Word: using
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...that imperfect test for EPO--use it anyway. As gold medal marathoner Frank Shorter, now chairman of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, says, knowing a test is looming will knock cheaters off stride. Shorter says that if there is no EPO test at Sydney, then every endurance or strength performance is suspect. He's right. And when sport becomes suspect--when no one believes in it--it's no longer worth watching...
...mountains tend to cluster and become a continuous piece of bad art, a painting you'd see at an estate sale and not buy. And mountain people are a pain. Vermonters, for example, tend to be very sniffy about who is worthy to set foot in their midst and use their toilet facilities. In Minnesota we are astonished and gratified if anyone visits us, and we can't do enough for them, but then this is a flat state, and we are extremely nice people...
...National Nutritional Foods Association, the largest dietary-supplement trade group in the U.S. Members are required to submit to random inspection by a third party, which rates them on basic quality-control measures and cleanliness. Only those receiving an A rating are allowed to apply for certification and use of the N.N.F.A. good-manufacturing-practices seal...
...Treaty of __-la-Chapelle 22. Serving of tea, to a Brit 24. Bit of theater litter 25. "Beg pardon" 26. Party that bolted Barak's coalition 27. Pro __ 28. She's meeting with Shihab to discuss Moluccas 30. Dead Sea Scrolls scribe 33. "Human" or "fact" follower 36. Use 20-Across 40. Fenway star Garciaparra 41. __ aves (unique individuals) 43. Prosodic foot 45. Pt. after deuce 46. No-goodniks 47. Blair among others: abbr. 48. Org. whose president-elect backs a moratorium on capital punishment 49. __ Diemen's Land (Tasmania, once) 51. A place to lose 52. The Waste Land...
Thank you for contributing to our understanding of rivers as complete organisms that cross political, socioeconomic, generational and racial boundaries as they interrelate the communities along them. Treating rivers in this way will require a new approach to how we use our resources and employ our people. We must not shy away from this difficult course if we are to face the common challenge of America's river communities: simultaneously realizing prosperity and preserving a cherished way of life. LEN MATERMAN, PRESIDENT America's River Communities San Carlos, Calif...