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...sporting greats. Not every ending in the Games' first week was so happy. The Greeks wanted to move beyond the embarrassment of the missed drug tests (and mysterious, possibly staged, motorcycle accident) of sprinters Konstantinos Kenteris and Katerina Thanou. Both quit the Games before the i.o.c. could kick them out. It seemed time to concentrate on questions of a purely sporting nature: When would Britain finally join the rest of the big countries and win its first gold? (Answer: Day 7, when cyclist Chris Hoy won the men's 1-km track time trial.) Would the millionaires...
...Parayno has had some success. Tax revenues are 10% higher so far this year than in the same period in 2003. But squeezing a populace that in general doesn't have much money can only get the Arroyo administration so far. Ultimately, Arroyo must kick-start economic growth. Although the country has scored a few successes?the Philippines, like India, has tapped into the global trend for outsourcing and now has some 60,000 people manning call centers?meager investment is holding the economy back. Net foreign direct investment totaled a mere $161 million in 2003, down from $1.7 billion...
...that is the nature of the war against al-Qaeda. Says Michael Mason, head of the FBI field office in Washington: "What we have over the U.S. is a net. At best, what we're doing is shrinking the mesh in the net. We're trying to kick down the door of the person who's going to drive the truck loaded with explosives. But can we do it in time?" --Reported by Melissa August, Brian Bennett, Timothy J. Burger, Michael Duffy, Viveca Novak, Douglas Waller, Michael Weisskopf and Adam Zagorin/Washington; Helen Gibson/London; Ghulam Hasnain/Gujrat; Syed Talat Hussain/Islamabad...
These musicians say they're angry Americans too--just at the guy running the place. This October an A-list collection of artists, including BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, the DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, BONNIE RAITT, the DIXIE CHICKS and PEARL JAM will kick off Vote for Change, a 34-city tour to help the liberal group America Coming Together unseat President Bush in November. "I'm afraid of the attitude of the people in the White House right now," says Matthews. "This is the most important election of my lifetime, and if I don't say anything, it will sit badly...
...Hansen?s loss did not sit well with teammate and fellow University of Texas backstroker Aaron Peirsol, who accused Kitajima of using an illegal dolphin kick to help propel him off the wall after turns. ?I was pretty angry after Brendan?s race,? he told reporters following his own backstroke heat. ?That?s [Brendan?s] medal. [Kitajima] knew what he was doing; he was cheating. Instead of gliding off the start, he took a huge dolphin kick to give him extra momentum. He knows we can?t see that. He takes gold and he was cheating.? U.S. team captain Eddie...