Word: speeding
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...hamstring strain that brought a dramatic end to his duel at 200 m with his in-your-face rival Maurice Greene at the Olympic trials. On July 23, Johnson shut down early in the race and Greene pulled up shortly after, two drag racers coming apart at high speed. So neither will compete in the 200 at Sydney, though both will be present and half accounted for. Johnson will run his signature 400, while Greene lays claim to being the fastest man alive...
Worse still for the Concorde is the damage to its prestige that the crash and the grounding have caused. People paid thousands of dollars more than for regular airliners to fly the Concorde, not only for its speed but also for bragging rights. "The Concorde meant getting pampered," says Richard Aboulafia, an aviation analyst at the Teal Group in Fairfax, Va. "Uncertainty about the plane eliminates part of the cachet that was crucial to the Concorde's success...
...these kids--even the three who never found their birth relatives--were piecing together the puzzle of their life at whiplash speed. This is where you were born. This is the woman who held you. This was the city, the food, the smells. For them, it was two parts home ("It's so nice," Rae said amid a throng of Koreans on a street. "For once, people are staring at Kel and Jake instead of me") and three parts I'm-never-coming-here-again (a teenage boy ate dinner at his foster parents' home only to discover...
...hamstring strain that brought a dramatic end to his duel at 200 m with his in-your-face rival Maurice Greene at the Olympic trials. On July 23, Johnson shut down early in the race and Greene pulled up shortly after, two drag racers coming apart at high speed. So neither will compete in the 200 at Sydney, though both will be present and half accounted for. Johnson will run his signature 400, while Greene lays claim to being the fastest man alive...
Even without the 200, Johnson will be doing a double of sorts--as a journalist. He is being promoted by Quokkasports and NBC as a "wired athlete." He has worn speed and heart-rate monitors at meets, sending data out over the Web (at 50 m, 141 beats/min., 18.3 m.p.h.). And at michaeljohnson.org he addresses a perceived need for "unfiltered, uncensored information from me. The fans get more than enough through you guys." While he won't be wearing the gizmos at Sydney, he will report in. "I'll do daily updates," he says. "I'll be wired through...