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...reason for that: Sarah Palin. Two simple words, but with a lot of meaning to unpack. First comes star power - Palin has it; McCain doesn't, and neither did any of the other men who ran for the party's nomination this year, which is why McCain managed to outlast them. As the also-rans trooped onstage to deliver their obligatory endorsements, Republicans were reminded that Mitt Romney looked like a leading man but lacked the magic; that Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee were never going to be more than character actors; and that Rudy Giuliani...
There was some speculation many years ago, in the 1970s, that because women had greater fat stores, they would outlast men in long-distance events. We have a famous race in South Africa, the 90-km (56-mi) Comrades marathon. Some years ago we wrote a paper in which we made the case that if a man and a woman could run a [standard 42-km (26-mi)] marathon in the same time, the woman would likely win the longer Comrades race by about an hour. She'd be about an hour faster...
Military officials say the insurgency doesn't have the numbers to win a conventional fight. But the Taliban doesn't need to win. It just needs to outlast the will of foreign nations. Few Afghans believe that the Taliban offers a better alternative to the current government, but many are convinced that it will be around longer. When foreign troops can't even clear a 25-mile (40 km) road through Taliban country to deliver equipment to the dam project, it's little wonder that villagers along the route aren't willing to stand up against the insurgents in their...
...Syesha is a mystery. In seven out of the last nine weeks, she has been amongst the bottom three vote-receiving contestants, yet she continues to outlast seemingly stronger competitors. The past three weeks in a row she has been one of the bottom two vote-getters, suggesting she should be ousted the next week. And yet, every time, she survives...
...BALL STATE 5, HARVARD 4 Ball State barely defeated the Crimson for the first time on Saturday in a come-from-behind win. The Crimson was leading 4-2 going into the bottom of the seventh, but the Cardinals notched three runs when they counted to outlast Harvard. Ball State rallied with back-to-back singles, followed by a walk, a fielder’s choice, and a Crimson error. Harvard out-hit the Cardinals 8-5. “We need to step it up on the attack,” Crimson coach Jenny Allard said...