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After five months of horrifying news, it was refreshing to escape briefly into the world of Jamie Sale and David Pelletier and their quest for the gold medal [WINTER OLYMPICS, Feb. 25]. Their venture had everything: a talented, attractive pair of figure skaters reaching for their dream, an obstacle to it and finally (like the made-for-TV movie that will surely come) a storybook happy ending. I know they had a few difficult days, but their tale of triumph overcoming adversity was like a minivacation for this American's battered psyche. LINDA COURTEMANCHE Royersford...
Carrier was also a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering, an honor considered rare among scientists. He also received the Presidential Medal of Science in 1990 for his work in mathematical modeling...
...heroes of Lanshan is Liang Bangming, who was elected three years ago to the county's People's Congress. Liang served as an infantryman during China's disastrous 1979 border war with Vietnam and carries two badges from his time there: a medal for valor and puckered scars where a bullet ripped through his abdomen. That war produced a mini-Vietnam complex: soldiers returned from fighting dismayed that their government had sent them unprepared to a conflict they could not win. Liang was a little different: he came back to his native Hunan province more patriotic than ever and took...
...women's Olympic victor, Hughes, who is still a high school junior, says she is aware of the responsibility the precious medal bestows on her--as a champion, as a representative of the sport. But as she has done throughout her young career, she will refuse to allow this Olympic experience to overwhelm her identity or disrupt her life. Her next goal? High 1500s on the SATs...
...seem to have missed the mark with your Olympic preview. I noticed skiing, skating, snowboarding, the skeleton, sledding (men's and women's) and then men's hockey. What happened to the 1998 gold-medal-winning U.S. women's ice-hockey team? They are a talented group of athletes who train as hard as anyone else going to the Olympics. KAREN SOLOMON Worcester, Mass...