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...punch events, she must introduce herself to as many women with gold stars on their name tags as possible--the stars indicate members of the 35-woman organization...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Bee: A Club of Their Own | 2/17/1998 | See Source »

...have come back, and the windows of the houses beam. I am accustomed to walking the length of the street after dinner in near total darkness, so it makes for a happy surprise, this sudden brightening. In the dead black cold of night, the windows seem to shiver with gold and amber--strong and beautiful assertions of the light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winter Lights | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

Pasha Grishuk, 25, and Evgeny Platov, 30, have won all the competitions they have entered--21 in all--since capturing the Olympic gold medal in ice dancing at Lillehammer in 1994. What sets the Russians apart from most rivals in the sport--a combination of ballroom dancing and skating--is not only their innovative choreography but also their breathtaking speed. Grishuk, an aspiring actress who has changed her first name from Oksana to avoid confusion with singles skater Oksana Baiul, is particularly admired for her quick, clean-edge turns known as "twizzles." The high technical difficulty of the pair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nagano 1998: Olympic Insider | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

...recruited by Nike to test the proposition that good runners make good skiers. He has cut his time for the 10-km classic race from 2 hr. to a creditable 30 min. But Boit has no illusions about challenging Norway's Bjorn Daehlie, who won the 1994 gold with a time of 24:20.1. "Even if I finish dead last," says Boit, "I will be proud of myself as long as I improve my time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nagano 1998: Olympic Insider | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

TARA LIPINSKI was so at ease last week in Nagano, Japan, that a number of insiders were marking her as the favorite for the Ladies Figure Skating gold medal, even though MICHELLE KWAN has bragging rights as U.S. National champion. The two rivals, together with another former American champ, NICOLE BOBEK, are part of the team that has the Olympics murmuring, "U.S. medals sweep." That kind of talk isn't, of course, going down well with other competitors. Russia's MARIA BUTYRSKAYA settled on her target a month ago, sniffing, "Lipinski made mistakes in many competitions this season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Handicapping the Favorites at Rinkside | 2/15/1998 | See Source »

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