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...cocky, the year he became the gentleman gunslinger. Back in the early '90s, he was a straight-talking, middling Texan toughing it out in a European sport. Then he got cancer, which changed his life and his body. The treatment oddly reshaped his muscles for climbing, the most crucial part of the Tour de France. He taught himself how to cycle, not just ride a bike. That led to last July, when he became a two-time Tour de France champion, and the kind of comeback story of which HBO movie producers dream...
...stories have shared certain characteristics. To start with the crass and crucial point, they have almost all been cheap to cover. A TV news operation is not going to burn a lot of budget posting a correspondent and camera crew outside the Miami relatives' house, waiting to catch little Elian on the jungle gym. Minimal expenses are an important point at a time when the business of journalism has pretty much been absorbed (by acquisitions and mergers) into vast corporate organisms that tend to see journalism in terms of entertainment product and bottom line...
...most crucial changes, according to Lovejoy, were those in the spine. The distance between chest and pelvis is longer in humans than in apes, allowing the lower spine to curve, which locates the upper body over the pelvis for balance. The pelvis grew broader, meanwhile, and humans developed a hip joint and associated muscles that stabilize the pelvis. Explains Lovejoy: "That's why a chimp sways from side to side as it walks upright and humans...
...weeks ahead of a crucial election, Junichiro Koizumi stands on a stage in Tokyo's bustling Ginza shopping district before a crowd of 3,500. Despite the afternoon's oven-like 35C heat, Japan's Prime Minister wears the white gloves favored by old-time politicians on the stump. But it's his only nod to tradition: nothing about his speech is typical of a Japanese politician seeking votes. "I will carry out reforms that no other parties have dared to touch," Koizumi shouts, the wind whipping his famous locks, helicopters with TV crews whirring overhead. "We will march onward...
...This is where Fiat stepped in. It has forged an alliance with EDF, financier Romain Zaleski and several banks. The consortium, called Italenergia, now controls 52% of the voting shares of Montedison. Initially, the new Berlusconi government, which owes Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli some thanks for his quiet but crucial support, indicated it was "neutral" on the deal. Last week, however, Italian lawmakers put forward a bill to reduce Italenergia's control to 44%. Italenergia quickly decided to water down EDF's voting rights in the alliance, apparently neutralizing concerns about French control. "The direct confrontation between Fiat and Mediobanca...