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...said the release of the Cox Report also contributed to the enormous strain on China-U.S. relations...
...ground at or even before impact, rather than lagging behind as the body comes out of its turn and releases toward the target. "That's the newest back-friendly swing change," says Kestner, "where the eyes and the head are releasing at impact. So there's very little strain on the neck and back...
...been a tough three years of trying to get a contract," said the same guard. "It's been a strain on everyone in the union having a situation without a contract. Some of the [University officials] are really heartless, but not the people at the negotiating table. Am I happy with this? No, but it's the best we could...
...BRAIN STRAIN Feel like you can't think straight when you're stressed out? You're probably right. Researchers who injected volunteers with cortisol--a hormone secreted during stress--report that those who received the highest doses for the longest period (four days) had the most trouble recalling a story they had just been told. There is a bright spot: a week after the hormone injections stopped, memory was completely restored...
With my father and me, it was World War III (All-Nukes) much of the time, yet even in more serene relationships, everything gets overblown. Children strain to get their arms around their father's thighs. Too thick, too strong. Today my boys can beat me in arm wrestling without half trying. My daughter can outrun me in a race; no sweat. But they do not savor these victories. I am the father who should not be conquered. One afternoon when I was 14, my father, once a powerful and muscular swimmer, ran out of breath as we swam...