Word: boarders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, "There is a lot about these Games that is not my cup of tea." He added, "The thought of an Olympic gold medal has never tempted me." His boycott is a blow to the legitimacy of Olympic snowboarding. Says Todd Richards, America's No. 1 boarder: "I'll feel cheated out of the best competition...
...Birthday Party opens with a typical breakfast for the Boleses, mild-mannered Petey (Joseph A. Nuccio '00) and effusive Meg (Erica Rabbit '00). All's more or less cornflakes and skittles, even for the laterising nowhere-man boarder Stanley Webber (Dominic Doyle), until two visitors arrive. Up to no good, these two, Goldberg (Jonathon Heawood) and flunky McCann (Henry Clarke '00), apparently have some history they'd like to clear up with dear Stanley--exactly what, we don't know...
Even more enigmatic, Doyle's Stanley seems at first to be a top-dog boarder, criticizing breakfast with adolescent snideness and even menacing Meg, an easy target. Gradually, his nervous energy increases as he faces the impending threat of Goldberg and McCann. Finally, after shuffling attempts at lying and evasion, he is reduced to cowering, shell-shocked silence. Playing his character with the jumpiness of a dog that knows he's going to be whipped, Doyle turns out a finely shaded performance...
...weren't sitting around doing an interview, we would be flot-samizing," skate-boarder Jared Klein offers by way of a definition. "Flotsamizing--it's kind of sitting around with no purpose...
MOSCOW: Russia announced it would begin withdrawing troops from Chechnya, but cautioned that they would return "if the situation deteriorates." Troops Monday began redeploying across the boarder in neighboring Dagestan, the first stage of a three-part withdrawal that is expected to last until at least October. TIME's Andrew Keith says that the withdrawal is largely a cosmetic move, since the soldiers can quickly be sent back into Chechnya if peace negotiations break down. "There is still fighting all over Chechnya despite the cease fire. Among Chechens, there isn't a whole lot of faith in the cease-fire...