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...while sponsors may want Nadal to become a man, he needs to be his own man. Fans love Nadal because he seems so real. Even his most deliberate calculations - to pick up the racquet in his left hand and hit the ball in a way nobody has before - seem to stem from a subversive instinct. For tennis's antihero, on the court at least, normal might be a step...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis: Nadal's New Spin | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...divisive pick as President Jimmy Carter's Attorney General, Griffin Bell, 90, was criticized for not doing enough to enforce school desegregation in the South as a federal judge in the 1960s. He was later praised, though, for his strategic work on race issues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...Washington Richardson Bows Out President-elect Barack Obama's pick for Commerce Secretary, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, withdrew his name from consideration amid a grand-jury investigation into state contracts awarded to a political contributor. While the governor headed back to the statehouse, Obama's team scrambled to fill other crucial posts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

Leon Panetta Bill Clinton's former top aide is reportedly the pick for CIA chief, a role some say should be reserved for agency veterans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...quite an improvement from the last time his team battled a ranked opponent. In last year’s opener against No. 23 Stanford, he had no points, turnovers, or assists, but did pick up five fouls in a 111-56 loss...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lin Dominant, Catalyst for Upset Victory | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

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