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...other dancers and I were preparing to iron our costumes, so we’d look our absolute best on stage the next morning’s performance. Having very little ironing experience, I wasn’t aware of the importance of setting the iron to the correct heat option, depending on the fabric. Within half a second of touching the iron to the shirt, I had singed a three-inch whole into it—the pink patch of fabric actually melted onto the iron! We had no way to replace the shirt before our performance the next...
...tournament, held at the Lagoon Park Tennis Club in Montgomery, Ala., remained a dead heat until the end, as Harvard co-captain David Lingman lost the deciding match 1-6, 6-4, 5-7 after balancing a slew of match points on his racket...
Getting Bigger The inquiries into steroid use by pro athletes heat...
...Tracy's taken a lot of heat over the years," says Depp. "She has bosses and higher-ups, and every time I take on another strange project, they're going, 'Jesus Christ! When does he do a movie where he kisses the girl? When does he get to pull a gun out and shoot somebody? When does he get to be a f______ man for a change? When is he finally going to do a blockbuster...
...performance, but vital fractions of a second can be won or lost where the rubber meets the road. That's why teams and tire companies try to give their cars better grip by spending thousands of hours testing the way various rubber compounds react as they heat up during a race. Bridgestone tires - used by Ferrari - perform well in cool and wet conditions, while Michelins, which are driven by their main rivals, Williams, McLaren and Renault, really come into their own as the mercury soars. Schumacher, aiming for his seventh world championship, won't be idling in the slow lane...