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...moved to Boston, while the other stayed in the sun in California. One would excel in squash, the other one in basketball and baseball...
Growing up in Waterville, Me., George Mitchell was best known as "the brother of Johnny, Paul and Robbie Mitchell." Overshadowed by his basketball- star siblings, George decided to excel in other ways. Last week he attained a pinnacle of sorts when he was chosen majority leader of the U.S. Senate over two colleagues with more seniority, Hawaii's Daniel Inouye and Louisiana's J. Bennett Johnston. In that role, Mitchell will be the Democrats' most visible counterpoint to another fellow with Maine connections: George Bush, of Kennebunkport...
...comfortable with who you are," she says. "You don't waste energy, you are moving ahead. You can become dismissive of people who are different. Meanwhile, adolescents have to experience all the different feelings in order to grow." Older parents can put additional pressure on their children to excel. "I make no bones about it. I want my kids to be superachievers," admits King. "I take the long view...
...beating all of those people who still try to make Blacks out to be sub-humans--physical specimens built and bred only to play football and basketball. Nesty has proven that Blacks can indeed excel in other sports if given the encouragement any athlete needs along with the proper facilities to hone budding skills...
...both sides, the twelve-year Olympic hiatus has heightened the mystique of the competition. For American athletes -- and even more for American fans -- distance and legend have transformed the Soviets into supposed supermen and super-women, selected when barely out of the cradle and taught like emotionless automatons to excel. This exaggerated notion has some basis in fact. The Soviets have a nationwide network of specialized sports schools for even the youngest potential stars, leading to intensive adult training guided by methodical, scholarly study. High-tech training wizardry is rumored to be compounded by steroids and other chemical help: indeed...