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That alone seemed reason enough to keep my distance. Eventually, by some grace of God or Truth—I can’t say which—Barrett’s true colors were revealed to me. Being a beauty queen, it turned out, meant being a skilled ballerina. And it also meant winning scholarship money. I could understand these things. And I even started to like her accent. A beautiful friendship was born...
...Fall from Grace Re your coverage of the controversy surrounding Ahmad Chalabi, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council and a former U.S. ally [May 31]: The Bush Administration neoconservatives should be fired for their support of Chalabi, who misled American leaders into attacking Iraq. Now Chalabi is being investigated for telling an Iranian spy about our having broken an Iranian secret code. That's a serious charge. Who revealed classified information to Chalabi, and will those people be fired? Or will Bush, as usual, not hold them accountable for their mistakes? John Wisdom Dancer Canoga Park...
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...sport by scoring the first-ever perfect 10.00 on the uneven bars, capturing hearts all over the world and launching an era of child gymnastics stars. Ponor, at 16, has superb balance and a rare clarity of artistic expression that recalls Comaneci. Whether she has Comaneci's effortless grace under pressure won't become clear until she competes in Athens, but Comaneci herself says Ponor has "everything it takes to be a champion." And Ponor leaves no doubt about her goal. "I have a picture of her in my head and I want to become like her," she says during...
Whatever the style, in his greatest performances Charles explored melancholy and then beat it back with pounding piano playing and his broad-shouldered baritone. His rendition of Georgia on My Mind (1960) is about more than a state of the union; it turns longing into a state of grace. Many of his other hits, including Drown in My Own Tears (1955) and Busted (1963), were suffused with despair, but he performed them with such fortitude, they came across as revivifying. Indomitable in life (he overcame a 20-year heroin habit and fathered 11 children) and in song...