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...engaged to ski technician John Mulligan - though she thinks she skis better "when I'm not in love" - she will try in Salt Lake City to cap her career with a gold in the downhill, her signature event. After failing to finish in the top 30 at last week's World Cup race in Cortina, Italy, she won't have the chance to duplicate her surprise gold medal performance in the super-G at the '98 Nagano Games...
...expected within four years to overtake Japan for the No. 2 spot, behind the U.S. Taiwanese original-equipment manufacturers are increasingly moving to the mainland, where labor is cheaper, and where powerhouses such as Dell and IBM are expanding their market presence. In November Taiwan lifted its $50 million cap on individual mainland investments, launching Taiwanese-invested companies such as Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing to build billion-dollar chip factories there...
Jordan had no illusions about leading the Wiz to a title this year. The plan was to shape them into the team he wanted and use millions of dollars in savings on the team's salary cap--Jordan makes only $1 million--available next year to sign a topflight free agent. Jordan will play one more year, the last last hurrah. But the Wizards have progressed so far that perhaps they will shop for a trade this year that will get them deeper into the play-offs. The Atlantic Division, where the Wiz play most of their games, is ripe...
...what's really needed, critics of the status quo say, is even tougher laws and more resources aimed at tightening up border security. Reformers are calling for a rollback of rules that hamstring law enforcement, like a visitor-friendly 45-min. cap on how long arriving passengers can be inspected when they arrive in the U.S., mandated by Congress in more carefree times. They also want the INS to hire hundreds more border patrol agents and investigators to keep illegal immigrants out and to track them down once they're here. Reformers also want...
...line kids can call. The wounded students have since recovered, and shared in a fund set up for them and the families of the two who died. Mari Gordon-Rayborn, whose son Randy was killed, attended in June what would have been his graduation. She wore his cap and gown...