Word: path
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...given his brittle back, possible final Open, or the underdog Blake will slide into the semifinals. And with a pair of solid but not scary opponents, the 8th-seeded Guillermo Coria, of Argentina, or yet another American underdog, 46th-ranked Robby Ginepri, waiting as potential semifinal foes, a path to the final is clear (though defending champ Roger Federer, who looks like he'll lose his next match at the '11 French Open, lurks on the other side of the draw...
...Maloneys' path to cider was accidental. On a road trip in 1972, their car broke down in the sleepy town of Colrain, Mass., near the Vermont border. It was beautiful. They stayed. Terry Maloney, an emergency-room physician, explains that in California, where they had previously lived, they made wine for home consumption. Looking to continue the practice, they soon realized that the local fruit was not grape but apple. So they did as the saying--slightly paraphrased--goes: When life hands you an apple, make cider. The Maloneys cleared acreage, planted trees, plunked fermenting tanks in the cellar...
...women. A Czech, she?s just short of six feet tall with legs that go from Prague to Brno and the power to hit the ball just as far. This kid can smash it. She?s seeded 26th in Queens, but she reached the 3rd round in Wimbledon. Her path was made a little easier when defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova got chopped down on the big stage by Ekaterina Bychkova. This is a tough town to defend your crown...
...have is the threat of madness. A cockeyed glint, a sudden shout, a shift of body weight--these tricks keep you watching, like a doting pathologist, to catch the moment an actor goes edifyingly nuts. It's sexy, this promise to grab viewers and lead them down a treacherous path. It's also the surest route to an Oscar...
Although Sawiris has always been able to rely on family money, his path to international success has not been entirely straight. He was once bailed out by Yasser Arafat, the late Palestinian leader, who approved a sizable investment in Orascom when it was struggling...