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...readied ourselves, knowing that the only chance we had would be to run with Cambridge level off the start and try to fluster them into rowing with bad rhythm; if we let Cambridge get a lead, they were a talented and mature enough crew to pull away for good...
...Design-wise, there's just one thing that bothered me: because the adapter sits on top of the iPod, it covers up the Hold switch. When you pull out the adapter (or, generally speaking, when you pull anything out of the headphone jack), newer iPods automatically pause. This means that when you're listening to music and lift the adapter to flip the Hold switch, you end up pausing your music then locking your controls. The solution to this weird little riddle is to play your music first, hit the Hold switch second, then put the headphone adapter...
Government ministers fanned out across Spain and gave warning of dire consequences if the people voted no. Foreign Minister Francisco Fernández Ordóñez appealed to Spanish pride by saying that Spain would have to pull out of the European Community, which it had just joined on Jan. 1, or be a "second-rate" partner. Another official hinted that Barcelona would lose its bid for the 1992 Olympics and that plans for a World's Fair in Seville would be scuttled. González, in a last, powerful address that mentioned the Atlantic Alliance only twice and peace 40 times...
...doesn't think he's handicapped," says the pitcher. "That inspired me." Through four operations, three despairing journeys back to square one, Leonard required more than inspiration. Dick Howser, a congenial man but a practical manager, supplied a belief that was better than faith. "You can only sympathize and pull for him so much," Howser says. "Then...
...Kasparov. After 16 games, he was three wins ahead and seemed so assured of victory that some visiting grand masters packed up and left for home. Suddenly Karpov, drawing on a hidden reserve of strength and taking advantage of blunders by Kasparov, won three games in a row to pull even, 9½-9½. It was an unprecedented string of victories so late in a championship match. "Kasparov is cracking," wrote Vladimir Pimonov, analyst for a Soviet chess journal. "He's fallen victim to the same problem that has plagued him in the past: overconfidence...