Word: performing
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...there is the sadness of it. The Olympic ideal is inherently nostalgic, and seems, every four years, to be increasingly remote from the dream of a time when beautiful humans could perform godly feats for their own magnificent sake, without commercials, and without the benefit of sinister, alchemical prescriptions - pills that extract gold from stolid hulks...
...editors also perform extensive research before writers go abroad to make sure the routes they travel have "no danger," she says...
...triathlete, was tipped to win this event. And a few of her countrymen, somewhere around 150,000 of them, turned out to cheer her on over the suitable-for-framing course that started with a swim in Sydney Harbor. She looked to be in good shape there--Australian athletes perform best when wet. Plying waters ringed by shark-repelling sonar devices, Jones avoided becoming fish breakfast, then took the lead in the bike race. But she could not repel Switzerland's Brigitte McMahon in the run. The Swiss held her off in a desperate finish after they had traveled...
Unfortunately, the test is not foolproof. As many as half of epileptic patients will have a normal EEG, while others who have never had a seizure will show abnormalities. It's unclear when to perform the test, though most studies suggest that the best chance of spotting abnormalities is in the first 24 hours. If a serious underlying brain disorder is suspected, doctors may also recommend an MRI scan (which is now preferred over C.T. scans), but these tests won't tell you much about epilepsy...
...Jessica Simpson has the vocabulary of a third grader, Mandy Moore isn't legal, etc. But then Britney embarrassed everyone and their mother by a) covering the Rolling Stone's "Satisfaction" live at the Video Music Awards (it's fine as a novelty track on an album, but to perform it in front of a crowd of rock legends?) and b) stripping down and writhing on the floor, fake hair extensions and caked makeup ensuring her place in the Elizabeth Berkeley hall of fame...