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Frank W. Marlowe, an anthropology professor at Florida State University and an author on the study, said that the “handicap principal” may play a part in the results...

Author: By Maeve T. Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Low Pitch Linked to Fatherhood | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

Motorcycle stuntman Robert "Evel Knievel" died in Florida Friday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evel Knievel Dies at 69 | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

...Gatorade now comes in many flavors, but its first may have been best described by its inventor, University of Florida physician J. Robert Cade: repulsive. ("I guzzled it and vomited," he said.) Cade created the drink, today a multibillion-dollar industry, after the school's football coach asked him why players didn't urinate after games. With the help of sugar and lemon, Cade made the concoction more palatable, but its basic function didn't change: to replace the sodium, chloride and plasma volume that players lost during games.The still dominant sports ade, named for the team, earned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...These days, hurricanes are studied in exacting detail, but scientists used to describe the storms in one of two ways: major or minor. In 1969, South Florida structural engineer Herbert Saffir came up with the idea of a five-category scale as part of a project commissioned by the United Nations. Later expanded by National Hurricane Center director Robert Simpson--and dubbed the Saffir-Simpson scale--it is now the standard guide to a hurricane's expected impact. Saffir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...diplomat would believe the simplistic and readily disprovable worldviews he expressed. On the other hand, such opinions will sell books, presumably to Bolton's financial and political gain. My spirits are raised only by the possibility that peacemakers may one day receive their due rewards. Michael Bush, Port Orange, Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

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