Word: doneness
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...United Nations of athletes filling the stands in the Water Cube today, most were there to watch one man and one man only. "I think 90% of the swimmers, when they are done with their event, just come here to watch Michael Phelps," said Sandeep Sejwal, a breaststroke swimmer from India. "He deserves all the attention he gets," said Genaro Prono, another breaststroke swimmer, from Paraguay. "Because everything that he does is also better...
...years have done nothing to dampen Torres' aggressive spirit. As remarkable as her finish was, she was haunted by how close she came to winning gold, which would have been her first individual Olympic title. "I am very competitive, and I hate to lose," she said. "I told my coach it's hard for me to understand I swam the perfect race and lost by 0.01 sec. He said, 'Look, you went into the Olympics fifth in the world, and now you've got a silver medal.' " Three of them, actually, which is certain to impress her 2-year...
...think so, because I believe it. There wasn't any doubt in my mind, until I missed the final, that I was the world's fastest man. You can 'coulda woulda shoulda' Bolt's race. If he had run to the line, what he could have done? This is going to sound weird, but it's only 9.69. You know, it's not 9.58. Or 9 forty-something...
...front of the field, he could have done a reggae dance and still won. Or hit a Caribbean beach. Maybe chomped on some of those Chicken McNuggets he's so fond of. Instead, near the finish line of the men's 100m dash Saturday night, Usain Bolt - has any sprinter ever had a more appropriate name? - started to celebrate. Bolt spread out his arms and glanced at the crowd. He slapped his chest a few times. And he did it with his shoes untied: his left laces were flopping around at the finish...
...Like a computer program, for instance. Drug-test those people! Find out if they're on pot, you know. Drug-test those scientists who figured out a way to go to outerspace. The people that really smoke pot - all these great authors - Norman Mailer. They're potheads. Pot has done more for this world than any other substance I can think...