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Just five months into his job as president of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Etienne de Villiers faced a hostile crowd of doubles pros at the Masters Cup in Shanghai to explain to them why he would have to curtail their sport to save it. The players had already filed suit against the ATP, and there was De Villiers last November, back swinging just four months after cancer surgery, telling them he was going to go ahead with a shortened, no-ad scoring system; a super tie-break instead of a third set; and a rule that doubles players...
Resolving the troubles in doubles is the most visible example of how the straight-shooting South African is reinventing this most conservative sport. Bob Bryan, one of the pros who initiated the lawsuit along with his twin brother Mike--they're the top doubles team in the world--now lobs compliments via e-mail: "He's a cool guy who doesn't need this gig. He just wants to help tennis and the tour...
...current approach in Iraq is not sustainable. Bush mentioned the word "flexible" or "flexibility" several times during Wednesday's press conference and he hinted that he would consider a change in strategy if his generals proposed one. Meanwhile, General George Casey spoke at a Pentagon press conference about the pros and cons of adding more troops to stabilize Baghdad - something the Bush team has resisted for months. And the President seemed to lean rhetorically on the coming recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, led by James Baker and Lee Hamilton, who are in their own hunt for a new strategy...
...world view,” “articulation about what they do” and lyrics as reasons why they were perfect HarvardLIVE! candidates. Not only have they just released a new album and are beginning a U.S. tour but “they are absolute pros at this type of event,” O’Brien said. Prompted by moderator Tracy E. Nowski ’07, the Ladies articulately discussed everything from Easy Mac and back beards to suicide and politics—and of course, nudity (“As you get older, it?...
...rise from poverty in Endicott, N.Y., where his father was a janitor and his mother died when he was in high school, is well-documented. “This is what I want to do,” Kacyvenski told The Crimson in 2000 about playing in the pros. “This is what I’ve wanted to do my whole life. Right now this is it.” —THE CRIMSON STAFF