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Down on the floor, Jay Leno’s high-pitched, high-energy perennial intern Ross chatted with Commerce Secretary and Bush bosom buddy Don Evans...
Some state delegations chose to make their fashion statements en masse. California delegates donned shades inspired by Schwarzenegger’s alter ego the Terminator. The Texas Delegation took things one step further, setting aside their lone-star individualism by strutting around the floor each night with navy jackets, khakis and—what else?—cowboy hats...
There were no doubts about the winner the next night. Russian diva Svetlana Khorkina, the three-time world champ, wobbled on the balance beam and was more ballerina than athlete on the floor exercise. But Carly Patterson, 16, whose klutziness in the team final let Romania beat the favored Americans to gold, scored strong 9.7s on those routines, giving her the first U.S. women's all-around gold since Mary Lou Retton's in 1984. It was America's first individual sweep. For Patterson, the "new Mary Lou" label is inevitable. But she may lack the perkiness factor that...
...meantime, the U.S. squad is getting jeered not only by its coaches and fans but also by a global audience formerly in thrall to its every NBA-marketed leap. The team is booed lustfully whenever it takes the floor or shows the faintest hint of exuberance--Greek fans chanted "Puer-to Ri-co"--and, yes, politics has a lot to do with it. The rest of the world understands metaphor...
Ananda Apfelbaum is giving a massage, but there's no table in sight. Her client, fully clothed, lies on a mat on the floor as Apfelbaum pulls, prods and stretches using not only her hands but also her elbows, forearms, knees and feet. Instead of coming out of the treatment as limp as a dishrag, the recipient feels invigorated as well as relaxed. It's a combination many first-timers find irresistible. "What people have said is, once they've had a Thai massage, they can't go back to traditional table massage," says Apfelbaum, 48, author of Thai Massage...