Word: gals
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...Gal Fridman promised his girlfriend that if she came to Athens to watch him compete in the Olympic windsurfing regatta, she'd get to hear the Israeli anthem at the medals ceremony. Last week, he kept his promise?and fulfilled Israel's long-unfulfilled hopes of Olympic glory. Fridman sailed to victory in waters as blue as the Star of David on his country's flag, winning Israel's first-ever Olympic gold. "It is," he said, over and over, "a dream come true for the whole country...
...Maybe sport can heal some wounds. Shortly after his win, a fax arrived in Athens for Fridman, from the families of those who died in the Munich massacre. "Dearest Gal," it said, "we were moved to the depth of our souls that you remembered and dedicated our victory to our dear ones." To see the Israeli flag raised and to hear HaTikvah (The Hope), the national anthem, "closed a circle for us and was the realization of a dream...
...packaging company Tetra Pak, based in Switzerland, sold 1.6 billion wine containers globally. They're cheaper than bottles to make, and unopened they keep everyday wine fresh for a year. The time may be ripe for more convenient packaging. Last year the average U.S. adult consumed 2.68 gal. of table wine, an all-time high. Plus, with the recent success of the Sofia Mini can from Niebaum-Coppola Estate Winery in nightclubs, it seems the younger crowd is open to bucking tradition. --By Kristin Kloberdanz
...turn off the spigot, last week exceeded a record $43 per bbl. That's not a high in real terms--oil reached nearly $80 per bbl. in inflation-adjusted dollars after the 1979 Iranian revolution. But it's enough to cause concern that pump prices, already up 50¢ per gal. this year, won't drop much soon. Consumers should get a small break in the fall, analysts say, when demand will ease as the summer driving season ends. Paul Horsnell, head of energy research at Barclays Capital in London, thinks the average U.S. gas price will settle at around...
...America’s insularity is warranted. But I do believe if Americans spent a bit more energy connecting with the rest of the world, we’d be in a better global standing than we are today. As for me, I’m a soccer gal...