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Throw some sand on the ground, pipe in a little Beach Boys, pit the world?s best beach volleyball players against each other in elimination rounds, and you end up with one heck of a way to spend an evening at the Olympic Games. And oh yes, in case the fans didn?t know that it?s a party, add in a few bouncing bikini girls with dance routines that are carefully choreographed for maximum jiggle effect...
...power to turn life into theater. During World War II, he and his wife were captured by the Japanese in Manila and spent nearly two years in prison camps. But he was released in time to take his famous shot of General Douglas MacArthur sloshing onto a beach in Luzon in the Philippines?a picture of victory as both moral triumph and the ultimate photo opportunity. ?By Richard Lacayo...
...winners of the team gold this year, once dominated the sport. But China's dazzling performance points to a new reality?and not just in sports. The determination of the Chinese authorities to harvest athletic talent speaks to a sense of purpose that is making itself felt everywhere from beach volleyball to bioengineering...
...instead of having turf battles over who is in charge of intelligence gathering, the heads of the FBI and the CIA, ALONG WITH THEIR AIDES, would meet weekly for a full day to brainstorm, share information and ideas and make plans for future interagency cooperation? BRUCE BARTEL Huntington Beach, Calif...
...Extraordinarily sharp reflections look etched on the surface of the cold water, which is thought to plunge 20 m in places. Clouds of bugs flutter on its surface, and delicate mosses hang from crevices. Beyond it the river wanders into a large pool, where we camp above a gravelly beach, resting in exhausted contentment on large boulders while Pat conjures a stir fry out of the food barrels. After dinner some of us take a raft back up to the Irenabyss and slowly paddle through it as the dusk fades over its ink black water, the eerie calls of currawongs...