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...fast it looked like the Tony Awards. San Diego not only marked the final metamorphosis of political conventions into TV productions; it also represented a low-water mark for political rhetoric. Susan Molinari, in her chirpy keynote speech, sounded like a PTA president urging more money for the school gym. Even Elizabeth Dole's acclaimed "Oprah-style" turn on the convention floor was the sort of motivational-speaker gimmick that plays better in person than on the TV screen; we've seen this act in too many infomercials...
After one of the most agonizing of journeys to the Olympics, one that sportswriters called "epic," you'd think Dan O'Brien would have soldered his gold medal to his neck. But shortly after winning the decathlon, O'Brien lost the medal. He put it in a gym bag, which he left in the back of the vehicle that took him to his car. Luckily, Jim Reardon, his sport psychologist, retrieved it. After all, O'Brien couldn't be expected to wait another four years...
...fantastic. It was a night O'Brien had dreamed about for four years, ever since he no-heighted in the pole vault at the '92 Olympic trials. "Watching a competition you felt you could win," O'Brien said of the Barcelona Olympics, "was worse than getting picked last in gym class." This time around, O'Brien had no trouble with the pole vault. But he still had Frank Busemann, 21, of Germany on his tail as he headed across the infield for his ninth event, the javelin. For that, O'Brien got some helpful advice from none other than Dave...
...Montoursville. One teen dropped out of school and later committed suicide. There were two fatal traffic accidents, one killing a well-known high school student and the other a grade school child. When a vigil for the dead French club members took place on Thursday night in the school gym, 2,100 weary souls, a little less than half the town, showed up and wept in the bleachers. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge attended. A group of cheerleaders, in uniform, placed photographs of the town's 21 dead on a makeshift altar. The first speaker, the Rev. Jerry Uppling, began...
...just the little girls asking for my autograph but the little boys. As I see it, if a little boy asks for my autograph, maybe he'll treat a little girl differently. Maybe he will pick her to play on his basketball team, or pick her for soccer in gym class, and realize that girls can be pretty good athletes...