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...this fantasizing really good for us? Should we worry about all these strapping men poking each other with sharpened phallic symbols? After all, on the political correctness meter The Lord of the Rings is radioactive. Where are the women? Peter Jackson filled out Liv Tyler's role for the movies (it's much less prominent in Tolkien's version), but the Fellowship is still as much a boys' club as Augusta National. And whiter too. Don't let all the heartwarming Elf-Dwarf bonding between Legolas and Gimli fool you. The only people with dark skin in Middle-earth...
...small, but there's air conditioning, a VCR, a microwave and a mini-fridge. Air and power are supplied by cable, scuba courses are offered to all guests, and room service is delivered from the surface, 6.5 m above, in a "dry box." But the prime attraction is the meter-wide windows that give guests a unique view of the wildlife swimming outside. The hotel last year averaged 400 guests, about 25% of whom were first-time divers. The guest book is filled with testimonials. Wrote Jeff and Michelle Wall, a couple from Harrison, Tennessee, who were married...
...Committee's medical commission; in Brussels. A pioneer in the fight against performance enhancing drugs, de Merode spent his 35-year career trying to outwit cheating athletes, and was embroiled in several doping controversies. At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, his committee stripped Canadian athlete Ben Johnson of his 100-meter gold medal after the sprinter tested positive for steroids...
...latest threat is against the children of expatriates. Since Nov. 15, three international schools in Jakarta have closed due to security alerts. The Jakarta International School has added a three-meter-high "blast wall," a "boom gate" in front of the school and protective security film over all exterior windows. It is a depressing truth, says Ken Conboy, country manager for security-consulting firm Control Risks Group, that even if such measures succeed in deterring an attack at the school, there is no shortage of alternative targets. "Terrorists go for the lowest common denominator," he says. "If the schools look...
...Lawler 1:42.49, 3. Knepley 1:44.39. 100 Backstroke: 1. Shevchik 51.39, 2. Cromwell 52.12. 100 Breaststroke: 1. Grant 57.72, 2. Lin 58.62, 3. Gentilucci 58.84. 200 Butterfly: 1. Lawler 1:51.88, 2. Smith 1:53.69, 3. Dewey 1:55.35. 50 Freestyle: 2. Krna 21.37, 3. Knepley 21.64. One-Meter Diving: 1. Rybalko 304.64, 2. Roy 274.72. 100 Freestyle: 2. Knepley 46.84, 3. Lawler 46.99. 200 Backstroke: 1. Shevchik 1:50.15, 2. Cromwell 1:53.45. 200 Breaststroke: 1. Grant 2:05.60, 2. Gentilucci 2:06.77, 3. Siroky 2:10.41. 500 Freestyle: 1. Cole 4:34.89, 2. Gray...