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...dancer lobbied senators to oppose the bill. Yet not every athlete desperate to find a welcoming Olympic team makes the cut. Greece's national bobsled and skeleton teams include at least two Canadians and three Americans with dual citizenship, but they still didn't qualify for the Games. Austrian skier Josef Strobl had no chance to penetrate his country's talent-deep ski team. So Strobl, who had a Slovenian great-grandfather, tried for a spot on Slovenia's team - but didn't make that, either. The Olympic dream fuels the nation-hopping. Alpine skier Christelle Douibi and cross-country...
...profession by breaking the rules of food preparation and presentation. Lettner's menu features such unusual combinations as grapefruit and mint ravioli with caramelized chicory and sea bass, and bacon-wrapped oysters with champagne sauerkraut. Chef Rüdiger Linke at the ski lodge offers an eclectic mix of Austrian classics and international cuisine; a favorite is Tyrolean roast duck with red cabbage and dumplings. It's tempting to just skip the ski bit and get right down...
...profession by breaking the rules of food preparation and presentation. Lettner's menu features such unusual combinations as grapefruit and mint ravioli with caramelized chicory and sea bass, and bacon-wrapped oysters with champagne sauerkraut. Chef Rüdiger Linke at the ski lodge offers an eclectic mix of Austrian classics and international cuisine; a favorite is Tyrolean roast duck with red cabbage and dumplings. It's tempting to just skip the ski bit and get right down...
...gold that's ever eluded her, will face strong challenges from teammate Sasha Cohen and Russia's Irina Slutskaya, seven-time European and twice World champion. The Scandinavians will struggle to protect their longtime hold on Nordic events from the Russian, Ukrainian and Czech skiers hot on their heels. Austrian ski great Hermann Maier will attempt to complete his miraculous comeback from a near fatal motorcycle crash in 2001 by adding to his two Olympic gold medals. German speed skater Anni Friesinger will face a strong field of U.S. and Canadian racers. Japanese ski jumpers, Korean short-track speedsters...
...Gustav Klimt have long graced everything in Austria from chocolate wrappings to subway walls. The real things, so emblematic of Vienna's embrace of early 20th century Art Nouveau, attract tens of thousands of art lovers to the city each year. So it was with genuine dismay that Austrians woke one morning last week to discover that five of the artist's best-known works housed in the Belvedere Palace - including the famous golden portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, the painting's original owner - were suddenly no longer theirs. After a seven-year legal battle, an Austrian arbitration court ruled...