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...Despite their turbo-charged race up the rankings, China's tennis prodigies haven't become celebrities across Asia like India's Sania Mirza or Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan. Unlike other top athletes who use international competitions to hone their skills and raise their profiles, Chinese stars have a habit of emerging almost fully formed from the country's secretive sports system. In China, athletics are viewed as a tool for national glory, not individual accomplishment. During mandatory national-team training, such as the session in Jiangmen last month, China's tennis stars must sweat through seven hours of practice...
...Hollywood could attract them. Suffice it to say The Book of Daniel (NBC, Fridays, 10 p.m. E.T.; debuts 9 p.m. E.T., Jan. 6) does not exactly lay out the welcome mat. Its content--did I forget to mention his sister-in-law's lesbian affair? his wife's martini habit? the adulterous bishops?--has already drawn the ire of the American Family Association (AFA), a conservative cultural watchdog group, which charged that the show "mocks Christianity." (Or that at least the promos do; the group had not yet seen, or requested, a screener from NBC.) NBC entertainment president Kevin Reilly...
...ordinary guy schtick played out in “My Best Friend’s Wedding” and “The Wedding Date.” His relationship with Meredith is a bleak picture of yuppie romance. Mulroney’s allegedly playful smirk and his unfortunate habit of talking out of one side of his mouth gets old quickly...
...drops. Let’s face it: we’re bothered by the elitism. Scene Magazine reflects an ugly side of Harvard, one we often ignore. It’s easy to discount the extravagance and elitism of our peers as simply a matter of personal taste or habit. It’s harder to accept pieces like “Not Quite Currier: the Living Space of Nathan Gunawan” (an article celebrating this individual’s ability to live in the Ritz-Carlton) and a 10-page Brooks Brothers photo shoot as characteristic...
Record breaking has become quite a habit for the Scarsdale, N.Y., native, who also holds the junior American 10,000-meter record. But the records are certainly not a distraction...