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...native. Even as his visage was plastered on billboards nationwide, Liu lost his athletic focus, spending less time in training and consequently injuring his knee. Nevertheless, by the summer, Liu's off-track burden had eased, and in August the 22-year-old hurdler strode back onto the medal podium: at the World Championships in Helsinki, he came a close second to France's Ladji Doucour?. And on Sept. 17, Liu raced to victory in front of a jubilant home crowd at the prestigious Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, defeating U.S. hurdling legend Allen Johnson. Trust China's fleet-footed...
...after midnight, as Eric Clapton’s song of the same name blared from the speakers, the fans might as well have been at Shea Stadium across the subway podium. When Agassi broke to regain serve in the fourth set, he had to postpone his serve in the subsequent game as a wave circulated the stands...
...CHARGED. VLADIMIR ARUTYUNIAN, 27, ethnic Armenian who confessed to throwing a live grenade at George W. Bush during the U.S. President's May speech in Georgia; with terrorism; in Tbilisi. Arutyunian's grenade failed to explode after landing about 30 meters from the podium where Bush and Georgian Prime Minister Mikhail Saakashvili stood behind a bulletproof barrier. Arutyunian, who is being held in custody awaiting trial, says Bush was "interfering in Georgia's foreign affairs" and maintains that his attempt on the President's life is not a punishable offense...
...then the Baltimore Symphony came calling. Alsop was seen as new blood and a new direction: she's only 48, young for a conductor at this level. She's funny and approachable--she has a habit of chatting informally to audiences from the podium--and she has been known to moonlight (on the violin) with a swing band. She can handle the warhorses of the repertoire--she just recorded Brahms' Symphony No. 1 with the London Philharmonic--but she also champions living American composers like Philip Glass. She can even be heard, on occasion, to utter the phrase way cool...
...French, who had loudly suspected Armstrong of doping, now adopt him as their champ. He flashed seven fingers-one for each win-and sipped champagne while riding with teammates into Paris. The three biggest reasons for Armstrong?s retirement, his son and two daughters, joined their father on the podium. ?Vive le Tour!? he shouted, waving...