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...only to hear terse criticism from her usually upbeat coach. A few meters from where Guo was practicing, six-year-old girls from the city tossed themselves off the vertiginous diving platform, their tiny bodies tumbling through the air at up to 60 km/h. The girls were all wearing plain, baggy, black swimsuits, and some looked longingly at their famous compatriot in her sleek, purple suit with high-cut legs and a splash of sequins on the rear. One day, they might have been dreaming, they too could rise above the state and blossom into an exquisitely modern Chinese sports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Heroes to Brands | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

...site in the farm shop?King Carl Gustav is said to have once ordered some?or in specialty stores across Sweden. For those who want to try the unusual dairy product before they spend a small fortune, Algens Hus' restaurant offers delicious moose-cheese dishes. Try the cheese plain with bread or biscuits, or better yet, frozen moose mousse: it's best served with raspberries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Use of a Moose | 5/17/2004 | See Source »

Tommy’s House of Pizza, previously billed by the The Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard as the “home of the sesame seed edge,” has abandoned its distinctive crust in favor of a blander, more traditional plain dough...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Striking Controversy, Tommy's Cedes Seeds | 5/17/2004 | See Source »

...combat.” Moreover, the Quirin Court made short work of this argument in 1942. It said that American citizens who enter U.S. territory during wartime “in civilian dress and with hostile purpose” are “enemy belligerents,” plain and simple. Whether they are physically captured in the “zone of active military operations” matters for naught...

Author: By Duncan M. Currie, | Title: FDR Got It Right... | 5/12/2004 | See Source »

...time did the union negotiate the jobs away; the jobs were gone due to the loss incurred by the police department budget. During the negotiations the union took a proactive stance asking for components that had not previously been offered to us. We also made it plain that our members should have the ability to be placed in open positions at the University if they are qualified. We got these components as well as a guarantee of work with Allied and an undertaking that any member who goes to Allied will be maintained at Harvard sites covered by the parity...

Author: By Daniel Meagher, | Title: Union Never Neglected Workers' Interests In Negotiations | 5/12/2004 | See Source »

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