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...stay alive. And while Cheney is hardly lingering on death's door - doctors assure us he's not even in death's neighborhood - the GOP's decision to present a 59-year-old with serious cardiac health issues as the best candidate to play back-up to a younger, fitter presidential candidate is raising eyebrows in the medical community...
...turning 50. In eight seconds, so will another, and then another, and on and on will this cascade of calendar-enforced maturity continue for the next decade and a half, an entire generation hitting the back nine and turning the world over to those who are younger, faster, fitter, more ambitious. (Even the most commonly used number--the 76 million born in the boom--is a gross underestimate: add 8 million immigrant boomers to the total.) For the present purposes, though, we're going to focus on the leading edge of the boom, those people born between...
...certain when the idea of "pure cinema" first trickled its way I into my moviegoing life. Who knows what the term even means, as if certain images are fitter, more satisfying and more urgently needed on film than on any other medium, or as if celluloid can relate beauty better than anyone else. I'll be the first to admit that there is something a little preposterous about it; can anyone really imagine a "pure sculpture" or a "pure poem...
...that's the source of so much confusion recently. To challenge for the top spot, Seles has to become a fitter, faster player to keep up with the speed and inhuman power of the Williamses. And she recognizes this...
...taken three tournaments in a row this summer. "She's playing the best tennis by far at the moment," says Martina Navratilova. The self-deprecating Californian has never sought the spotlight and has suffered from criticism of her weight. Now, she's 25 lbs. lighter and many times fitter. Two weeks ago, she was sitting down for a makeover and being filmed by a network TV show. Davenport, 22, says she's not "looking to conquer the markets" dominated by the teen squad. But she readily acknowledges an on-court generational rivalry. "I think it's kind of inspired...