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...Leonard, then 35. Now, through an acquisition binge, Leonard has increased the number of TV and radio stations CanWest owns and expanded into newspapers, making it Canada's largest media conglomerate and doubling revenues. CanWest has been acquiring media interests as far afield as Australia and Northern Ireland...
...Their secret: arduous training and unflinching team resolve. Three nights a week, the Ladies yank against a homemade 650-kg weight, building arm muscles and samurai spirit. They dropped this year's World Games to Spain, but the Ladies will be ready for 2002, to be held in Ireland. "It will be a chance for revenge," says team captain Yachiyo Hata. Japanese companies may be dropping like flies, but for the Ladies from Oita, failure is not an option...
...story's protagonist, Maria McShane, lost an eye in a bombing in Northern Ireland in 1976. She was pregnant at the time. Eighteen years later, the son she was carrying back then was shot by a Protestant gunman. Her son's murder shattered the family, but Maria says, "We always told our other children, 'Protestants didn't do this, one man did this...
Meanwhile, the British government, which is committed to obtaining 10% of the country's electricity from renewable sources by 2010, continues to encourage development of wind, solar and wave power. Among 23 new solar roof projects, one will bring Northern Ireland its first solar panels. Scottish and Southern Energy, the country's largest generator of alternative energy, announced plans for a major investment in water and wind power programs, chiefly onshore wind turbines...
...concerns. Not that everybody was daunted. U.S. weight lifter Jackie Berube financed her own trip to compete in the World Weight-Lifting Championships in Turkey after the sport's governing body in the U.S. decided it was too dangerous. And 1,000 Irish fans went to Iran to see Ireland qualify for the World...