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...perfectionism stems from her hypercompetitive childhood in the small Swedish town of Bro. Her parents Tom and Gunilla were avid athletes. Though they never pushed Annika, who wanted to be a fighter pilot, or her sister Charlotta, "we were the little boys they never got," says Charlotta, also a pro golfer. The girls played soccer, tennis, badminton and random games that the family invented...
Many couples opt for locations that not only are congenial to a ceremony but also offer opportunities to golf, fish, indulge in a spa treatment or explore another culture. Avid scuba divers Stephanie Dowling, 29, and Chad Eschmeyer, 28, of Scottsdale, Ariz., plan for their May 2004 wedding in the Virgin Islands to include a day of snorkeling and diving. They originally anticipated 15 guests. Now 50 guests, many of them fellow divers, are scheduled to stay in a resort the couple selected over the Internet for a week of activities, including celebrations of Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican festival...
...first major piece - works. "Everything that's a perceived weakness of opera is a strength of the TV show," adds Thomas. "People get put off by the extreme plots of grand opera. But the extreme stories are precisely what draws people to the talk show." Although Thomas is an avid Springer fan, Lee never was. Yet that detachment enabled him to find an extra dimension: "Writing the people who appear on Springer into an opera dignifies them. And I realized that they are not figures of fun. Before working on this I found the TV show ridiculous and annoying...
...impact she makes on childrens’ lives. “The glimpse that I get into the lives of children and how they are affected by books is very meaningful to me. It shouldn’t have surprised me, though, as I was a very avid reader but perhaps I had forgotten...
...founding member of the Wilmette group. "This allows us to practice being adults together." For Dorothy Hemming and her son Neville, 12, the mother-son book group is "a way for us to be together other than my driving him around to sporting events." Neville, a hockey player and avid reader, says the group helps him to talk to his mother on a deeper level. "It's not just my asking her for something--'I need this by Tuesday. I need you to sign this paper...