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...those grand, global dreams that motivated the '68ers? So uncool. "Environmental issues and all those big ideas just aren't as important anymore," says Birgit Gugath, 25, a political-science student in Berlin. "We have to take care of ourselves." For most young Germans the biggest worry is unemployment. "No matter how good your grades are," says Böttcher, "there is no guarantee that it will lead to a job. We've become a lot more flexible than our parents' generation. But we also live with a lot more insecurity." Last week, Gugath tuned into a favorite radio show...
...exceptional winners will remain etched in our minds. Take Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco's rendition of a Giacometti stick figure, who stayed ahead of Kenya's Bernard Lagat seemingly by dint of facial contortion alone to capture a long-elusive Olympic win in the 1,500-m race. Or Birgit Fischer, Germany's 42-year-old kayaker who won her eighth gold in a 24-year Olympic career. Or Liu Xiang, the first Chinese to strike gold in a short-distance track event, when he ran an Olympic-record 12.91 seconds in the 110-m hurdles. Or, of course...
...Radcliffe's twin flameouts in the marathon and 10,000 m, was lifted by 34-year-old Kelly Holmes' double gold success in the 800 m and 1,500 m. Russia celebrated a memorable 1-2-3 sweep in the women's long jump, while Germany rejoiced with canoeist Birgit Fischer, 42, who earned a gold and a silver, becoming the first woman ever to win medals over a 24-year span. And a splendid moment of pan-European dominance came on Day 11, in the women's pole vault. The contest came down to five women: two Russians...
Grilling, by London's Eric Treuille and Birgit Erath, mixes Asian, Mexican, Middle Eastern and European ideas to produce such creations as curried coconut chicken, cinnamon quail with pomegranate glaze and red-snapper tacos topped with chili lime mayo...
...known for roles in Verdi's Aida and Don Carlo, Giordano's Andrea Chenier and Puccini's Turandot. His muscular build and booming voice made him an ideal romantic lead opposite sopranos such as Maria Callas. Corelli liked to hold key notes for as long as possible. Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson claimed Corelli bit her on the neck during a 1961 Boston performance of Turandot because she outlasted him in the climactic note of a duet. (He denied...