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Hell Of A Life

By Tim Keown

Monday, October 6, 2008

Man can fly. You might not believe it, but that's because you aren't seeing the 110-pound jockey take flight at 45 mph, with his legs bicycling in the air seeking traction, his arms in a helpless pinwheel. The horse was underneath him, and then it was gone. Poof. Like a magic trick, 1,100 pounds of thoroughbred evaporated, changing the parameters of the race from horse vs. horse to human vs. gravity. So yes, nonbeliever, given these circumstances, man can fly. This moment—the moment hi ...

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