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Along with detailing his age and weight, Monty's profile proclaims his love for the beach and taking walks. Another profile, belonging to Marley Sue, gushes, "I will occasionally give you love bites on your feet and toes especially if you're wearing socks!" A third profile - Fletcher's - is more philosophical: "Life is too short to behave for too long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Social Networks Target Pets | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...Kotor, and there are daily power outages. Still, the tiny country has achieved a good deal in a short time. Less than a decade ago, NATO warplanes were bombing targets in Montenegro in the campaign to drive Milosevic out of Kosovo. And now? Budva's "Jaz" beach hosted the Rolling Stones last summer and in September will stage part of Madonna's 50th birthday tour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tivat: The Next Monaco | 8/20/2008 | See Source »

...might have seemed like patriotism gone wild when two members of Georgia's men's beach-volleyball team stitched the nicknames "Geor" and "Gia" onto their uniforms, spelling out the name of their team's besieged nation. But there's a twist: neither of the players is Georgian by birth - 2.04-m Renato Gomes and 1.92-m Jorge Terceiro are towering Brazilian imports recruited by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili for the sole purpose of playing for his country in the Olympics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year of the Mercenary Athlete | 8/19/2008 | See Source »

...have struck gold in more than 10 disciplines, from weight lifting and shooting to archery and gymnastics. The nation's women even proved victorious in rowing's quadruple sculls, an Olympic event that China's sports czars only began targeting seriously a few years ago. The same goes for beach volleyball, in which the country's women placed ninth in Athens. This time around, China's red-bikini-clad sand spikers are guaranteed either gold or silver in the Aug. 21 final against the U.S. On Aug. 18 - the same day as when China's great male hope, hurdler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Women Spark a Gold Rush | 8/19/2008 | See Source »

...front of the field, he could have done a reggae dance and still won. Or hit a Caribbean beach. Maybe chomped on some of those Chicken McNuggets he's so fond of. Instead, near the finish line of the men's 100m dash Saturday night, Usain Bolt - has any sprinter ever had a more appropriate name? - started to celebrate. Bolt spread out his arms and glanced at the crowd. He slapped his chest a few times. And he did it with his shoes untied: his left laces were flopping around at the finish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bolting to a World Record | 8/16/2008 | See Source »

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