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...size issue has led to calls in Australia for competitions to be structured by weight rather than age. Such competitions have been around for more than a decade in New Zealand, and the Australian Rugby League sent a delegation there in 2006 to research the concept. Junior Panthers executive Feltis was a member of that party. He returned keen to start a weight-based league west of Sydney, but couldn't get parents interested. Feltis theorizes that, despite the grumbling on the sidelines, the spirit of rugby league is that you play the man in front of you. If that...

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

...pale in comparison to the actual consumption of oil. The futures market is much smaller than the real oil market. When you consider margin, the amount of money actually invested is even smaller. Indeed, one dollar invested in a long-term position in the futures market carries the leveraged weight of more than $300 in the physical oil market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Oil Prices Rigged? | 8/22/2008 | See Source »

...jumps - and their stride rate, which is how fast they can propel their legs forward. While great endurance runners, get their speed from long strides, sprinters get much of their speed from a fast stride rate - and from raw power. They hit the ground harder, relative to their body weight, than marathoners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Fast Can Humans Go? | 8/22/2008 | See Source »

...want to leave such a happy-smelling place?) The ITTF mandates that the glue cannot contain volatile chemicals, and only allows adhesives approved by the federation. They also collect every athlete's bat 30 minutes prior to a match and run it through a rigorous inspection for weight, sponge thickness and volatile compounds, returning the paddles in Ziploc bags to the referee just before play begins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sticky Business of Table Tennis | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah quipped in a speech this week, "Gal Hirsch, who was defeated in Lebanon, went to Georgia, and they too lost because of him.") Not necessarily: Russia applied overwhelming force against the tiny Georgian military, which, according to Israeli assessments, still managed to punch above its weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Israel Lost in the Georgia War | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

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