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...racer, there's no holding back, but AJ Kitt also knows that one secret of success is not to peak too early. So far, the 23-year-old American is right on schedule. Two years ago, he finished fourth in a World Cup downhill, earning a reputation as a comer. This season he bagged a World Cup downhill victory at Val d'Isere, the first world-class win by an American male since Bill Johnson struck Olympic gold in 1984. Kitt was serving notice that he had arrived -- just in time, if all goes according to plan...
That's what has Republicans so flustered about the results of the election. Had Wofford been more of a moderate, or more of a politician, or had won by a smaller margin, there wouldn't be much fuss. But Wofford won big as a liberal and as a new-comer. People rejected the grand Republican machinery. People rejected Bush. With the economy still floundering, and critics becoming very vocal about Bush's neglect of domestic issues, this is not good time for Bush to have to deal with defeat...
...Pegged a comer early on, Khalifa worked for the Finance Ministry between graduate studies in London and Beirut, often jetting home weekly for meetings. Before he was 30, Khalifa was representing Kuwait at important OPEC meetings. "I remember once when I went to Baghdad to explain our views on oil prices," says Khalifa. "After I finished my presentation, I was called to another building to see Saddam. Before I could go through it all again, Saddam said, 'Khalifa, your explanation is not valid.' There had been no time for anyone at the earlier meeting to have briefed him, but Saddam...
...participation of people like ProfessorSachs will be of an immense importance, because inthis case, Bulgaria has the advantage of being alate comer," and learning from the mistakes ofother East European nations, he said...
Detractors also contend that there is no clear link between self-esteem and academic performance and that a variety of people -- not just black men -- can effectively teach African-American boys. "It's helpful to have role models from one's own group," says child psychiatrist James Comer, director of the Child Study Center at Yale. "But there's probably no need to have role models exclusively from that group...