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...they choose to enter significantly fewer tournaments than most other players. They are up front about the fact that tennis is merely one aspect of their lives. They take the autumn off, for example, to attend a fashion design school located next to a strip mall in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Because the ranking system of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) adds up the best 17 events over the previous 52 weeks, neither sister has a realistic shot at a No. 1 ranking. Still, Venus, who won Wimbledon in July, is ranked fourth, while Serena, who has played even less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power Game | 9/3/2001 | See Source »

...players should be careful what they wish for. Both sisters say next year they will play a full season. "I want to play tournaments and get my ranking better," says Serena, sitting with her pit bull Bambi in the home she shares with Venus in West Palm Beach, Fla. "I want to be the No. 1 player. So I decided not to go to school this fall." Then she immediately starts to hedge. "Maybe I'll be able to take one or two classes instead of six. It's going to take me forever to finish." And two days later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power Game | 9/3/2001 | See Source »

...work full time now) has sharply reduced family supervision of children and thrown many personal problems into the teacher's lap, while weakening support for the teacher's efforts. Says Thomas Anderson, 31, who plans to quit this month after teaching social studies for seven years in Clearwater, Fla.: "I know more about some of my kids than their mothers and fathers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 21 Years Ago In Time | 8/27/2001 | See Source »

...help thinking of attacks by sharks as their revenge for our overfishing some shark species to the point of near extinction and for entangling and slowly killing them with factory-fishing drift nets that sweep the seas. GILBERT SCHWARTZ Aventura, Fla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 20, 2001 | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

...just so he can make nice with Mexico and court some Hispanic votes? Did Bush ever think of the repercussions when illegal immigrants from other countries demand equal treatment? The U.S. already has enough social and environmental problems as a result of overpopulation. FRANCES WORTH Orlando, Fla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 20, 2001 | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

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