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...Gist: It's difficult to think of a simpler concept for a book than one about walking. It's one of the most pedestrian (saw that one coming, huh?) topics around. As author Nicholson writes, "Looked at a certain way, walking is the most ordinary, natural, ubiquitous activity. What could be more commonplace or lacking in eccentricity than the act of walking?" Nothing, right? False, as Nicholson demonstrates over a few hundred pages. In song, in literature, in wacky walking wagers, he breezily explores every possible cultural manifestation of perambulating...
...quarter: Conor Murphy hammers Hart for a sack back at the 35. It's a 10-yard loss, and Hart never saw Murphy coming from the back side...
...little over a month ago, while my family and I were having dinner in Coullier, France, and discussing the upcoming election, a British woman overheard us, and very seriously she told us, "The whole world is watching." I regarded the statement as a little overdramatic until I saw how the international community reacted when Obama was elected. I now look back on that night in France and on the night of Nov. 4 and realize that this country has demonstrated to itself and to the rest of the world that it has taken another step toward fulfilling its great potential...
RESIGNED Jerry Yang, 40, the Yahoo! co-founder who took over as CEO a year ago, said he would step down Nov. 17. Beset by criticism after Yang rejected a buyout bid from Microsoft, the ailing search company saw its shares jump 8% the day after his announcement...
Harvard also saw trouble at the start of the second half, sending three Crusaders to the free-throw line, but Holy Cross was able to tally three of the six possible points, decreasing its deficit to four points...