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...weren't for the Beijing Olympics, China's sports system might have become liberalized the way the rest of Chinese society has. For more than two decades, the People's Republic boycotted the Olympic movement to protest rival Taiwan's participation. When China finally rejoined the Games in 1980, the sports-school system was expanded to ensure that Chinese athletes would do their country proud. For many parents, securing three bowls of rice a day for their offspring was enough to convince them that the grueling training was worth it. But by the '90s, with the economy opening up, fewer...
Andre Agassi was my rival in the '90s, and I think as we got older we sort of transcended the game. He was probably the best player I ever played over my career. There's a list of players that were tough, but Andre, certainly, he was the most unique...
...join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me.' HILLARY CLINTON, former Democratic presidential contender, delivering her concession speech and endorsing her rival for President...
...offer) or one of three possibilities from Virginia - Governor Tim Kaine, former governor Mark Warner or Senator Jim Webb. Or perhaps a Westerner like Montana governor Brian Schweitzer. McCain might get an Electoral College boost by picking Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, Pennsylvania's ex-governor Tom Ridge or former rival Mitt Romney, who has family roots in pivotal Michigan...
REPUBLICANS The big surprise has been the bond developing between McCain and onetime rival Mitt Romney. As a competitor, the former Massachusetts governor clearly irritated McCain, but observers say the two now get along famously, with one insider terming them "alpha males" who have moved past their earlier conflicts. One source says that while a group of vice-presidential contenders were enjoying adult beverages recently at McCain's Arizona ranch, the host went out of his way to offer the teetotaling Romney some coffee. Mormons don't drink coffee either, but the gesture was noted...