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...faced her first bull at 13 and notched more than 750 kills during a storied career. Conchita Cintrón, 86, one of the first famous female bullfighters, is still considered among the best...
...found she was pushing against an open door; both the Qatar tournament organizers and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) agreed that she could compete. "They all welcomed me warmly," she told TIME at the end of a grueling practice session in Tel Aviv with her part-time coach, Conchita Mart ínez, a 1994 Wimbledon champion. Tennis officials assured the young Israeli that she would be given round-the-clock security in Qatar, and one member of her entourage was told that Peer would be treated "like the Emir's wife...
...Californians and caused more than $100 million in damage, mostly in the southern part of the state. Downtown Los Angeles logged a record 17 in. of rain over a 15-day stretch (bringing precipitation for the season to a record 22.51 in.), while a mudslide in nearby La Conchita killed 10 residents and swallowed 15 houses. To the north, around Lake Tahoe, roads and cars all but disappeared beneath as much as 19 ft. of newly fallen snow...
...visit by a U.S. congressional delegation. Weathering Disaster UNITED STATES Rain- and snowstorms killed 28 people in California and caused an estimated $100 million in damage in the southern part of the state. Ten of the victims died when a mudslide buried part of the beachside town of La Conchita. MEANWHILE IN FRANCE... Smell the Bouquet As part of a campaign to convince Parisians that tap water is a healthy alternative to bottled mineral water, the company that manages the capital's water supply has renamed itself Eau de Paris, and is offering residents downloadable labels extolling its product...
...policy wonks will be able to get their picture taken with the leader of this urbane revolution, a capitalist Che Guevara literally rolling out the red carpet for his U.S. invasion. This glitzy cafe opening seems an odd counterpoint to the poncho-clad Juan Valdez and his trusty mule Conchita, but the advertising icon needs all the fanfare he can muster for his daunting new mission: to make Colombian coffee hip enough for the Starbucks generation to start caring about his hills of beans...