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Even a rank amateur like me could tell that the flawless performance of Sale and Pelletier was better than the wobbly exhibition put on by the Russian pair. The Canadians should be congratulated not only for their skating performance but also for their poise and sportsmanship during and after the controversy. AUBREY BOUTIN Springfield...
...Tsinghua University in Beijing, Bush was wearing his foreign policy on his sleeve again. He was almost child-like in his eagerness to connect with the next generation of Chinese asking him questions first in their native tongue and then again in nearly flawless English. To the frustration of his translator, Bush interjected new remarks while she was catching up with his old ones. The message was blunt: liberty and religious freedom will make China a great power. But Bush also leavened his moralizing. "America has its own faults and problems," he told the audience packed in the narrow marble...
Until last week, only real fans of the sport knew the extent to which skate judging can involve intrigue, deceit and shady arithmetic. For them it was just mildly surprising that a flawless performance by the Canadians could get a silver medal while the gold went to a bumpier routine by the Russians. What was truly surprising was that the matter exploded. For that, credit is due to Jacques Rogge, the new president of the International Olympic Committee. It was Rogge who pressed on Cinquanta the idea to award a second set of gold medals to Sale and Pelletier...
...only so much. Winning is largely a matter of style. Evaluating the finer points of a skater's presentation, such as poise and emotive display, is subjective territory. But it could mean the difference between gold and silver, as Nancy Kerrigan learned in 1994, when judges ranked her flawless performance at Lillehammer behind Oksana Baiul's slightly flawed but more exuberant and stylish...
...first act, a peasant couple entertain local nobility. The wife, portrayed by Sarah Lamb, must perform a series of difficult, technical maneuvers: She hops across the stage en pointe while performing a ronde de jambe. Such flawless, joyful execution is simply awe-inspiring...