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American Missile and Russian Dachas

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By Aaron Stein, Sam Laird
| RealClear Defense
The Tomahawk cruise missile is a near perfect machine. Its development followed advances in guidance and turbofan engine technology in the 1970s. It has been tested for decades. And it has been upgraded and augmented for the same amount of time.
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Shoemakers and Record Breakers: A Brief History of Women's Climbing Shoes

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By Sam Laird
| Climbing Magazine Verified
Left to Right: The Scarpa Rockette, the Five Ten Diamond, the La Sportiva Mythos Lady. “La Sportiva is the first company I recall making women-specific shoes,” Lynn Hill, one of climbing's biggest icons, explained to me recently. I was sure that by talking to Hill I would get to the bottom of weeks of research, and figure out once and for all the origin of women's climbing shoes—but it was just another dead end in a harder-than-expected maze.
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Perfect photo of Rickie Fowler proves the single life's not so bad

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By Sam Laird
| Yahoo Verified
Golfer Rickie Fowler is anyone who's ever found themselves stranded alone in a sea of love. Which is to say, Rickie Fowler is all of us. After the United States won its first Ryder Cup since 2008 on Sunday, Fowler's teammates got mushy with their significant others. But Fowler, in the middle of it all, had no one to smooch — which led to this amazing photo. Image: cott Halleran/PGA of America via Getty ImagesLet's get a closer look. Image: Scott Halleran/PGA of America via Getty ImagesSo good.
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