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...However they achieve their swift pace, Suetsugu and Liu are blazing a new path for Asian speedsters. For decades?even centuries?Asians have been convinced that their genes prevented them from winning high-piston track events like the sprints or hurdles. Conventional wisdom held that the limber, compact Asian body was better designed for sports that required dexterity and precision. Hence China's dominance in gymnastics and diving, Japan's killer hold in judo or South Korea's command over archery and Taekwondo. Asians sometimes performed respectably in middle- and long-distance track competitions, but there was a tendency...
...then he disappeared. On Oct. 11, Kerry cast his vote to authorize force in Iraq--and a very different, cautious, incoherent Kerry emerged on the other side. Before long, he was sucked into that "conventional wisdom of consultants, pollsters and strategists," having hired what seemed to be several thousand of them. But it wasn't the consultants or Jim Jordan or even Howard Dean who was poisoning his campaign. It was Kerry and his utter inability to explain his vote on Iraq...
ESSAY: Nancy Gibbs on the wisdom of blue laws...
...READERS LETTERS NOTEBOOK MILESTONES YOUR TIME: Health ESSAY: Nancy Gibbs on the wisdom of blue laws
Having reached that age where, conventional wisdom says, you lose most of your ability to learn new languages, instruments and skills, it’s refreshing to have the opportunity to try something completely new—something which happens rarely after high school. In fact, I think the professor was right that I am at an advantage for having no artistic experience; my lack of confidence means that I am more pliable and ready to throw around ink and erase everything and spill water everywhere. It feels good to leave the studios covered in charcoal dust and paint...