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...show was relatively cringe-free. "It was everything we wanted and more," said Sydneysider Heather Georgulis, speaking for many. "It was very Australian and made you proud to be an Australian." With 120 stockmen on horseback, 900 indigenous performers and 100 lawn mowers variously arabesquing across the stage, the mood called to mind a backyard corroboree. Stilt walkers and flaming Ned Kellys added levity, and complex logistics were made to look like child's play. "I wasn't scared," said aerial star Nikki Webster, who flew on cables 25 meters above the stage. "I was just enjoying myself and having...
...week" of his life. "To be able to dream and to fulfill it is the best thing an individual can do," he said. "It was just so great to be able to share that moment with the whole country." Thorpe's triumphs lifted an already happy host nation's mood - and inspired the great racers from the rest of the world to hit new heights in a pool that elite swimmers think is fast: Eight world records were set in the first two days of competition...
...impossible for me to stay in a bad mood when I am reading Wodehouse. When I begin to crack under the strain of insinuating political commercials, I intend simply to pass over for a little while into the innocent alternate universe of Bingo's dilemmas as he falls idiotically in love with a tea shop waitress, or a Bolshevik maiden, and applies to Bertie (meaning, of course, Jeeves) to help him sort...
...That leaves the candidates with one projected win apiece. And, as each camp is likely painfully aware, the final contest is generally perceived as a toss-up, dependent on anything from the mood of the moderator to the quality of the night's coffee. On October 17, the candidates will meet in St. Louis for a potentially contentious town-hall meeting, where audience members will pose questions to the candidates. It could go either way: If Gore has learned anything about warmth and accessibility from his year of campaigning, he may just confound us with some quick and witty banter...
...then, Republicans on Capitol Hill were up to speed on the Lee case. They had heard from Energy officials who suspected Lee, as well as some who believed he was innocent. But the House GOP was in no mood to show any quarter to Reno or other officials on the case. That spring, several senators tagged Reno in public for denying the FBI its warrant to inspect Lee's computer in 1997. By the fall, Reno and the rest of the administration were under intense pressure - and not just from Republicans - to move against Lee. Energy Secretary Richardson was pushing...