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...astro-tribe of 20 strangers would go through weeks of grueling astronaut training, competing on prime-time, network TV for a chance to fly in space. An identical deal had just been inked by NBC, but the winner of that competition would be rocketing off to Russia's rust-bucket Mir space station. The new show's winner would be riding in comparative luxury aboard NASA's spanking new--if eternally under-construction--International Space Station...
...rents are skyrocketing," he said. "It's been horrendous. Chain stores can come in, see if they make it for five years--it's just a drop in the bucket compared to an ad in the Super Bowl-- but we just can't afford to do that...
Granted, Williams has yet to break records like Woods has and Williams' two Grand Slam titles are a drop in the bucket as compared to Woods' index of accolades and titles. But the 20-year old woman is undeniably making history. Williams' U.S. Open victory last Sunday was as much a celebration of exceptional athletic prowess as it was of femininity. She stunned her equally hard-hitting opponent, Lindsay Davenport, with 117 m.p.h. serves, eight aces, 12 saved break points and, of course, she did so in style...
...play it, golf ain't no sport. At the first tee, after I load up my golf cart with a 12-pack of beer and a bucket of fried chicken (like 98% of the other hackers on the course), I am hardly the picture of an athlete. BERNIE KIRSNER Fontana...
...portable DVD player and sobbing like a freshly minted Mafia widow. The last time I cried so hard at a movie was as a kid when Old Yeller bought it at the end. Only this time, instead of containing my grief by burying my head in a bucket of popcorn in a darkened movie theater, I was bawling on a 7:30 a.m. train to Manhattan. People, understandably, were staring...