Word: speeding
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...closest thing to a certainty in these Olympics: when Ekundayo Williams crosses the finish line in her 100-meter heat Friday, she'll be five meters behind the winner. If the winner happens to be one of the event's speed queens, Marion Jones or Inger Miller, the gap could be as much as 10 meters. Williams' personal best time is 11.91 seconds, slower than every 100-meter champion in Olympic history save Betty Robinson, who won gold in Amsterdam in 1928 in just her fourth track meet...
...these Games she hopes only to improve her best time. By Athens 2004, she believes she'll be running the 100 meters in 11 seconds. Less than a year of proper training has sliced more than a second off her best time, and she's convinced there's more speed inside her. Says Edwin: "My duty is to take her to the Olympic final. From there...
...finish last, as if that matters compared to the rebuilding of a woman's dreams. The Olympic ideal allows for ambition, and in this she isn't lacking. It is victory she longs for; the thrill of speed is not, in itself, enough. Sierra Leone is a land of many diamonds, and Ekundayo Williams is as precious as any of them...
...drop out of the Fordham race because of my legs, but they felt much better this weekend," Baker said yesterday after returning from a two-hour run to Walden Pond in Concord. "On Saturday I stayed with the pack at the beginning and then picked up speed to pass a couple of Brown runners and finish behind Nathan...
...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...