Word: pia
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...talk of how when Annika was a teen, other girls would practice one hour after a round and she would put in three; or the time Annika had the flu, threw up on the course and still won. Sorenstam's strength is "her intrinsic motivation," says coach and mentor Pia Nilsson. "Her ability to look honestly at what she can improve is absolutely the best." The evidence: her ripped physique--building more strength has helped her add more than 20 yds. to her drive--and a better short game, which have turned her from a rising star into a golfing...
...stand trial" for alleged embezzlement and other crimes. Over 100 people were detained and more arrests are expected. PORTUGAL School for Scandal Prime Minister José Manuel Dur?o Barroso ordered an investigation into claims of a high-level cover-up of 30 years of sex abuse at the Casa Pia, the country's biggest school for deprived children. Families Minister Felix Bagão sacked the school's administration, and its employee Carlos Silvino was arrested and charged with being a pedophile and using children for prostitution. The announcement followed claims by former Families Minister Maria Teresa Costa Machado that...
...year at Harvard, according to E. Marlene Vergara Rotner, director of the VUS program. Fifty-four candidates applied to study at Harvard this fall, and 17 were admitted and came. Out of those students, 10—a larger proportion than most years, according to VUS staff assistant Pia Setti—are international students...
Last year’s team had great individual successes, led by tri-captain Pia Chock. Chock dominated the league’s sprinting and butterfly events leading up to the Ivy Championships. She left with team records in the 100 and 200-yard butterfly events...
...packed adventures with romantic leads. The trailer shown in Japan is vague about who the enemy actually is, cutting out close-ups of grim-faced Japanese soldiers heading off to bomb Hawaii that are shown in trailers elsewhere. A 14-page spread on the movie in the fan magazine Pia never even mentions Japan's involvement in the attack. As a result, some critics view the company's marketing strategy as a bait and switch. "A movie is a product, and it should be sold for what it is," says Yuko Sekiguchi, editor-in-chief of the influential cinema magazine...