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...with the skill and grace of Gangji, an employee of the International Tennis Federation, who makes a modest salary of $45,000 for the 35 weeks a year that he officiates at tournaments in New York, Lagos, London and various other way stations on the endless tennis circuit. He is one of the handful of salaried professionals in a field traditionally peopled with volunteers calling lines for a cold beer and a pat on the back. At Wimbledon the umpires receive about $200 a day plus meals for squinting into the near distance and making a call that could well...
...loved curtsying when it was over. Probably the greatest in the history of her game, she was always at her greatest here. But with her 38th birthday looming on Oct. 18, Navratilova these days is a step slower, a return shot shy and, in her valedictory tour around the circuit, too often immersed in memories rather than the task at hand. The rigid fat-free diet, the weight training for strength and the basketball drills for agility have only stayed, not stopped, the passing years. Navratilova at her best is still the fiercest force in what looks like a sport...
...about 40 people that I have sponsored fundraisers for--there's circuit of fundraisers across America," Sloan says "We discuss issues that relate to national politics...
...spiritual cog for the Crimson was senior Steve Kelts, the team captain. Although he wasn't a consistent top performer for the team, finishing in the team's top three only once all season, Kelts brought to the squad a degree of mettle rarely seen on the cross country circuit...
...diversity-crusaders so much as their methodology. I too would like the Harvard faculty to look a little bit less like the Elks club from some New Hampshire hamlet. But I am not so bent on this notion of diversity that I would be willing to short-circuit strictly meritocratic hiring procedures in order to bring it about...