Postal team for the past three Tours, he jumped to the Swiss Phonack squad this season for more money and a spot as team leader. (Nonleaders can earn a few hundred thousand annually; Lance, millions.) "They...
...year became only the third American ever to lead the Tour--before a crash ended his run. But promising stars like Zabriskie, who looks so young he ought to have a bell on his cycle, probably won't ever compare with the man who inspired millions of fans to wear yellow Livestrong bracelets. "It's a bit frightening," says Ian MacGregor, the reigning under-23 U.S. road-racing champion, of Armstrong's retirement. "Cyclists know there's more to the sport than Lance Armstrong. I don't know if the American public knows that...