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...ever called her modest, but it is clear from the last two weeks that Marion Jones is one of the most dominant and charming female athletes ever. Not only does she win the 100-meter and 200-meter sprints by a margin larger than any other female in nearly 40 years, she also wins the gold in the 4x400m relay. She wins bronze in the long jump and 4x100m relay and would have had a fourth gold if two of her relay teammates had not been injured. In a word: dominant...
...children are dying in jail.' Cathy, by having made a statement before the Games about the present government's niggardly attention to Aborigines, did something very dramatic with her race. She put Aborigines where they ought to be, at the center, the first agenda item, not on the margin where Johnny Howard wants them. I think she is capable of great power...
...tires at its Decatur, Ill., plant experienced problems. Executive vice president John Lampe insisted that failures under severe conditions are a normal part of the development process--and then promptly turned on Ford. Echoing the sentiment of safety advocates, Lampe stressed that Ford had created a "low safety margin" by recommending a low pressure for tires on the Explorer--26 p.s.i. vs. Firestone's 30. Though Ford picked that level to improve the vehicle's handling, a low pressure can also increase chances of tread separation...
...another level, however, you can hardly excuse the candidates. Understanding who "the people" are may be a Rorschach test of American social thought, but it is unfeeling and immoral not to include the needs of the nation's poorest in your plans. Policies that could help those at the margin include a rise in the minimum wage to a livable standard; guarantees of safety for their children and of a quality education; a reform of the penal system and its rehabilitation programs; and support for families, whether in helping them retain a family farm or reunite with relatives wishing...
...extent of his defeat - and that sets the stage for a dramatic showdown with an opposition ready to take to the streets to claim its victory. Preliminary official results announced Tuesday put opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica eight points ahead of the Serb strongman, but deny him the 50 percent margin required to claim first-round victory. Opposition leaders scoff at the figures released by Milosevic's electoral commission, confidently claiming that independent officials monitoring the count at local ballot stations confirm that Kostunica won 55 percent of the vote. Reading Milosevic's call for a runoff election as a play...