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Stride Rite Corp
Stride Rite Corporation 191 Spring StreetLexington, Massachusetts 02421U.S.A.Telephone: (617) 824-6000Fax: (617) 824-6549Web site: http://www.strideritecorp.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1919 as Green Shoe Manufacturing CompanyEmployees: 3,100Sales: $706.8 million (2006)Stock Exchanges:... Read more |
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gait
gait is a general term covering a series of modes of forward progression. In humans, it encompasses the only two familiar types: walking and running. However, other bipeds like kangaroos have radically different mechanisms of gait, and quadrupeds such as the horse have a much fuller repertoire of... Read more |
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feet
feet bipedalism, emerging about 3 million years ago, is considered to have been a crucial step in evolution, especially as it allowed the hand to develop into a distinct and specialized appendage. Not simply a primitive hand, the human foot is adapted to a form of bipedalism distinctive for the... Read more |
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George Winston
George Winston Composer, pianist, guitarist Career Suffered Ups and Downs Meeting Brought Unexpected Success Founded Dancing Cat Selected discography Sources George Winston is known as one of the great popu-larizers of minimalist, acoustic solo piano music. His best-selling albums Autumn, December,... Read more |
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Meg Whitman
Meg Whitman1956family:Lucida Sans Unicode;">– President and chief executive officer, eBay Nationality: American. Born: August 4, 1956, in Cold Spring Harbor, New York. Education: Princeton University, BA, 1977; Harvard Business School, MBA, 1979. Family: Married Griffith R. Harsh IV... Read more |
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Johannes Wilhelm Geiger
Johannes Wilhelm Geiger (Hans Geiger) , 1882-1945, German physicist. Geiger received a doctorate in physics at Erlangen in 1906, then went to Manchester, where he assisted British chemist Ernest Rutherford . They devised an alpha-particle counter that permitted great strides in research on... Read more |
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Infectious Diseases
INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONCEPT The history of the human species, it has been said, is the history of infectious disease. Over the centuries, humans have been exposed to a vast amount and array of contagious conditions, including the Black Death and other forms of plague,... Read more |
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Man o War
Man o' War 1917-47, American racehorse, by Fair Play out of Mahubah, bred by August Belmont near Lexington, Ky., and owned by Samuel D. Riddle after 1918. A large reddish-colored colt capable of tremendously long strides, he raced only as a two-year-old and three-year-old, but in this short time... Read more |
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stilt
stilt common name for some members of the family Recurvirostridae, shore birds including the avocet . Stilts, as their name implies, have the longest legs of any bird except the flamingo. They frequent open marshes and shallow water, wading with long strides and probing the mud for food with their... Read more |
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CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING; DRYLAND TRAINING; Drilling before thrilling; Before...
...at Finn Sisu ski shop in St...techniques like roller skiing, bounding...offseason to get skiers up to...Weier, who helps coach Finn Sisu...many regimens. Roller skiing, which...instead of snow as roller skiers skate or ... |
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Night Moves; Ski club members stride and socialize together all winter. But a...
...a pair of roller skis, which also...of roller skis," said North...you don't get the sensation...on a moving ski, but you...country ski training Supplied...using roller skis. ... |
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CAT Skis let you hit the trail on grass, gravel, sand.(Milwaukee Journal...
...They are not roller skis and they are not snow skis, although...consist of two ski-like platforms...When the user strides out on the...for another stride. The resistance...With other roller ... |
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MANY ADVANTAGES IN USING SKI MACHINES TO GET FIT.(LIFE & LEISURE)
...the scissoring stride and rhythmic pole...cardiovascular system. Ski machines have...cross-country ski machine uses slippery rollers in place of snow, and ski-like boards...pads instead of skis. In place of...calories burned ... |
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In the fast lane: new excitements in the oldest ski sports. (Nordic...
...contact sport as roller derby. And US...at the Sprint Ski Town USA Tournee...jumper. Whoever gets to the finish...scissoring, classical stride or scuttling along...winter woods. To get a feel for contemporary...Team skiers ... |
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The nine legs of Paul Martin.
...steps into his stride, and releases...off. The action helps roll out heel...hills. Martin's ski leg is an ecto...a conventional ski boot and to take...outside edge of the ski. Marathons and...on for ice and roller hockey. ... |
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Making moves: fun, realistic ways to keep fitness top of mind in your family.
...Ask them to help you pick out an...bones stronger and helps them sleep better...CEO of Stroller Strides, author of Lean...Plus, they help children associate...an athlete to help run it. Ice- or roller-skating ... |
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Summer Play, Winter Days
...wind trainers, rollers and stationary...fall on the ice, get run over by a...stylishness of ski slopes. So what...Wilderness guides get practically religious...m not going to get it.' I say fine...cotton is, it gets wet when ... |
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Where life is lived to the full
...and B&Bs or stride confidently through...geographical basis. Get one. It is an...other excellent help lists. One gives...then you'll get the idea. You can get a gift voucher...Huntly Nordic Ski Centre temporarily...beaches ... |
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