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...their coaches free trips to Sydney? You quickly run out of space at the Olympic Village. To compensate for the high cost of getting Down Under, the organizers of the Sydney Games offered to pay air fares for all athletes and officials who planned to attend. A record number accepted. More than 11,100 athletes are participating in the Sydney Games, up from the 10,310 who showed up in Atlanta in 1996. But the Village was designed to house only 10,200 athletes, so officials had to scramble to add beds, doubling and tripling up people in rooms...
...officers have given much thought to what the club will do in future years. One option is to occupy new space. We are currently exploring a number of possibilities for our new home," Decherd said...
...novelist who puts himself into his story is either a Postmodernist or uncommonly vain. Vidal is not a Postmodernist, but he probably deserves a place in his chronicle. He knew or met a number of the real, historical people - Eleanor Roosevelt, Joseph Alsop, Tennessee Williams - who move through the pages of "The Golden Age." He has been, for the past half-century, an uncommonly public literary figure: a near ubiquitous television guest and, twice, an unsuccessful candidate for elective office. Living well is Vidal's revenge, which he does much of each year at La Rondinaia, his spectacular house...
...Several over-the-counter remedies are available to treat louse outbreaks; pharmacists and schools will generally recommend products such as Nix rinse or Rid shampoo. These are helpful, but parents must follow the directions carefully and reapply the treatment after the prescribed number of days. Also, some lice seem resistant to the insecticides used in these products, so there's no substitute for checking and re-checking your child's scalp...
...years, since the last time the Olympics were held here. "Sport is how we've always tested oursleves," said Nicole Jeffrey, the swimming correspondent for The Australian newspaper. "And after beating the U.S. tonight in a race they've owned, we have a chance to be the number-one swimming nation in the world...