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...sport in desperate need of a makeover, the rise of the young bloods is nothing but good news. Hear that sigh of relief? It's coming from U.S.A. Track and Field headquarters in Indianapolis, Ind., because the four sprinters charged with using steroids supplied by the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (BALCO), including Jones' boyfriend, 100-m world-record holder Tim Montgomery, didn't qualify for the Olympic team. Yes, doping continues to dog the sport of track and field; on three straight days during the trials, new cheating accusations arose. And untarnished veterans, like hurdler and former Olympic sprinting champion...
...national support base in an election year. The President's insistence on patting his golden retriever and calling him a Siamese during a recent Larry King Live had alarmed even Republicans, but the revelation that it was "just election-year politics" has allowed Washington to breathe a sigh of relief. "I'm satisfied that the matter is neither unfair nor dangerous," pronounced former House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt, shortly before addressing the annual convention of the American Kennel Club on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's love of dogs...
...central India-and focuses instead on dams and embankments for flood prevention. Yet because India's flood-control infrastructure is poorly maintained, dams and embankments often block rather than facilitate drainage, says Dasgupta, while their huge construction costs might attract corruption. Says Pushpender Kumar Singh, regional manager for flood-relief group Action Aid: "[Floods] used to go by in two or three days. Now, they'll be here until March. So no crops. And more disease." As a result, he predicts 3,000 drowning and disease deaths just in Bihar, which would make it the deadliest flood on record there...
...Afghanistan, after 24 years of work in the country, citing the Afghan government's refusal to investigate the shooting deaths of five aid workers in northwest Badghis province in June. A written statement issued in Kabul also blamed increased safety risks and the U.S. military's "co-opting" of relief efforts. The Nobel-prizewinning organization, which sends doctors and nurses into conflict zones, has withdrawn from only two other countries in its 33-year history, Ethiopia and North Korea; this is the first time they have withdrawn for security reasons. Kenny Gluck, the group's operational director, called the withdrawal...
...layer many women find on their hips, thighs and derriere. (Men tend not to suffer from this perceived problem because their thicker skin does a better job of covering fat.) Women have resorted to surgery, massage, potions, pills and creams to smooth their skin, resulting in temporary relief at best. So can clothing succeed where more extreme efforts have failed...