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...recovery artist," a skier who can pull himself back from the brink by sheer athletic ability. In early January at the Adelboden race in Switzerland, he skipped the warm-up run, lost his pole a quarter of the way down on his first run, nearly crashed at the bottom, and still finished just 0.18 sec. off first place. Toni Giger, head coach of the Austrian team, the best in the world, calls Miller one-of-a-kind. "He takes the full risk, but then he shows he can correct his mistakes," Giger says. "That's his strength." Raised...
...bottom line is that students at the College should be able to choose what time of day to take an exam. It will require some administrative hassle, but student scholarship and, critically, their mental health during this cold and dark time of year would markedly improve...
...sophomore said that she has repeatedly spent more than twenty minutes waiting at the bottom of the stairs during peak lunch hours only to finally make it to the top to find no empty tables. “Finding seats is the hardest part,” she said...
...meant they can?t afford to live in many of the new apartments built in the city. And the income gap between Washington?s richest and poorest has grown wider, with the average income of the top fifth of Washington?s population 31 times as high as the bottom fifth. The recent controversy over a public-financed baseball stadium, which Barry opposed, illustrated that concern, as both white and black residents complained that $400 million for a ballpark could be spent on social services. ?This is the biggest stick-up since Jesse James and the Great Train Robbery,? Barry said...
...breaths. On his previous albums, Oberst reached impatiently for any instrument lying around the studio (one track opened with him asking, "Can I get a goddamn timpani roll?"). Here he picks his sounds carefully to offset the intensity of his voice and material. On the rousing opener, At the Bottom of Everything, a mandolin clips jauntily away while he crows, "We must blend into the choir, sing as static with the whole/ We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul." These are smart lines, however grim, and with Jesse Harris (Norah Jones' songwriting shoulder) adding wonderfully warm...