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...when two DJs convince him they're Jean Chr?tien. It's plausible the Canadian PM has nothing to do but crank call NE WIN Burmese ex-dictator's relatives charged with treason, and he's under Suu Kyi-style house arrest. The sound you hear is poetic justice APOLO ANTON OHNO U.S. skater voted "least welcome" by South Korean students. South Koreans obviously haven't been exposed to much Carrot...
...photos of the Russian figure skaters," declared a New Yorker. "You must have searched high and low for the least flattering pictures you could find." A Vancouver, B.C., reader shared the sentiment. "Surely, out of the hundreds of shots available, you could have published a more complimentary one of Anton Sikharulidze. Shame on you!" The cover portrait of the Canadians, however, got a round of applause. A San Franciscan called it "a real standout. It makes you want to reach out and invite these kids over for dinner. If they decide to get married, it should go on page...
While I won't disagree that the corruption in Olympic judging needs to be seriously addressed, I question the decision to give the Canadian figure skaters a gold medal in addition to the one won by the Russian pair Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze. What would have happened if the situation had been reversed and the Russians had challenged the judges? Nothing. The controversial resolution of awarding two gold medals was obviously aimed at pleasing the American press and public, and it reeked of cold war residue. It is rather symptomatic of the nation of plaintiffs that is America. Your...
Last week's debate in Salt Lake City once again stirs all of these feelings. I know Yelena [Berezhnaya] and Anton [Sikharulidze]--we've toured together--and they are great skaters. I feel sad for them as well as for Jamie [Sale] and David [Pelletier], sad that their big moment was lost amid yet another judging dispute. But the few technical mistakes Yelena and Anton made in their program--however slight--were unfortunately still mistakes. So, watching it on television, I was both surprised and not surprised when Jamie and David were given the silver. I thought: "Here...
SALT LAKE CITY—Thousands of Olympic spectators filled the Salt Lake Ice Center on Saturday night expecting to see 19-year old Apolo Anton Ohno win his third and fourth medals, one to be shared with Harvard’s Dan Weinstein ’03-’04 in the 5,000-meter relay...