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...iced her groin and received physiotherapy and an ultrasound. As the day wore on, however, the pain only worsened, and Kwan said "The groin did not feel good at all." She began to realize that she might not be able to compete at the level needed to make the podium in Torino, much less capture the only gold medal that eludes her. "I don' t think in my heart I can be at my best," she said. "I have to be honest with what my body is feeling. At 2:15 (am), I thought I've got to do something...
...enough to reveal the same red beneath her clothing. The women aren’t naked, but the symbolism is embarrassingly so.Still, the women manage to leap over male-imposed hurdles—symbolized here by actual hurdles. In the end, Marshall and two other women stand on a podium with fists in the air. But the message here isn’t Black Power; it’s Girl Power. Unfortunately this all just distracts from what should be the focus here: Cat Power.—Patrick R. Chesnut
...with the White House, "was, 'We cannot let them have this issue.'" Indeed, top Bush aides, including Karl Rove and the Secretaries of Labor, Education and Commerce, began lobbying internally for some sort of presidential initiative. Bush aides say the indispensable player in moving the package to the presidential podium was Bush's workout partner and close friend former Commerce Secretary Donald Evans, who made it a crusade after a fellow Texan on the National Academies committee handed him the report. "This is like Sputnik," Evans tells TIME. "We need to give this the same focus and energy...
...races so far this season, slalom specialist Giorgio Rocca could fill the giant boots of legendary skier Alberto Tomba. Carolina Kostner gives Italy its first real shot at women's figure-skating glory in years. And a strong contingent of cross-country skiers and lugers could stand on the podium. Yet organizers admit the real newsmakers are likely to be foreign athletes. The U.S. ski team, headed by Bode Miller and Daron Rahlves, is looking to bring home multiple medals. The injured Michelle Kwan, still chasing the only gold that's ever eluded her, will face strong challenges from teammate...
...great union. Unlike past years, however, I cannot simply use words like “confident” and “strong” to describe the state of our country. We are, if I may borrow from the address that President John F. Kennedy gave from this podium 45 years ago, “in an hour of national peril...