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But the private reviews among some in the room were less gushing. Some lawmakers checked e-mail on their BlackBerrys or read newspapers on their laps while Bush rambled "on and on and on with a stream-of-thought speech that lasted 35 minutes," groused a G.O.P. Representative, adding that...
Olympians still train like the ancients, twirling on the pommel horse for hours, waking up at 6 a.m. to run 50 laps by breakfast. But athletes are increasingly using the latest innovations to help them gain an edge. These include sharkskin swimsuits that reduce friction, video goggles that let rowers...
The ability to swim fast - she was, for a time, the fastest woman ever over all the freestyle distances - was a gift Shane Gould couldn't cope with. A year after winning five medals at the Munich Olympics, the Sydney-born schoolgirl was lost. For Gould the joy of swimming...
While Gould explores Nelms' insights, Miatke trusts in more conventional training - 10 pool sessions a week, between 80 and 120 laps per session, plus gym and abdominal workouts. She's an independent soul: she grew up without idols and, though she loves to read, eschews autobiographies "because I want to...
That's just one view of an amnesiac romance so rich and demanding, it could mean anything. Kaufman may be counting on the audience's will, insistence and yearning to create a coherent love story from the shards and shrapnel he provides us. The movie warns, This will be a...