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...castle belongs to England's reigning Queen; the loyal subject pounding the pavement outside commands other realms. Sebastian Coe, 27, holds world marks for the mile and for the 800-and 1,500-meter runs, the most regal array of records in the history of middle-distance running. He is also struggling uphill after a bout with toxoplasmosis, an infection that he contracted last year. Coe's comeback after an enforced five-month layoff will not be fully tested until he steps onto the track at Los Angeles, where he will compete in both the 800 and 1,500 meters...
...important than the Olympics anyway, because the participants are assured of the best competition and because athletics, not politics, are the focus. Only at the Olympics are the athletes thought of first as representatives of their nations and not as individuals. Michael Jordan becomes the United States' Michael Jordan Sebastian Coe becomes Britain's Sebastian Coe. And, in the same way all the great Soviet performers become to many Americans, simply the enemy...
...told me why they call it a Sebastian Sandwich. Nobody bothered to let me know about the housing lottery, or when they decide to lock the gates to the Yard or how to cross the street in Harvard Square, or when you are supposed to start writing your exam--when they tell you to, or right when they hand you the blue book...
Napa Valley-based Artist Sebastian Titus and Partner Wesley Poole, who have made labels for some 50 wine makers, always sample the product before turning to the palette. Says Titus: "Consumers will buy a pretty label once, but if the wine isn't good, they won't buy it again." Moreover, the wine lover who used to be embarrassed by the rows of empty bottles in his house can now label himself an art collector...
...most frequent historical cover figures, but they have not been specifically the subjects of the accompanying stories.) Karl Marx was reassessed in 1948, Vladimir Lenin in 1964 and their ideological opposites Adam Smith, in 1975, and John Maynard Keynes, in 1965. In the arts, William Shakespeare (1960) and Johann Sebastian Bach (1968) have been so treated; in science, Sigmund Freud (1956) and Albert Einstein...