Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Thursday, March 17, 2022

The difference between men and women

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"The gender gap in athletic performance, as shown in records from Olympic competition, has remained stable since 1983. The mean differ...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

The memory of the media

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                     Perhaps not many noticed (it seems a record low are watching), but NBC in the Sochi opening glossed over the 70 years...
Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Frozen track and swimming pools

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When Leno asked if such laws [about homosexuality] would impact the upcoming Winter Olympics, Obama said he felt Russian President Vladimir ...
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Friday, February 26, 2010

Richmond Oval Skating Complex in Vancouver

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A lovely building . With some interesting features. "Each ribbed panel is clad in standard 2x4 plywood, milled from trees reclaimed fro...
Thursday, September 17, 2009

China in 1925

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This summer at Lakeside I heard an excellent sports and religion lecture on the life of Eric Liddell (Chariots of Fire), who was born in Chi...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008

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Ghosts at the Olympics As fabulous as the Olympics were--the opening and closing spectaculars especially--I couldn't help but feel the d...
Saturday, August 16, 2008

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Golden boy You might think ADHD kids can't focus, but that's not necessarily so. Some focus almost exclusively on one particular th...