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...Luxilon shot" all down to Luxilon string? In a 2006 article titled "The Inch that Changed Tennis Forever," Rod Cross, a physics professor at the University of Sydney, argued that the innovation in equipment that transformed topspin from a looping, defensive shot into a dive-bombing, offensive play actually happened in the late 1970s, when equipment makers widened the heads of professional rackets from nine inches to 10 (they also dropped wood for metal and eventually graphite). The extra inch allowed players to tilt the racket forward and swing from low to high without worrying about clipping the edge...
...approach is like a catchy tune you keep humming after hearing it on the radio. When applied, it immediately cuts down on foolish impulses. But the author, whose husband famously wrote the best seller Straight from the Gut, isn't discounting intuition. That's what governed her decision to dive--joblessly--into a new life with Jack. "I failed 10-10-10 because I was overwhelmed by events," Suzy admits now, with a touch of authorial embarrassment. "I was sort of standing in the middle of a field, and suddenly the skies opened up, and the skies fell down...
Objectively, the Harvard men’s swimming and diving team had a fantastic season.Finishing with an 8-1 (6-1 Ivy League) record, the Crimson only dropped one contest—to its archrival Princeton—over the entire campaign. In addition, Harvard claimed a second-place finish at both the ECAC and Ivy League Championships, while sending two swimmers and one diver to their respective NCAA tournaments in late March.The Crimson was close to perfection in its performance in the pool this season. But following the team’s flawless 2007-08 showing, close...
...seems only too happy to dive into the issue that has dominated his first year as Taiwan's leader. Tourists from the Chinese mainland were allowed to visit Taiwan for the first time last year and are arriving by the thousands each day, he notes, giving the recession-hit local economy a welcome, albeit minor, boost. He stresses that he wants Taiwan to benefit economically from better ties with China - but he won't let the island be assimilated by the rising giant. "I won't sell out Taiwan," Ma told TIME, adding that "I'll sell China Taiwan fruit...
...dizzying days: the lawyers swarming the sixth floor, the pleading phone calls to investors for emergency billions, the sickening realization that a lifesaving loan from the Federal Reserve would last two days--not 28. Kelly flicks at Bear Stearns' backstory--how its eat-what-you-kill culture and deep dive into mortgage securities sowed the seeds of its demise--but the real draw is the book's surgical detail. The day Bear sold itself to JPMorgan Chase for a paltry $2 a share, its CEO, worn down by round-the-clock negotiations, stood in a Starbucks and softly cried...