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...Brisbane home. Though 70 and with two new hips, he moves lightly, returning moments later with a battered racquet. Its head is small by today's standards, but it feels heavy and unwieldy. Cooper's big break in the '57 Open was Fraser upsetting Lew Hoad in a semi-final. "Lew had an off day," says Cooper. "He could have those, but when he was on he was unbeatable. He played with such a lot of wrist. Watching [current world No. 1] Roger Federer reminds me of the way Hoad played. But Lew had such strong wrists he could...
...between faith and reason in the context of humanity as a whole. Faith is neither Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Jewish nor Buddhist, nor is it a monopoly of any one segment of the human race. It is also appalling that the 9/11 events-a crude, revengeful act by a few semi-educated individuals-has drawn the battle lines of a supposed clash of civilizations, allowing the Pope to deliver an address remarkable for its ignorance of history. Tariq Jamil Lahore, Pakistan...
...inked with matching tattoos—colored Olympic rings surrounding the number 13, Chu’s jersey number. It’s hard to play hockey for a living as a woman, so Chu says she thinks she’ll play in Canada’s semi-professional National Women’s Hockey League after college. Because there is no professional women’s ice hockey league, Chu says she’s remaining realistic. “I have to find a way to make ends meet financially,” Chu says...
...DIED. Claude Jade, 58, French actress who shot to fame as the heroine of three of François Truffaut's best-loved films, the bittersweet, semi-autobiographical trilogy Stolen Kisses, Bed & Board and Love on the Run; of eye cancer; in Boulogne-Billancourt, France...
...overdrive. No etymologist is required to explain the nature of adjoining Pub Street, a grid of red-tiled colonial town houses that has evolved into one of the most eclectic entertainment zones in Asia. There's the inevitable Irish pub, numerous spots punning on the Angkor handle (including the semi-satirical Angkor What? Bar) and the Linga Bar, a solitary gay joint. Rather more eccentric, the Dead Fish Tower, besides hosting its very own crocodile pit, promises not to serve dog, cat, rat or worm. And there are some tasteful surprises, like Blue Pumpkin, a café with stark white...