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...Democrats insisted that Gore's willingness to bite the hand that writes the big checks proves his independence. But Republicans called that line a hypocritical stretch for "Hollywood's candidate." The conservative group American Renewal sniffed, "World-class chutzpah...
...else threatened by newer, larger ones. Las Vegas' 2,783-room Hilton, the nation's roomiest, has been expanded twice in the past five years. It will become the nation's second largest hotel if, as planned, the 2,131-room New York Hilton adds 800 rooms. A world-class convention center or convention hotel may soon replace a first-rate symphony orchestra or a winning professional sports team as coveted civic status symbols...
Geoff Stiles shattered the Harvard pole vault record, the two-mile relay team defeated a world-class squad from the Greater Boston Track Club, and the tracksters crushed Boston College, 90-46, in a meet held Saturday...
...well suited to take part in rugged athletics. Indeed, women hold many long-distance swimming records for both sexes and have run men into the ground during ultramarathon races 50 miles long. Says Dr. Joan Ullyot, a physiologist at San Francisco's Institute of Health Research and a world-class marathoner herself: "The evidence suggests that women are tougher than...
Then there is the canard that a woman's menstrual cycle inhibits peak performance. World and Olympic records, however, have been set by women who were having their periods. Nor does exertion disrupt the cycle for most women athletes. Says one world-class runner: "I'm so regular, it's ridiculous." However, some women undergoing hard training do stop menstruating for months at a time. This cessation of the cycle, called amenorrhea, occurs in about 45% of women who run over 65 miles a week-as well as in dancers, ice skaters and gymnasts. Many experts link...