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This story nearly knocked the alligator off our shirt. Retired golfer GREG NORMAN, 51, and retired tennis champ CHRIS EVERT, 52, have left their longtime spouses in the past year and begun dating. Norman, known as the Great White Shark, reportedly started circling Evert when she signed on to create tennis academies in his resorts. Now the twosome are sharing romantic meals in Sydney, Australia, and Norman has told Golf magazine, "We enjoy each other's company immensely." Apparently, jocks are more civilized than you or I: Evert's ex, skier Andy Mill, says he wishes the couple happiness...
...ends. The alternative would be heavy state control, along the lines of the two oil giants that border Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Iran. "What we are looking at is Iraq signing deals for next 20 years at a time when it is extremely weak and not fully sovereign," says Greg Muttitt, co-director of Platform, a watchdog organization in London that monitors the oil and gas industries. "The U.S. has put a lot of effort into this." But it's not certain that U.S. or British majors like ExxonMobil or BP will be the first big benefactors. Both China...
Kate Markgraf, assistant coach for the Harvard women’s soccer team, will travel to Carson, Calif. from January 11-15 to take part in training camp for the U.S Women’s National team. This weekend’s training camp will give head coach Greg Ryan a chance to evaluate the 28 players he has invited to Carson before whittling his roster down to 20 players. Those 20 will then travel to Gungzhou, China, to play in the Four Nations Tournament. The United States, ranked second internationally, will kick off tournament play on January 26 against...
...scientists are warping their studies deliberately or fudging numbers. But Ludwig says the scientific literature can become skewed overall toward commercial ends when certain hypotheses ?those favorable to industry - are investigated more often than others, and when scientists only publish their results selectively. Industry scientists say that's nonsense. Greg Miller, executive VP of innovation for National Dairy Council, says sheer volume of results doesn't mean much. "As a scientist I'm more interested in the quality of the research," he says. And the PloS Medicine study looks only at the absolute number of favorable vs. unfavorable results...
...Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations ... One School at a Time Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Lost and delirious after a failed 1993 attempt on the world's second tallest peak, K2, the American mountaineer Greg Mortenson was rescued by residents of Korphe, a remote village high in the Pakistani Himalayas. Grateful for their assistance, Mortenson vowed to build the villagers a school. He returned home to San Francisco, sold everything he owned (including his precious climbing gear), and then embarked on the most arduous quest of his career. Three Cups...