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...Savon isn't merely a good boxer; he's a heavyweight, which in Cuba makes him the defender of a legacy. When the big men fight for Olympic gold, you can expect to see a Cuban in the ring. The legendary Teofilo Stevenson won three straight Olympic golds (1972, '76 and '80), and Savon is determined to join him in that exclusive corner...
DIED. ANDY HUG, 35, world-champion Swiss kick boxer, karate expert and aspiring film actor; of acute leukemia; in Tokyo. Growing up an orphan in Switzerland and teased by schoolmates, Hug was inspired by the Rocky movies and trained relentlessly in martial arts from age 12. Considered the Michael Jordan of his sport, he was mobbed in Europe and Japan. Last week, after enduring nausea and nosebleeds, Hug was admitted to a Tokyo hospital with a high fever and was found to have leukemia. He was put on chemotherapy but suffered immediate organ failure and brain damage...
...Bianca Jagger, Joe Piscopo, Camryn Manheim, Mila Jovovich, Ray Liotta and half the cast of "The West Wing," who rushed over from the Warner Bros. set after taping their show. Real politicos on hand included Donna Shalala (how she loved the celebs!), Chris Cuomo, Bob Kerrey, Tom Harkin, Barbara Boxer, Lynda Bird Johnson and Chuck Robb, the Kennedys and a Lawford or two, as well as model Christie Brinkley, fresh from casting her vote to nominate Al Gore as part of the New York delegation. There were newsies/talk show hosts too, like Bill Maher of "Politically Incorrect," Jon Stewart...
...spotlight on Lieberman illuminates a subtle tension in American Jewry that is often overlooked by the national media. Judaism is both an ethnicity and a religion, but the most prominent Jews in American life usually embody the former quality more than the latter. Jewish senators like Barbara Boxer or Charles E. Schumer '71 rarely quote from Chronicles, or any part of the Bible. Seinfeld, Kramer and Elaine never set foot in a synagogue. There are few rabbis or religious Jews who enter public debates with the forcefulness of Jerry Falwell or Cardinal O'Connor. But Lieberman is different: His most...
Meanwhile, the biotech issue is gathering steam in Congress, where safety and labeling bills have been introduced by Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio and 55 co-sponsors in the House, and by Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Barbara Boxer in the Senate. Similar statewide bills are pending in Maine, Colorado and Oregon. Shareholder resolutions demanding safety testing and labeling have targeted a score of companies from life-science giants to supermarket chains...