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With aggressive net-play and sound teamwork, the senior duo of Mark Riddell and co-captain David Lingman were first to finish with an 8-1 drubbing in the second doubles position...
...delays and construction snafus before a last-minute frenzy snapped its facilities into place in time for the 1996 Games. But the Greeks have brought their own special brand of drama. Work stoppages, the sacking of organizers, procrastination, glacier-speed planning and now a breathless dash to the finish have already made these Olympics memorable for the wrong reasons. "Let's not kid ourselves. These are the Greek Games and they're being done the Greek way," says a Greek project manager overseeing several venues south of Athens...
...buildings, which had been hit the day before by a 500-lb. bomb. Platoon Commander 2nd Lieut. Ilario Pantano reported back that they had found gun emplacements and binoculars and that the building was still usable by insurgents. Another Marine later recalled the smell of death. Tank fire would finish the house off. Then, to their north, they spotted the movement of three or four men. Some of them appeared to be carrying guns...
...company are aware an assault on the city would have been a bloody affair for both Iraqis and Marines. Some are relieved the attack will not be taking place. But they suspect that in a couple of weeks or a couple of months, they will be sent back to finish the job. "What you saw today is only 10% of what they would have got if we had gone into the city," says Staff Sergeant Naaman Clark. "But this is an election year, and politics got in the way. We're going to be here for a long time...
...Bush and his tactics. However, the U.S. cannot leave Iraq now and abandon the Iraqis, most of whom just want peace and security. We believe in human rights. If we pull out our troops, there will be a civil war with many innocent victims. We must stay and finish the job. We need more troops and we need to be more aggressive, even if it means destroying mosques or neighborhoods. PHYLLIS L. TRUITT Evansville...