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...Olympic teams, Iran's Paralympians consistently outperform their able-bodied counterparts. Iran climbed from a medal ranking of 37 out of 55 teams at the Barcelona Paralympic Games in 1992 to 16 out of 123 in Sydney. And it is the sitting-volleyball team that is the country's pride. Although Iran can be counted on to win medals in individual sports, such as shooting and power lifting, sitting volleyball is the only event?handicapped or otherwise?in which it has won gold as a team. What started as a solution to a pressing problem?how to transform visible reminders...
They held down the presidential box for three days while their oldest son, President George W., campaigned his way to New York and their second son, Florida's Governor Jeb, battened down his state for another big blow, Hurricane Frances. They watched with pride as half a dozen relatives caucused in delegations from Maryland, Connecticut, Missouri and Rhode Island. When Bill Marriott, the hotel impresario, sprang for a Bush-family dinner at the downtown Ritz-Carlton, 96 people jammed the room. "Lot of unfamiliar straphangers in there," declared the former President...
...brief moment, it looked as though Athens would be the resting place for numerous chunks of American pride. Venus Williams and Andy Roddick got bounced in tennis, the gymnasts weren't nearly as sparkling as the glitter in their hair, and Michael Phelps looked merely human. Before long, though, the U.S. was sitting in its customary place atop the medal standings, with golds in everything from double trap shooting to road cycling to gymnastics; the swim team alone took 28 medals. While flip turns and double Arabians are cute in a quadrennial sort of way, they do not display...
What has been overlooked is that through its struggles, this batch of NBA players may be the first to actually get the point of the Olympics. Not only have they taken the slights hurled at them with impressive grace and displayed the proper pride in representing their country, but they have been able to empathize with their opponents without being disloyal. "A lot of people don't understand that for these guys we're playing against, a win versus the U.S.A. would be one of the greatest things that ever happened to them," says Wade. "It's not like...
...Preppy Pride Bye-bye to the peekaboo pop-tart look. Teens are buttoning up for fall...