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...understand the team's feelings of vindication. The medal is especially precious for James. In Athens, he was a clueless kid who never got off the bench. During the TIME interview, he admitted he didn't respect what the Olympics meant. Plus, he got a fair amount of criticism for making that guarantee. Now, give him credit. Sure, the United States was pumped for these Olympics since the summer of '06, the year new U.S.A. basketball chief Jerry Colangelo and his choice as coach, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, gathered the core players of this team to start training for Beijing...
...that guarantee. He didn't flinch. "Yeah," he said. "A lot of people doubted me, thought I was wrong for predicting it. I guess I can read into the future now." Here's an easy one, LeBron. With the way the Redeem Team performed in Beijing, the world will respect the America's game once again...
...Obama must contextualize himself for the many voters who are just tuning in - to tell them about where he comes from, what experiences have shaped his values and what he has accomplished. Just as important as saying it himself is how Obama is portrayed by those who love and respect him. Michelle Obama, who has never given a speech of such magnitude despite months on the campaign trail, will be key in this respect...
...code of points that rewards the most difficult routines and, as a result, training sessions in the sport have have only become more grueling. Keeping the youngest competitors from the rigorous world of international competition is supposed to protect them from dangerous, potentially life-long injuries. In that respect, age doping is no different from other illegal performance enhancing tactic - not only is it unfair to the rest of the competitors, it's most unfair to the athletes doing it to themselves...
...missing from his dialogue with Pastor Rick Warren at Saddleback Church - and there were more than a few opportunities to insert it. When Warren braced him on abortion, Obama fumbled around, attempting to sound reasonable. He should have said straight out, "We're gonna disagree on this one. I respect your view on abortion, but I'm pro-choice ... And you know, Pastor Rick, Jesus never mentions abortion in the Bible. He did say, though, that it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter heaven. Now, that...