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...rare phenomenon. How else could someone born in such a tiny place grow up to become the leader of a great nation? He was a great strategist and a tactician, as we saw with the defeat of Hitler. And he was an astute psychologist: he always knew what people were going to say before they said it. I respect him as a phenomenon...
...resignation speech today, Musharraf took a tone of unquestioning self-confidence familiar to readers of his highly self-regarding autobiography, In the Line of Fire. "Where was Pakistan in 1999?" he intoned. "No one knew us, no one spoke to us, and no one listened to us. Now, we have put Pakistan on the map and people take notice." Looking intently toward the camera, he declared, "This country faced unprecedented challenges. And I turned every challenge into an opportunity ... I'm leaving satisfied with my actions...
Bolt's bad eating habits are somewhat surprising, given how strict his parents were. "He never got in trouble," says Herb Elliott, the Jamaican team doctor, who knew Bolt as a boy. Jennifer and Wellesley Bolt raised Usain on the north shore of Jamaica, and he turned down scholarship offers from several U.S. colleges for the comforts of home...
...world medalist on the bars, Liukin wanted more than anything to regain the gold she previously had won in the event back in 2005. And a challenging bars program, with a 7.7 level of difficulty, would also help her in the all-around competition at the Beijing Games. "I knew at that moment that I was going to give it everything I had," she said Friday...
...Liukin's score on the high bars that ultimately set her apart. Her 7.7 level of difficulty - which only two of the Chinese gymnasts in the entire meet could match - put her too far ahead for Johnson to catch up. "When I saw her score come up, I knew I couldn't [beat it]," Johnson said, her voice shaking with emotion...