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...skating establishment. Friesinger has alienated them by training on her own and by criticizing the state system. She once said that if she were to train in a system that "slavishly" followed old-fashioned methods, "I would die there." Friesinger has also had a public and catty battle with compatriot Claudia Pechstein. Six years ago, when Friesinger failed to show at the German championships, Pechstein suggested that her rival was feigning illness. At this year's European meet, it was Pechstein's turn to claim illness, though she chose to stay - and beat Friesinger in the 5,000. Friesinger said...
...Korea/Japan 2002, French gaffer Roger Lemerre will be joined - in battle - by compatriot coaches Henri Michel (Tunisia), Bruno Metsu (Senegal) and Philippe Troussier (co-host Japan). These men are part of a long list of French managers whose personal success and exposure to France's remarkable player-development program won them jobs guiding national teams, professional clubs - and occasionally, as in Troussier's case, improving the entire structure of a country's soccer system. Troussier's three-year drive to recast the Japan Football Association a la français has already begun to bear fruit: under the 46-year...
Koite’s music echoes that of his compatriot, Ali Farka Toure, whose joint album with Ry Cooder won a Grammy award in 1994. The rolling, Eastern-flavoured music combines acoustic guitar with traditional arrangements and instruments, such as the Kamale N’gone, or youth’s harp, to great effect —the music is simple and evocative, showcasing Koite’s expressive voice. While not as rock-influenced as Salif Keita on recent albums, Koite promises to be an exciting, upbeat show. —Andrew R. Iliff
...Afghani children in Kandahar, by Kiarostami's compatriot Mohsen Makhmalbaf, do not smile. One comely lad in a Taliban school loads a Kalashnikov rifle and obediently proclaims its virtues - it "kills the living and mutilates the dead" - as a mullah praises his recitation. ("Weapons," a visiting doctor says later, "are the only modern thing in Afghanistan.") Another boy, an orphan in the desert, will peddle anything, including himself, to keep going. He attaches himself to an educated Iranian woman who has returned from Canada to save her sister...
...Afghani children in Kandahar, by Kiarostami's compatriot Mohsen Makhmalbaf, do not smile. One comely lad in a Taliban school loads a Kalashnikov rifle and obediently proclaims its virtues?it "kills the living and mutilates the dead"?as a mullah praises his recitation. ("Weapons," a visiting doctor says later, "are the only modern thing in Afghanistan.") Another boy, an orphan in the desert, will peddle anything, including himself, to keep going. He attaches himself to an educated Iranian woman who has returned from Canada to save her sister. As Makhmalbaf showed in Gabbeh, he is Iran's great colorist; here...