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...left a lasting mark. She raised the standard of competition and at the same time brought femininity to our sport. She showed by example that when you look great, you feel great--and when you feel great, you perform great. Florence brought to track a unique flair, style and grace, and added to them gold medals and world records. She was unquestionably the fastest woman in the world...
Seized upon as a David-vs.-Goliath tale by Britain's press, Potter's duel with Gates may well have a surprise ending. A South African-born physicist with a flair for brilliant chess moves, Potter last month finished stitching together an ingenious alliance with three of the world's telecommunications heavyweights: Sweden's Ericsson, Finland's Nokia and Motorola of the U.S. The three firms account for 70% of global sales of mobile telephones and have the kind of financial muscle to make even Bill Gates sit up and take notice...
Lance Morrow IF HE MUST, DO IT WITH FLAIR...
...Marine Band's 17th director, John Philip Sousa, whose talent and flair put the band on the American map beginning in 1880 and also planted a band culture all across the country. Every town of any significance had to have a band with a bandstand in the park. The first order was patriotism. Sousa's march Stars and Stripes Forever became (and remains) the most recorded piece of music in history. But the bearded Sousa also infused the classics into every River City he hit in his wide tours with the Marines and later with his own band. Music from...
Nigeria's suffering seems far away from the home Hafsat shares with her siblings. It's furnished sparely, but with artistic flair. The living room holds futons with patterned slipcovers; and the walls have awards given posthumously to their mother. Each night Hafsat quizzes Hadi, 11, and Mumuni, 13, about whether they've done their homework. Khafila, a witty and irreverent 19-year-old, is studying to be an opera singer at Catholic University; and Moriam, who just turned 18, is at home for the summer from Connecticut College. Hafsat's daily routine is more stable than anyone could have...