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...result of a childhood accident. Walker lost the sight in one eye, and writes that she felt disfigured and ugly for a long time afterward. It is through the bond with her daughter, her own creativity, and the strength she has found from the stories of her (female) ancestors. Walker writes, that she has finally learned to accept herself as complete and even beautiful. She dedicates the book to her daughter. Rebecca, in a few lines that sum up the creative process through which she has discovered herself and her heritage...
...billion during at least the next three years. Such shortfalls threaten to drive up interest rates and eventually abort the recovery. Board Member Charles Schultze, a Brookings Institution senior fellow, who was unable to attend the meeting because of bad weather on the East Coast, said in an interview afterward: "These deficits will do damage to investment and long-run growth. They will hurt housing, business investment, exports and American industries that compete with imports...
...know beforehand that Bill Johnson of the U.S. was the best downhiller Mount Bjelašnica ever saw, it was not because Johnson had failed to spread the word. He said it repeatedly during the long week of delays and training runs before the race, and he said it afterward. Is not consistency the mark of a great athlete? "Top three? I think I'll finish in the top one," he confided amiably. Outrageous, muttered the sport's moguls. World-class cockiness...
...better than eighth and 17th. They were quitting after this season, they said, and they seemed tired of skiing. Poor old men. But there was one last Olympic race, and a magnificent last hurrah it was. Steve won the first round, and Phil overtook his brother in the second. Afterward he gave one of his country-boy smiles and said, "It feels great, especially since...
...difficult athletic feats are made to appear effortless, though the beat is so slow that the skaters can never build momentum. Like the music, the movements are eerily erotic and mesmerizing, and even for favorites, the program was a gamble. In winning, Torvill and Dean elevated an entire sport. Afterward, Dean brushed aside the mutters about single-tempo selection: "Maybe it's something that hasn't been done before," he said, "but that's what we're all about, trying to be inventive and to do different things. We didn't know how the music...