Word: problems
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There's just one problem. "You can't beat him until you score on him," says Hull. "And Karelin's still not allowing anyone to score. Guys just can't get any position to move him." That's because, of all the Olympians in Sydney this month, Karelin is the closest to being both an immovable object and an irresistible force...
...someone who lunges to glory swathed in a get-up resembling a bee-keeper's outfit, French fencer Laura Flessel-Colovic has had no problem establishing herself as one of France's most chic and photogenic sports personalities. Since first grabbing attention with a pair of gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, she has wowed sports fans with graceful and tenacious swordswomanship, adding three world championship titles to a list of international laurels. Away from her foils, the stunning 28-year-old has enhanced her celebrity status with flourishes of wit and charm that have made her a star...
...quiz. Name and locate the following: Hekla, Monrovia, Manitoba and Orinoco. Now for a math problem: If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is the worth at 50[cents] a bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. for tare? (Hint: a bushel of wheat weighs 60 lbs. You're on your own for tare...
...state exam, from about 35% in the late 1980s to 40% through most of the 1990s. The Texas Education Agency dismisses Haney's calculations as inflated and says it has measures in place, such as factoring a school's minority-dropout rate into its overall ranking, to check the problem. But the agency concedes that its dropout figures--about 58,000 blacks and Hispanics since 1996--may be under the mark by as many as 20,000 students...
...flock of sheep. I listed a dozen items, including the latest Patricia Cornwell thriller, a Beatles CD and three Star Trek movies, but for some reason I couldn't manage a single trade in a month. (During the same time, I traded five CDs on MrSwap.) Part of the problem could be that WebSwap requires a one-for-one swap with whoever wants your stuff, making it harder to find a match...