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Although she's hardly your average freshman, Jessica Lynch in a few weeks will be trying hard to blend in at West Virginia University. At 22, the former Army supply clerk, who became an icon after her dramatic rescue from an Iraqi hospital in 2003, hopes one day to be a kindergarten teacher. She spoke with TIME's Wendy Cole about coping with the attention and prefreshman jitters...
...volumes about the character of that remarkable woman. The world would be a far better place if we emulated her sensitivity to people whose lives are part of our daily sphere of influence. O'Connor's meticulousness and humility in dealing with others demonstrate that she is an American icon. Robert R. Mittoo Calgary, Canada...
...Lance Armstrong is of that second type, and as he cruised to his seventh straight Tour de France title on Sunday, his status as a cycling-and cultural-icon was secure before he even hit Paris, since Tour officials invoked a rule freezing the general standings when there's rain on the cobblestones of the Champs-Elys?es. That didn't curb the excitement for the fans, whose eyes and whoops were all for Armstrong on the riders' eight last circuits around the Champs-Elys?es, so fans could see Armstrong one last time. By the time Armstrong crossed the finish line...
...OFFERED A REMARKABLY SUCCINCT but subtle examination of Lincoln that focused on the key aspects of that American icon and the important people in his life. For more than 50 years, I have been fascinated by the Civil War, Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and the issues surrounding slavery. If your report had been available years ago, I could have saved the tuition for a couple of undergraduate and graduate courses as well as a few feet of Lincoln books in my library. Ah, but the fun is in the reading and discovering what Lincoln the man reveals...
...prosecuting a civil war over the scourge of slavery. "Lincoln has long been a favorite subject for historians," says executive editor Priscilla Painton, who conceived and supervised the package, "but this year, with a wealth of new research emerging, there's a fresh passion to get past the icon and find the real character...