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...result, he is now famous not only as a first-rate scientist but as a world-class adventurer--iron willed, intrepid and innovative. He and his colleagues have hauled tons of equipment across yawning crevasses and braved hurricane-force winds capable of sending tents skittering to the edge of precipices. And they have lived and worked at altitudes in excess of 20,000 ft. for four to six weeks at a time...
Although Taylor finished out her competitive schedule on Monday, she still had six days of world-class track competition to enjoy in Edmonton...
Gyorffy, a 2000 Sydney Olympian, jumped in three world-class IAAF Grand Prix meets in a span of just eight days from June 29 to July 6. In those three meets, which took place in Italy, Switzerland and Paris, Gyorffy finished no worse than seventh but no better than sixth, with top performances ranging from 1.85 to 1.90 meters. The best jump in the world this year is 2.04 meters...
...strongest men I've ever known), and so when he does a bit about setting up a trampoline, of course he gets in trouble and finds some great gags. He's caught in the springs, first his foot, then his whole body, but he finishes with world-class trampoline work--going breathtakingly high, swooping into a suicide dive, tucking at the last second, then getting caught in the springs again...
...panel provided observers the chance to see the new Harvard president, a world-class college debater and an intellectual prize-fighter, in action. In his presentation, which ran well over the allotted ten minutes, the former Secretary of the Treasury spoke without notes, outlining some of what he saw as the legacies of the Clinton administration...