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Then there were those full body suits - though they are now a fact of life in international swimming and little was said about them last week. Of course, the aquatic center, with its temperature-controlled water and air, and the pool itself - 3.3 m deep, with special lane ropes to prevent backwash, two free lanes and a wet deck at the sides to stop waves - are state-of-the-art. "Yes, we are really going fast," said Van den Hoogenband, perhaps tired of the focus on a concrete and tile tank. "It's a nice pool... but personally I train...
...previous buyers about the danger the machines posed. Under this bill, Gonzalez would have been unable to sue for non-economic injuries. Had the machine injured a visitor to the plant as well, the visitor would have been able to sue, but not Gonzalez. As a final injustice, even though Gonzalez would be shut out of the courts, his employer would still be able to sue to recover the profits he lost over the episode. Most remarkable of all, the bill would have preempted state laws adopted to protect citizens, letting the federal government interfere--often unconstitutionally--in completely intrastate...
...Olympics, there was the short- lived Dan vs. Dave rivalry that never materialized. Yet even though it fizzled, the hype was worth the subsequent anti-climatic purge...
...Though he will have served a decade at his retirement, Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine is the shortest-serving Harvard president in modern times--and only the second not to graduate from the College. Indeed, before assuming the presidency, he was closely tied to Princeton University, where as provost he was second in command...
Nowadays, the typical route to the university presidency involves a rise though a number of administrative positions over many years...