Word: laing
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What brought the native of Guadeloupe to the summit of the fencing world was an unrelenting drive and competitive ferocity that early on earned her the sobriquet la Guepe--the Wasp. Flessel-Colovic latched onto fencing at age seven after seeing French legend Jean-Francois Lamour on television. She abandoned dance lessons for the local fencing club--and soon began a victorious ascent through local and regional ranks. The promising southpaw didn't leave home for Paris, and intensive training, until 1990, when--at 19, far from family, friends and acquaintances--she fought off loneliness by pouring all her attention...
...missing European championship crown to her collection of titles. She is also eager to front the French team that will be host to the world championship competition in 2001--a full fencing agenda that should leave Flessel-Colovic's fans plenty of time to savor her personality and watch la Guepe continue to sting...
...like soap from Aaron Spelling and a remake of The Fugitive (CBS, Fridays, 8 p.m., starts Oct. 6). But the show many advertisers give the best odds is Bette (CBS, Wednesdays, 8 p.m., debuts Oct. 11), a sitcom with brassy Bette Midler--an actual professional entertainer!--playing herself a la The Jack Benny Show. The series has plenty for Midler's fans (yes, she sings), but will Survivor's young viewers swing to this boogie-woogie belter's tune...
...assigned to Gore. I'm a rookie when it comes to this stuff, so Karen left a message for me on the cell phone of Gore campaign spokesman Chris Lehane. You're all set, she tells me, and I sprint for the press charter flight out of LAX to La Crosse...
...rather have a stiff president than a stupid one." -Dee Goss Westby, 71, of La Crosse, Wis., pitching slogans to Gore camp...