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...world record too, while President Bush, his father, the First Lady and daughter Barbara cheered him on. In the Games' first swimming event, Phelps dropped nearly a second and a half off his own world record, set a month ago at the Olympic trials, and launched his quest for a history making- eight gold. Not to be outdone, Dara Torres, famed for being the oldest swimmer at the Games, showed that age doesn't seem to matter when you're in a swimsuit...
...This business of going forth into the woods is a universal symbol of spiritual quest. Thoreau used it in his years at Walden Pond. And as translator Patrick Olivelle - who in his rendering of the Buddhacarita has stressed its exquisite literary qualities - notes, Siddhartha's departure into the forest from his father's palace is itself "modeled after that of Rama in the Ramayana, although cast within a Buddhist theological and moral background." The Buddhacarita, Olivelle argues, is both an extension of Brahmanical texts and a potent challenge to them - repudiating Vedic conservatism and its emphasis on family units...
...Marsh, in his director's statement, adds a certain amount of tosh about this being some sort of "mythic quest," in that Petit claims to have dreamed about doing his trick well before the Trade Center was built or even imagined. But Petit was a Paris street performer (and an authority on picking pockets) before he started walking wires, so one rather suspects that proposition...
...good cause: for each trip booked, 10% of the cost is donated to the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Around the World in 80 Ways (www.lhw.com) takes in 12 cities over 28 days, cramming dozens of once-in-a-lifetime moments into one extraordinary holiday. As in Fogg's quest, the epic journey starts in London, with a suite at the Ritz and dinner in the hotel's restaurant. Ladies, don't worry if you can't decide what to wear: an original Isabell Kristensen couture dress is provided. Other perks en route include a stay at Dubai's Al Maha...
...dialing telephone numbers that begin with 976, callers have long been able to hear everything from sports highlights to heavy-breathing aural sex. Add another service to the list: a menu of interest rates by phone. A consumer calling the Answer Quest telephone service in Los Angeles or Detroit can get recorded messages on the best local interest rates for mortgages, commercial real estate, car loans and CDs, or on current precious-metal prices--each for $2. For an additional $2, Answer Quest offers selective ''financial hot tips,'' like how to pick a stockbroker...