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...GYMNASTICS Melanie Banville, Cornwall, Ont. Grant Golding, Calgary Ken Ikeda, Abbotsford, B.C. Alexander Jeltkov, Montreal David Kikuchi, Fall River, N.S. Gael Mackie, Langley, B.C. Am?lie Plante, Joliette, Que. Heather Purnell, Metcalfe, Ont. Kate Richardson, Coquitlam, B.C. Kyle Shewfelt, Calgary Kylie Stone, Calgary Adam Wong, Calgary...
...bags and said he wanted to "play for a team that's willing to win." (As opposed to all those fools who think the point is to lose.) So, in a power-sapping trade, the Lakers let O'Neal go in return for three Heat starters--Lamar Odom, Brian Grant and Caron Butler--plus a future first-round draft pick. The Lakers did manage to hang on to guard and persistent O'Neal rival Kobe Bryant, whose sexual-assault trial begins in August. What's sports lingo for Pyrrhic victory...
Rien van Gendt, executive director of the $1 billion Van Leer Group Foundation, is one of the leaders of the new breed of philanthropists in Europe. The foundation, which focuses on helping young children, has blazed a trail by spending 95% of its grant money outside its home country, the Netherlands. And unlike most European foundations, it has severed ties with its corporate founder, the Van Leer packaging company--a move that gave it independence and credibility. "I always advise firms to find their philanthropic interests far from their corporate goals," says Van Gendt, who is now spearheading an initiative...
Recent graduate Rassan Grant placed 23rd in the 100-meter breaststroke, and rising junior Mark Knepley placed 27th in the 100-meter freestyle...
...well. In the Cu Mgar district of Dak Lak province, a middle-aged woman waves as a reporter walks past, forms an X with her two index fingers in front of her mouth, then clenches her fists and holds her wrists together, as if handcuffed. Other Montagnards grant furtive interviews but are too scared to be identified by name. "Please don't say we spoke to you, or we will be arrested," implores one. Another says tearfully: "The police told us you were coming and that we should not speak to you. They'll come to me again...