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Your cover photo of swimmer Dara Torres would also make a great cover for Sports Illustrated's swimsuit edition [Aug. 4]. Best of luck to her in Beijing! C. Lin Jacobson, PASCAGOULA, MISS., U.S.
Beijing's Obstacle Course I read all of Pico Iyer's piece on the Olympic challenge to see if it reflected the uncivilized arrogance of the headline writer that averred that "The real test [of the Olympic Games for China] is learning to play by the rules of the civilized...
South Africa Iyer's piece states "Beijing even invited Albert Speer, the son of Hitler's architect, to help design a major axis." This sentence implies a connection between the present Chinese administration and the Nazi regime. This is an enormous exaggeration. The handling of democratic development and minorities by...
Thaksin, who flew to Britain after attending the Olympics in Beijing, said in a televised statement that since returning in February he and his family had had their lives threatened and been treated unfairly by Thailand's judicial system. "My family and I have continuously been treated unjustly," Thaksin said...
Famously without the Hamm twins, Paul and Morgan, both of whom pulled out of the Beijing Games due to nagging injuries that prevented them from performing at their peak (Paul is the defending Olympic all-around champion, and Morgan is a 2004 veteran), working as a cohesive unit was the...