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...normally wouldn't comment on the physique of a company president, except that Mellon herself has exploited this asset, maintained through rigorous daily workouts. She is the brand's best model, the jet-setter seen on the red carpet and at all the best parties who looks spectacularly good in her Jimmy Choos, and has always believed that legions of women?famous or not?would want what she wants...
...headed for a quarterfinals match with Venus Williams on Wednesday night at the U.S. Open in New York. Meanwhile, Djokovic, the third seed at the Open, just behind Federer and Nadal and ahead of Roddick, made it into the quarterfinals on Tuesday night after a hard-fought four setter against the Argentine Juan Monaco. In a country where football and basketball have long held pride of place, hundreds of thousands tuned into late-night state-run Channel One to watch Ana's progress, only to see her lose to Venus in the fourth round at the U.S. Open...
...Floridians has been accurate on most issues: his approval rating is flying around 70%, and he's won kudos for reinstilling a bipartisan spirit into the state's traditionally centrist politics. What's more, the summit adds to the state's feeling that it's become a national agenda-setter, especially after Crist and the legislature recently moved Florida's presidential primary to the front of the pack by scheduling it in January. Presidential candidates "are crawling all over the state now," Crist says. They're listening harder, he adds, to Florida-sensitive issues like a national catastrophe fund...
Also key to success was the play from the team’s freshmen. Libero Katherine Kocurek notched a career-high 39 digs at Dartmouth, while setter Lily Durwood tallied 35 assists in Harvard’s home victory over the Big Green. Right-side hitter Chelsea Ono Horn also made her impact felt...
...generally lose is trying to go for too much and beating myself.”Harvard’s other two singles wins came from senior No. 4 and co-captain Gideon Valkin (6-1, 7-6) and No. 5 sophomore Sasha Ermakov, who won a trying three-setter (5-4, 6-7, 6-3), persevering in a pressure situation that would have tripped him up just weeks earlier.Valkin’s win boosts his current singles win streak to eight games.“I’m feeling very mentally strong,” Valkin said...