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...honored) the month before she competed in the Oslo Olympics. She won the giant slalom, but it's her slalom victory that still amazes me today. In her first run, she missed a gate and had to backtrack to go through. She finished that run in fourth place. Yet her second run was so spectacular that her total time was good enough for a second gold medal, making her the first female skier to win two golds at the same Olympics. And she remains the only American female skier to have done so. Eight years later, at the Squaw Valley...
...fourth and last chukker, the teams continue their neck-to-neck race towards victory. As usual, Nick darts ahead of the crowd towards the far wall in pursuit of the ball, but Charlie drives up from behind and bumps the rear of Nick’s horse. Mid-momentum, caught between Charlie and the wall, Nick is thrust off his horse and flies headlong into the boards, crumpling into a fetal position before impact...
...gringo Fourth Fleet for help to defend your port.' HUGO CHAVEZ, Venezuelan President, referring to the U.S. naval group while taunting a governor and political rival; Chávez ordered his navy to seize seaports in Venezuelan states with major oil-exporting installations...
...Prague Government Unseated Midway through the Czech Republic's six-month E.U. presidency, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's coalition lost a parliamentary no-confidence vote, becoming the fourth European government to fall this year. Topolanek will head a caretaker coalition until a new one is formed, but his capacity to help lead the 27-member bloc in a time of crisis is in doubt...
...longer in charge and the Taliban is. Filmed in the Swat Valley, where the government recently signed a controversial peace deal with the Taliban, the video apparently shows a 17-year-old girl pinned down by as many as three men - among them her brother - while a fourth flogs her repeatedly, chastising her for having an alleged affair. She lets out a shriek with every lash, pleading for mercy. Dozens of men look on, but nobody speaks out to stop the lashing. (See the video that has raised alarms in Pakistan...