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...stature since Donald Lippincott became the first official world-record holder in the 100-m dash at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Lippincott, a student at the University of Pennsylvania, was an unlikely winner: a supplementary member of the U.S. Olympic team, he was allowed to compete in the event only after he agreed to pay his own way to Sweden. After shocking observers by running a 10.6 in a preliminary heat, Lippincott fizzled in the final, finishing third. Still, his mark stood until his compatriot, Charley Paddock, topped him by notching a 10.4 at a meet in California nine years...
...title into endorsement riches. At the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, Canadian Donovan Bailey snatched the mantle by speeding to gold in 9.84 seconds, earning himself a spot in a 150-m duel with Michael Johnson, the gold-shoed sensation who set Atlanta ablaze by running the 200-m event in a record-setting 19.32 seconds. But the race, which took place in June 1997 at the Toronto Skydome, was an unmitigated bust; fans derided the event as a corporate showcase that sullied the sport, and Johnson pulled up lame with a quadriceps injury halfway through...
...outpouring of support that has come from around the nation in the past week. One government bank account open for donations has already collected $30 million from the public. On Friday night, a celebrity fundraiser in Taipei raised over $15 million for the flood victims in a seven-hour event...
Tickets to the Bozeman event were to be made available to the general public at both the Bozeman and Belgrade city halls on a first-come, first-served basis, limited to two per person. In a departure from the invitation-only presidential town halls of the previous Administration, the White House is not screening town-hall attendees, leaving open the likelihood of anti-Obama protesters showing up. There are many who may want to do so. The opposition to so-called Obamacare has been quite active in Montana, which lies along the route of a 12-state, $1 million...
...small portion of the over $2 billion the U.S. Government has spent in Liberia since 2003, the highest number of aid dollars spent per capita anywhere in the world. Clinton and President Johnson Sirleaf's camaraderie is an indication that U.S. support of Liberia will continue. At a lunch event, Clinton even promised President Johnson Sirleaf she would soon read her recent memoir, This Child Will Be Great. Read "In Liberia, Sirleaf's Past Sullies her Clean Image" Read "Sweet Ride: Surfing in Liberia...