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...State's Yesalis is resentful that the I.O.C. makes a big show of its "war on drugs" while keeping in place a system that is not unlike baseball's in assuring that the stars--the moneymakers--continue to appear clean. Shorter is resentful that, even when this system stumbles upon a cheater, hypocrisy rules at the end of the day. He says "it absolutely stinks" that Cuban high jumper Javier Sotomayor will compete in Sydney. The world-record holder tested positive for cocaine at last summer's Pan Am Games and was banned for two years by the International Amateur...
...Emmanuel Lewis. Much to the pleasure of a mildewing island nation, Harry Potter will be played by Brit youngster DANIEL RADCLIFFE. (If you're keeping score in such casting matters, that's--give or take--Britain 1, America 100,000.) Radcliffe, 11, told a London press conference that upon hearing of his selection as Harry in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," I cried, and I was just really excited." He has not seen recent photos of Macaulay Culkin. Radcliffe, the son of a literary agent and a casting director, has acted before, in the BBC production of David...
...short career in real journalism came to an ugly end in L.A. last week around the fourth time I said, "I'm going to stay by the pool and have one more drink. I'll catch Al Gore's speech on television." Upon returning to New York, I found myself assigned the Survivor story. It ended up, though, that I kind of missed last Wednesday's big finale episode. And I also missed all the Wednesdays before that. I don't foresee keeping this reality-show beat very long either. In two weeks I figure I'll be back...
Relationships that prosper and endure may take vastly different forms, but they tend to have some sound practices in common. Whether a parent, businessperson or school principal initiates it, a partnership must meet a genuine need. It must have specific, agreed-upon goals as well as benchmarks to determine whether it's on course to meet them. It should have top-level support from the business and the school, an orientation to acquaint teachers and volunteers with the undertaking at hand and someone to co-ordinate their efforts. A signed agreement is useful not only to clarify the intent...
...Once upon a time, the eyes glued to financial news would have had to wear bifocals. But the stock market, like sex, is no longer just adult fare. The Internet pumps quotes, research and trading capability right into Jason's bedroom in Riverdale, N.Y. Nearly half of all households nationwide own stock, up 85% since 1983, and dinner-table drone about performance falls on little ears as well as big. With such incentives, grade-schoolers leap naturally from this-little-piggie-went-to-market to this-little-kiddie-plays-the-market. "This has become a national pastime," says Yale Hirsch...