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...prosecutor a "type of fundamentalist," and that international games require a certain degree of diplomacy. "The Olympics," Pescante said, "are different from a bicycle race." Some athletes, however, like the idea of criminalizing doping. Canadian cross-country skier Beckie Scott, who finished third in the women's 5-km pursuit at Salt Lake City but was boosted into the gold medal position after two Russian skiers were thrown out, told Time: "Personally I think it [Italy's law] is a good thing, making it a criminal act and making it illegal. It's fighting fire with fire." For the moment...
...ultimate irony, Levy believes, is that American women have lost sight of their own sexual happiness in their pursuit to conform to male desires. Looking and acting like a porn star has simply replaced homemaking as the litmus test for twenty-first century women’s femininity...
...last Thursday, Canada suddenly came alive, winning four medals: in speedskating (silvers in both men's and women's team pursuit), women's skeleton (Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards, bronze) and men's figure skating (Jeffrey Buttle, bronze). Buttle's medal was particularly welcome, as he had fallen during his short program. "It's unbelievable," he said. "I would have never thought I could come back." Then came a one-two finish Friday in the skeleton for Calgary firefighter Duff Gibson and World Cup leader Jeff Pain. Gibson, 39, who immediately retired from his sport, has the distinction of being the oldest...
...Security Council because the program constitutes a threat to international peace and security. Now it's here. And now that it's in New York, we have the ability and we should--if the Iranians don't change their policy--increase the pressure on them to give up the pursuit of nuclear weapons...
...TRUE. HE SKATED FAST SHANI DAVIS became the first African-American male to earn Winter Olympic gold by winning the 1,000-m speedskating race. But he didn't win friends. Davis had skipped the team-pursuit event to train for the 1,000, an individual race. When asked about Davis' win, American Chad Hedrick, who raced in the pursuit, said, "Shani skated fast today. That's about all I have to say." Joked Davis: "At least he said I skated fast. That was nice." Want drama? The two square off this week...