Word: persons
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They are too young to know fear, but already have the work ethic of mature professionals; they have a young person's hopes and the obsessiveness of those that have perhaps not yet dreamed enough. Mere teenagers most of them, their racing bodies are rock hard, their eyes fixed on record times, Olympic titles and fantasies of domination. Before her big race on Sept. 18, in her darkened room, stopwatch in hand, American breaststroker Megan Quann, 16, visualized victory over world-record holder Penny Heyns of South Africa. "When I swim at practice it's her that...
Yesterday's accident was at least the second time in as many weeks where a person on a bicycle was hit on Garden...
...individual who has served as an Overseer and knows Sullivan personally told The Crimson in June, "She's marvelous... but I'm not sure she wouldn't be miscast. I'm not sure it's the right use for her extraordinary skills." This person suggested the United States Supreme Court as a more viable option...
h2g2 aims to make the most of what Internet analysts call the mobile Internet's killer application: combining "personalization"--services geared to a specific user--with "localization"--those linked to a certain place. h2g2's mobile division plans to introduce services that are tailored to where a caller happens to be at a particular point in time. New positioning technology means that mobile operators will soon be able to pinpoint a person's location to within 12 yds., helping h2g2 give more precise answers to a request like "Please recommend what to see and do in London...
Coach U is by far the largest coach-training institute, but there are at least 12 others. They include the Academy for Coach Training in Bellevue, Wash., and the Newfield Network in Silver Spring, Md.; both offer in-person workshops as well as teleclasses. Coaching's rise is just beginning, predicts Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, a research scientist at M.I.T. who studies workplace change. "It's a vehicle for the transfer of knowledge and skills. And in a knowledge-based economy, it will be increasingly important...