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...heels. Some 300 yds. from the finish, Bannister began pouring it on, lengthening his stride for his famed finishing kick, his head rolled back, his neck painfully arched. He tore the tape and collapsed unconscious into the arms of Trainer [Franz] Stampfl. "I wasn't thinking about anything in particular," he said afterward. "I saw the tape faintly ahead, put everything into getting there and that was the last I knew about it." Over the loudspeakers came the meticulous voice of the announcer:"A time which is a new meeting and track record, and ... a new English native, a British...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Moments In TIME: 60 Years in Europe | 5/21/2006 | See Source »

...three recent attacks have all been trapped. Parts of Jimenez were found in the belly of a 9 1/2-ft. alligator, Cooper's arm and hand were recovered from an 8 1/2-footer, and Campbell's killer was identified by scratches around its eye. But it's not as if those particular alligators were more dangerous than most, and destroying them won't prevent future attacks. Officials say the best ways to avoid becoming dinner for an alligator are not to feed the animals, which can lead them to lose their natural wariness; to stay away from the water's edge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death by Alligator | 5/21/2006 | See Source »

...smoker, I understand how pleasant it would be to simply walk into a bar and demand that it cater to my particular smoke-free preferences, but what gives me the right to impose my personal choices on others? In a liberal democratic society, tolerance of harmless actions is a virtue that enables the peaceful functioning of society—“each person should enjoy maximum liberty, consistent with the like liberty of others.” J.S. Mill’s tolerance, rather than teetotalers, ought to be the model...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski | Title: Full of Smoke and Fury | 5/19/2006 | See Source »

...times, I found myself staying afterwards for up to an hour chatting,” says Wong, a biochemical sciences concentrator. She recalls one especially talkative man who took a particular interest in her studies...

Author: By Nicholas A. Ciani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nursing the Needy, Through Song | 5/19/2006 | See Source »

...Officers can change the video feeds to monitor campus hot spots. This particular week in April is World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week, so Catalano said HUPD has focused on the animal facility, in case activists incite a protest...

Author: By Anna L. Tong, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Security Cameras Watch Campus | 5/19/2006 | See Source »

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