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...rumors flew about misconduct, skating officials began an investigation and Canada filed an appeal. "Skategate" was born, raining humiliation on the sport but also raising the possibility of reform in a world that insiders say is insular, secretive and corrupt...
Montillet, who has won only one World Cup race - and that in super-G - flew down the Wildflower course in a time of 1 min. 39.56 sec. to beat Italy's Isolde Kostner and the pre-race favorite, Renate Götschl from Austria. Götschl gracefully described Montillet as "one of the best skiers in the world." "I am very happy for her," she said. "She is a good girl." Montillet's success against two skiers who had proved themselves in international competition with nine world and World Cup championships between them was all the more surprising, since...
...which Admiral William Crowe, who had just retired as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talked about taking his Soviet counterpart to visit the admiral's hometown in Oklahoma. The Russian general wanted to know what holiday was being celebrated. None, Crowe told him; his neighbors just flew the flag from their stoops as a matter of course...
...Cornelius, a psychologist living in Minneapolis, was thinking of moving back East. She called several old friends, including Washington, a lawyer, still in Pittsburgh. "I thought," he recalls, "if I ever get to Minneapolis, I'll get in touch." A law meeting brought him there in 1990, and sparks flew. Each was amazed at how unchanged the other seemed. He told her, "You know, I have always loved you." She was hooked. They visited each other on weekends. The distance no longer seemed far. "And," she adds, "we could afford to travel." In 1991 they married and commuted between each...
...rumors flew about misconduct, skating officials began an investigation and Canada filed an appeal. "Skategate" was born, raining humiliation on the sport but also raising the possibility of reform in a world that insiders say is insular, secretive and corrupt...