Word: paybacks
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...sense of his own importance has not diminished with the end of his career. If anything, two months on the front pages of German newspapers have convinced him that he still takes up much space in the public imagination, his travails a delight for the masses. "Finally: a little payback," he says. "Becker was the winner for so long. 'The best in tennis with the best-looking wife, beautiful kids, money, he's smart - whatever he touches is gold!' In Germany they thought they had me in a box, and they can't cope with the fact that...
...wants to quickly pack the federal courts with as many conservative jurists as he can. Daschle has promised not to block or stall confirmations as Republicans did with many of Clinton's judicial nominees. Sen. Patrick Leahy, the new chairman of the Judiciary Committee, insists there won't be payback for the last eight years when Republicans left many Clinton picks languishing in committee. But Leahy is quick to add, "we're not going to have a judiciary made up of ideologues on the right." Translated: W can probably expect just as rough treatment for his more conservative nominees...
...Beijing, not Paris, is thought to be the front-runner. In 1993, the Chinese lost the 2000 Games to Sydney by two votes in a surprising upset, and Beijingers think it's payback time. It may also be Asia's turn for the Games. Atlanta had them in 1996, Sydney in 2000 and they will be in Athens in 2004. China's case has support from influential I.O.C. members, including Samaranch, who believe that bringing the Games to China will foster the Olympic ideals of sportsmanship and fair play in the most populous country. "If the eyes of the world...
...Beijing, not Paris, is thought to be the front-runner. In 1993, the Chinese lost the 2000 Games to Sydney by two votes in a surprising upset, and Beijingers think it's payback time. It may also be Asia's turn for the Games. Atlanta had them in 1996, Sydney in 2000 and they will be in Athens in 2004. China's case has support from influential I.O.C. members, including Samaranch, who believe that bringing the Games to China will foster the Olympic ideals of sportsmanship and fair play in the most populous country. "If the eyes of the world...
...Schupp is looking on the bright side. With gas at the pump now topping $2 a gal. in his neighborhood and seemingly headed higher, he figures it's payback for all those insufferable, phony-rich, new-economy yuppies in their view-blocking, death-dealing, friend-of-OPEC SUVs. "Gas will probably go to $3, and I applaud it," says the retired computer-company executive as he fills the tank of his light pickup truck at a station in Los Angeles. "I'd like to see all gas guzzlers off the road...