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...Bangladeshis, who have to cope with frequent cyclones from the Indian Ocean and regular outbursts of violence on the streets of their own cities, are a tough, stoic lot who don't frighten easily. But a wave of extortion, murder and kidnapping that is washing over the country of 140 million has many worried that the nation may be sliding into anarchy. The Bureau of Human Rights Bangladesh says 971 people have been killed since the start of the year. Says Badruddoza Chowdhury, former President of Bangladesh: "Never have crime and extortion taken place on such a big scale...
Under fire at work? Get some tips on how to cope from the most stressed managers of all--pro-sports coaches...
Rice, however, brought more than a distaste for the Clinton way to her new job. There was also her expertise and her President's initial agenda. Arguably, neither has turned out to be ideally suited to the world with which she and Bush have had to cope. Rice had been a distinguished scholar of the Soviet Union, which by 2001 did not exist. During the presidential campaign, she freely admitted to the New York Times that "I've been pressed to understand parts of the world that have not really been part of my scope. I'm really a Europeanist...
...doubt, things were harsh for Fassel this year. How does a coach who once reached a Super Bowl cope with public humiliation? Not by locking himself in his home. "You have to realize that the fans that get POed and scream don't come close in numbers to those that support you," he says. "There is a silent majority out there that respects how hard coaches work, even when teams are not performing...
...ability to swim fast - she was, for a time, the fastest woman ever over all the freestyle distances - was a gift Shane Gould couldn't cope with. A year after winning five medals at the Munich Olympics, the Sydney-born schoolgirl was lost. For Gould the joy of swimming was the sensation of gliding through water and the process of trying to do it better; but most people seemed fixated on results. Feeling depersonalized by celebrity and curious about life beyond the pool, she lacked the will to churn out laps...