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...Berlin, Semenya looked as if she ran a different race than the rest of the field did, finishing 2.45 sec. - a bus length - ahead of her nearest rival. But it wasn't just her performance that set her apart. While the other runners sported ponytails and nail polish, Semenya was conspicuously masculine. After the final, the general secretary of the IAAF, Pierre Weiss, explained that inquiries into Semenya's gender would involve a gynecologist, a psychologist and specialists in hormones and internal medicine. If they concluded Semenya was male, Weiss said, "we will withdraw her name from the results." Said...
...sustained in Iraq in 2006 and Elizabeth Vargas' pregnancy later that year--thrust him into the anchor's chair. He acquitted himself well, landing the first major TV interview with vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin--a triumph that earned his newscast nearly 2 million more viewers than its closest rival. In an e-mail to colleagues, Gibson wrote that his proudest moments were simply uttering the phrase "for all of us at ABC News...
...staggeringly positive. Worker grievances plummeted while the firm’s productivity and profit margins soared. Previous skeptics appeared to be swayed. BusinessWeek devoted a cover story to the success of worker ownership, including praise from sources as unlikely as a Merrill Lynch analyst and an executive at a rival airline...
Evans hopes that her injury will not prevent her from following in the footsteps of a different Palo Alto native. Men’s basketball co-captain Jeremy Lin, who also grew up in Palo Alto, attended Evans’ rival high school. Evans remembers cheering for Lin as he led Palo Alto High School over the favorites from Matter Dei in the 2006 CIF Division II State title...
...Voith and Thompson each added a pair of goals, while sophomore Mike Katzer completed Harvard’s best scoring day, notching a goal for five overall.HARVARD 12, GEORGE WASHINGTON 7The Crimson opened the tournament with its first victory of the season against its Southern Division rival. Since the Colonials defeated Harvard at the Eastern Championships two years ago, the squad had anticipated its chance for retribution—and capitalized on Saturday morning.After only eight minutes, the Crimson forged a 4-2 lead that it would never relinquish, relying on strong play from Popp in net. The sophomore logged...