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...team's leader take the championship--in cycling everyone else works for the top dog. In 1997 Ullrich was the boss rider, and he won by more than 9 min. Ullrich's legs are so powerful that while Armstrong often does 100 pedal r.p.m.s up mountains in a low gear, Ullrich rides alongside at 75 r.p.m.s at a higher one. Ullrich came to this tour in the best shape of his life. His team, Deutsche Telekom, seemed to be executing its strategy flawlessly. Until July...
...saying that being a street cop is easy. You have to be a social worker one day and gear up for a riot the next. You are supposed to be winsome and unruffled as you ask that drunk to stop peeing on the sidewalk. The pay is bad, and, oh, yeah, you could get killed every...
...fooled by their name and appearance. At 2 in. off the ground and with a top speed of 40 m.p.h., these karts are a far cry from the bumpy rides of youth. Drivers need concentration and nerve as well as helmets, race gear and instructions. "These things drive and feel very much like a race car," says Tim Sernett, a former race-car driver and part owner of ProKart Indoors in Minneapolis, Minn. That thrill has captivated corporate America, say track operators, who expect the number of tracks nationwide, now about 30, to double in the next three to five...
...depends on what sort of a cabinet she chooses. If she goes with the professionals who know what it takes to get the economy back into gear, that will be encouraging. What will be incredibly discouraging will be if she starts appointing the cronies of her businessman husband in key economic positions. It's too early to tell which way she's going to go. It's a positive sign that she has a vice president from one of the Muslim parties, who are seen as a counterbalance to the nationalist element in Indonesian politics. Indonesia has the world...
...travel plans and way of doing business: Smaller, more private meetings in secure, out-of-the-way spots. Perhaps they should fortify an island (Elba? One of the Dry Tortugas? Or someplace in the Easter Islands?) for their conferences. And the demonstrators will slip onto the beach wearing scuba gear, the way that James Bond used...