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...well spoken, Thorpe has been embraced by a public disturbed by the antics of sportsmen such as local tennis brat Lleyton Hewitt. Thorpe's impact on Australian youth has been compared with the Tiger Woods phenomenon in golf. "He's become a similar figure of hope, an ultimate role model," argues 1988 Olympic 200-m champion Duncan Armstrong. Thorpe has been a cover boy on magazines ranging from the frivolous to the prestigious, and many Australians feel they know a lot about him?from his shoe size (17) to his taste in music (grunge) to the girls he gets mushy...
...draws 3,000 people, who buy tickets to sample the signature dishes of more than three dozen local eateries. By showcasing the talents of neighborhood chefs, the annual one-day event raises some $50,000 a year for arts programs at the two schools. "It's a wonderful model for everyone, including the kids, for how to do things in life," says Taste of Tribeca co-founder Feinn. "Everybody is motivated by self-interest and also by the greater good. When you give this way, what you're getting from the giving is much greater...
...Promising to "leave no child behind," Bush pledges to replicate the Texas model on a national scale. While Gore calls for voluntary tests in fourth and eighth grades, Bush would require that states test children every year from third through eighth grades or lose 5% of their federal aid. If a school turns in failing grades three years in a row, its students would receive federal vouchers for tuition at parochial or other private schools. But each state would control the content of its exams...
...faith and going to church or synagoue, but this is almost hawking it." So what about this, from Bush in Washington Monday at a B'nai B'rith convention (of which the ADL is a division)? "Our nation is chosen by God and commissioned by history to be a model to the world of justice and inclusion and diversity without division. Jews and Christians and Muslims speak as one in their commitment to a kind, just, tolerant society." Foxman said he hadn't heard that speech...
BORN. To IMAN, 45, swan-necked Somali model; and DAVID BOWIE, 53, glamrock icon and Web entrepreneur; their first child together, a daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones; in Los Angeles...