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...that imperfect test for EPO--use it anyway. As gold medal marathoner Frank Shorter, now chairman of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, says, knowing a test is looming will knock cheaters off stride. Shorter says that if there is no EPO test at Sydney, then every endurance or strength performance is suspect. He's right. And when sport becomes suspect--when no one believes in it--it's no longer worth watching...
...high school was scheduled to go online in a critical demonstration for the board of education. "No one knew how to fix it," he says, "so we went back to our database and sent out a message for help." An hour and a half later, there was a knock on the door. A computer engineer walked in and said, "I got your e-mail. Where do I start...
...perspective of if they're on the front page of the newspaper or the tips of people's tongues. This experience is sobering and we may think a little harder about it in the future." "The big guy," said another official, referring to FBI director Louis Freeh, "said knock this stuff off right now." Look for the next version of Carnivore to be named "Fido" or "Liberty" or, as one Freeh aide suggests, "Electronic Privacy Protection Program...
With the two favorites Tisha Waller and Amy Acuff failing to clear the 1.93-meter bar, Aldrich was guaranteed a spot in Sydney. Acuff won a jump-off to knock the heralded Waller out of Olympic contention. The women's high jump will be one of the last events contested at Sydney. The next Gyorffy vs. Aldrich matchup will not take place until the high jump preliminaries on September 28th, the last Thursday of the Olympics. The top twelve finishers in the preliminaries will compete again two days later to determine the medal winners...
...Bruins, however, were still attracted by Nowak's size and strength with the puck. It often took two defenders to knock the puck off his stick this past season, an asset that should generate more offense as he develops at Harvard...