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...code of gentlemanly conduct that has emerged—and wears the public face of “class acts” Pete Sampras and Tony Gwynn—is centered on conceptions of sports that focus on the aspects of fair play and gallantry. These are laudable ideals, to be sure, but they neglect other important aspects of athletics. Crucial components, like the perfection athletes seek in training and their deserved contentment with the competitive machines they mold themselves into. There is also the view of sports as a competitive clash of personalities as well as bodies, of will...
...ADVENTURES OF BERT By Allan Ahlberg and Raymond Briggs. $16.00 Ahlberg and Briggs are the Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras of British kid lit. But - like most British tennis players, actually - they have not made much of an impression in the U.S. Reading a book by both is like seeing Agassi and Sampras play doubles: it's nimble, apparently effortless, playful work. The adventures of said Bert, who has a wife and easily waked baby, aren't too perilous. In one chapter (a concept the book cleverly introduces to younger readers), he puts on a shirt, falls into a truck...
...idea du jour for stimulating the economy--a one-month "holiday" for workers and employers from payroll taxes--seems to have won over Congress the old-fashioned way: a wave of grass-roots support. Republican Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico has been pitching the plan for the past month. But he was getting nowhere until fellow Senators began hearing from constituents. G.O.P. Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee mentioned the idea at an economic conference at Princeton and was startled by the enthusiasm it generated among business leaders and students alike. Senate G.O.P. leader Trent Lott, on a trip home...
...We’re going in looking to win the tournament, but it would be very challenging to do that,” said co-captain Pete Karlen, who is the team’s No. 1 player. “We’ll have to play some good squash, but we’re ready to do that...
...course, to a certain extent, the show’s ability to make audience members move with the music and share in its infectious energy is built into the piece. After all, Tommy is principally the work of Pete Townsend, one of the greatest rock-and-roll musicians and songwriters of all time...