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Just as Eberharter, the World Cup champion, had set up a nearly half-second lead, his countryman Fritz Strobl posted a time .28 sec. faster. And then came Norway's Lasse Kjus, .06 sec. quicker. Strobl, a personable and humorous character who in the summer months is a policeman, skied a perfect race while Eberharter made a couple of small errors. As he took in the joy of winning, Strobl said afterward, "I'm not out to beat anyone when I'm skiing. When I ski, I just want to ski well." Eberharter hid his disappointment well. "Everyone was expecting...
DANGEROUS LIAISONS Candy is dandy, but--alas--liquor is still quicker. More than a third of sexually active teens and young adults in a new survey admit that alcohol and drugs have influenced their decisions about sex. Nearly a quarter say they have had unprotected sex while under the influence. The lesson for young people, says Joseph Califano, head of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, is that "drinking and sex is as dangerous as drinking and driving...
...over flying, of course, is the added travel time. But that wasn’t a problem for Harkin. “We saw a bad movie—The Legend of Zorro, I think,” he says. “It made the trip much, much quicker.” Harkin, who traveled to Manhattan to visit friends for the weekend, looked into the Chinatown option but chose convenience over saving $10. “It just seemed a little sketchy, so I avoided it,” he says...
...have all gotten quite a kick out of seeing one of our own fall, but the rest of the country is going to eat this up even quicker than we have. America will always love the underdog and when there’s isn’t one to be found, there’s nothing better than to watch pampered preppies stumble down from a place like the Pudding to the glory of a prison cell...
...success was particularly surprising coming from Gellert. Usually known for his defense, Gellert was always a step quicker than his defender Saturday, generating easy layups or at least drawing the foul...