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...time ever achieved by a human with an 8.6 split in the 4 x 100-m relay. (Relay marks are faster than regular sprints because runners receive the baton while in motion, enabling them to accelerate quicker.) Hayes later parlayed his speed into a career as a wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys; his passing in 2002 prompted one columnist to remark that Death must have tied his shoelaces together to catch him. In the 1980s and '90s, Leroy Burrell and Carl Lewis both held the World's Fastest Human title twice, and Lewis, in particular, converted the title into...
...force a new hearing into the slow-rolling fate of a Georgia death-row prisoner named Troy Davis. In the process, the court has opened up new questions about the death penalty: most crucially, how far the courts must go to ensure that an innocent person - as a wide array of politicians, former prosecutors and judges contend Davis is - is not executed...
...loaded onto a bus with four state guides. The photographer in me was ecstatic at what I was seeing. The visual texture of North Korea is different from any country on earth. It is stark and bizarre to the point of being surreal. Pyongyang may have more monuments and wide avenues than Washington or Paris - all built in the past 50 years to the specs of the Kims' jarring taste - yet cars and pedestrians are nearly absent. It's like an empty movie...
...into and assessment of the popularity of the [ruling National Congress] Party and the government, we believe we will win these elections. We will not decide winning the elections, but we think we will win them, and we think that others [political parties] are aware of our popularity and wide popular base...
There is a wide delegation of powers. It is not possible for a president in a country like Sudan, the size of Sudan, with the immense problems of Sudan, to administer and manage everything...