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Even three lifetimes would hardly suffice for Henin's record run in professional tennis. She won a total of seven Grand Slam titles, including four of the last five French Opens. 'Juju,' as she's called by her doting Belgian public, also won 41 WTA singles titles and earned more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Justine Henin: Match Over | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

Alexander Koval, 46, figured his boarding house for a gold mine. The two-storied building with 23 double rooms is only a short walk from the Black Sea coast in Nizhneimeretinskaya Bukhta, a town just 28 miles (45 km) down the shoreline from Sochi - the host city of the 2014...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Sochi | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

Official Russia basked in glory last July when President Vladimir Putin successfully spearheaded Russia's effort to win the 2014 Games. The country has not hosted the Olympics since the 1980 Moscow Games, which the U.S. boycotted to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. So the win for Sochi, proclaimed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Sochi | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

The western world should know that using the Olympics as a forum for criticizing China is both counterproductive and unfair. The Chinese people are proud of their achievements of the past couple of decades and, though much still needs to be done, they are progressing at an impressive pace. Engagement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

In one of his animal studies, Joseph and his associates developed a series of motor-skills tests that they called the Rat Olympics. Rats had to walk balance beams and stay upright during a log-rolling task. Those raised on special blueberry rat chow did significantly better than those that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Memory: Forgetting Is the New Normal | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

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