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...that I know of place such an emphasis on physical development, or link it so closely to moral virtue, which makes Mormon Utah a fitting setting for the Olympic Games. The athletic prowess revered by ancient Athenians is equally important to modern Mormons. Steve Young, the Hall-of-Fame-bound NFL quarterback and a distant relation of Brigham Young, was, for the duration of his career, the quintessence of Mormon manhood?an earthly model for aspiring gods. No wonder that Utah, in survey after survey, has ranked first in the nation in longevity and last in the prevalence of certain...
...archaic teaching nowadays, and as kid who liked to share a beer with schoolmates who weren't bound by Mormon doctrine, I found it hard to follow. Still, it was something to shoot for, and by trying I probably moved an inch closer to future godhood than I would have had it not existed. Hey, a lot of Olympians fall short too. It's the attempt that matters, though. The struggle. One hopes that this struggle hasn't been abandoned yet - that deep inside all of our temples, that light still shines...
...French football factory: the production line that spews out a plethora of outstanding players also churns out plenty of world-class coaches. The World Cup will serve as a showcase for the country's managerial surplus, with Frenchmen at the helm of four of the 32 squads bound for Asia. "It's a great tribute to the French development system," says former French star Didier Deschamps, who last year ended his playing career to become head coach of Monaco. "Since national teams can't recruit French players, they recruit French coaches...
...that the U.S. made a mistake, attacking and killing provincial government soldiers who had gone to the area to accept a Taliban surrender and had been guarding the munitions stored in a local school and the district headquarters. A man claimed that two bodies were found with hands bound and shot in the head; furthermore, that 22 to 40 soldiers and a number of civilians were killed in the raid. The fear in Tarin Kowt is that the U.S. may have acted on information from local warlords who wanted to get hold of the Taliban munitions for themselves...
...Washington's frustration over the Palestinian leader's failure to rein in militants reached boiling point three weeks ago when Israel intercepted an arms shipment allegedly bound for the PA from Iran. The U.S. has demanded that Arafat provide a satisfactory explanation of that incident, and has written to the governments of Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia offering evidence of PA involvement in the transaction and urging pressure on Arafat. But Bush is unlikely to recruit any Arab support against Arafat, for the simple reason that the consensus even among U.S. allies in the Arab world is that Sharon...