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...could mean that he has suffered brain damage as a result of blows. A punch thrown by a heavyweight can land with a force exceeding 1,000 Ibs., and it can snap the head back or twist it violently, causing the jelly-like brain to be slammed against the rigid skull like a yolk inside a raw egg. When this happens, nerve cells and blood vessels may be twisted, ruptured or stretched. The brain, like any other damaged tissue, can swell, causing it to press against the inside of the skull, resulting in further damage...
...simply because they are exactly what we have come to expect from Radcliffe, do engage the reader for a while; will they follow formula or break out of the mold? If they become social deviants, will it be in a typical fashion or by doing something genuinely unacceptable? The rigid social structure of the old Radcliffe was still in place when Adams and her characters attended the school-pincurls in one's hair at meals indicated a hot date, and Jews were not considered acceptable companions for same-but by getting hung up in a rather melodramatic plot, Adams manages...
Although the Harvard admissions office applies highly quantitative standards, it employs no rigid cutoff levels or weighted formulas, and it demands no specific preparation. At Harvard Law, there's no such thing as a pre-law major...
Some Administration officials opposed the policy change on the grounds that it helps legitimize the rigid regime of Wojciech Jaruzelski. Supporters of the Administration move argued that the sanctions have only hurt the Polish people. In the end, said a U.S. official, with an eye on the sizable Polish-American vote, the decision was "80% domestic politics...
...works. Behind one shoulder the American flag, behind the other the Olympic. But for a bum ankle, he says, he could still tear up the track. The last time we saw John Carlos was 1968 on a podium in Mexico City, standing in the grainy evening light rigid as an exclamation point. The black-power salute; an antique of the '60s. He is speaking of something else...