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...show,” freshman Vince Porter said. “[The wind] was blowing the whole regatta, and he’s definitely good in the breeze. The conditions were definitely good for him. He’s faster upwind than anyone else and in better shape than anyone else...
...Those are important questions, and answers to them might shape attitudes everywhere about a war with Saddam. So far, they haven't featured much in the public debate. They should. The Arab world is in a disastrous state of its own making. The Arab Human Development Report, prepared by a group of regional experts last summer, makes truly depressing reading. "The wave of democracy that transformed Latin America, East Asia, Eastern Europe and Central America," the report argues, "has barely reached the Arab States... More than half of Arab women are illiterate... The quality of public institutions...
...Bush Administration remains deeply skeptical about Kim's motivations, and debate rages over what his acknowledgement of the nuclear program portends. He remains firmly in charge of his country, but there's no question that it is in dire shape. Few have enough to eat, and 45% of children under the age of 5 suffer chronic malnutrition. Farms lie fallow without fertilizer, and at least 6 million of North Korea's 22 million people depend on international food aid. Most factories are closed and rusting for lack of power, and the only things lit at night in the North...
Certainly the wary, introverted Bonds hasn't helped himself. He refuses to worship in the cathedral where baseball tries to place itself and instead continually refers to the sport as a business. And Bonds is all business. He keeps himself in superb shape and is fanatical about a healthy diet. Most players fade in their mid-30s; he has got better...
...from modeling agencies or have talent searches at local karaoke bars, then companies select what they want, male or female." So it is with Chen. Even as she struggles to learn how to sing, dance, act and sell hair conditioner, her handlers are pounding her image into a shape matching the smooth, round hole of commerce. "I look at the market," Chen says, "and I ask, 'how can I differentiate myself to stand...