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...largely to her cool and clinical attitude on court. She couldn't muster that sang-froid today as she announced her retirement from tennis at the age of just 25. "It's time to breathe again," she said with a cracking voice and watering eyes at a hastily convened press conference outside Brussels. "Most people my age are in school or starting work, and I have the impression I've already lived three lives...
...press conference, she said she planned to have her own family, and to look after children. "I have no regrets or sadness. I leave as world No. 1," she said. "I gave everything for tennis." She's got plenty of time, and plenty of money, to explore everything else...
After a year of deliberation, another four months in overtime and multiple lawsuits from environmental groups, the Bush Administration today listed the polar bear as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). But it may not matter much. At a press conference in Washington, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne acknowledged that Arctic sea ice - vital for the polar bears' survival - was clearly receding, and that scientific studies by the U.S. Geological Service (USGS) estimated some 30% decline in sea ice by mid-century. (A study by the USGS released last September projected a two-thirds decline in the world...
...religious about taking precautions. When outdoors, he usually dons a baseball cap, even in the dim light of winter. His chalk-pale skin is a testament to the care he now takes in the sun. "I hope everyone has some sunscreen," he told the traveling press at a recent campaign stop in the coal hills of Kentucky. His doctor checks for new blemishes every few months, with his last announced checkup taking place in March. "Everything's fine," McCain said the following...
...some discussion. "I can do at least 30 or 40," he said last spring of the push-ups, as his campaign bus crossed the countryside. "But it's pretty easy to cheat on a push-up." He paused, aware that he had grabbed the attention of his traveling press. "I would never do such a thing, of course," he added, smiling...