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...Olympic gymnastics standards. But if the Russian felt crushed, she concealed it from the appreciative crowd of fans from across the globe. Khorkina has always loved being a diva - she once declared herself the "personification of gymnastics" - and she remained one in defeat, doing a quick half-lap of honor around the hall, waving a Russian flag. Before the medal presentation, she changed from her diamanté black leotard into a sleeveless electric blue one. And when she stepped up to receive her medal, she raised an index finger in the air. "I'm still an Olympic champion," she said...
...year, the University left behind a five-year drought of second- and third-place finishes to take the highest spot in the magazine’s “National Universities” category. This year Harvard remains on top—and like last year, it shares that honor with Princeton, which also received an overall score of 100. The tied Ivies bested such perennial competitors as Yale (with 99 points), the University of Pennsylvania (95), and Duke, MIT and Stanford, all tied at 94 points...
...Marked Women" [JULY 26], on the rash of honor killings committed by Iraqi men against female family members suspected of straying from traditional rules of chastity, left me overcome with feelings of outrage, disgust and sadness. My beautiful 16-year-old daughter died in a car accident several years ago, and her loss continues to bring our family indescribable pain. I know that her father and brother would give their lives in a heartbeat if doing so would bring her back. That fathers and brothers would take the lives of daughters and sisters in the name of honor is beyond...
...spew sardonic menace, in a sense asserting wicked one-dimensionality, which any film lover knows is a one-way ticket to B-moviedom. At least Fuqua had a discerning vision; Schickel seems to lack just that. Jason Tsai London Dishonorable Men "Marked Women" [July 26], on the rash of honor killings committed by Iraqi men against female family members suspected of straying from traditional rules of chastity, left me overcome with feelings of outrage, disgust and sadness. My beautiful 16-year-old daughter died in a car accident several years ago, and her loss continues to bring our family indescribable...
...legislation also has presidential support. Lots of it. The late President Ronald Reagan, honored in 1983 as a Life Member of the National Rifle Association (NRA)—one of only 19 individuals to earn that honor in the NRA’s 133-year history—was instrumental in lobbying members of congress to pass the original ban in 1994. On June 14, 2004, Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton sent a letter to George W. Bush urging him to renew the ban. Add in the tacit support of President George H.W. Bush who took...