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...Slopes Bode Miller, the skier with the unorthodox style, is one of the few racers with the stamina and versatility to compete in all five Alpine events in Torino. In addition to the four shown here, Miller will ski the combined event, which is a shorter downhill run followed by two slalom runs DOWNHILL Vertical drop: 2,625 ft. (800 m) It?s the longest course of the Alpine events and one of the most dangerous competitions at the Winter Games, with speeds of more than 80 m.p.h. (130 km/h). Skiers take one run down a single course marked...
...most disturbing, in a way (since a major plot point hangs thereon), is that the report questions the book's claim that Frey spent three months in an Ohio jail after rehab. The site even quotes Frey as having said in an interview, "I was in for a significantly shorter period of time than three months...
...that, they will try to tarnish him with praise. Causey is an honest man, they say, who admitted to a crime he didn't commit to avoid the risk of a trial. Prosecutors can also now focus their case on Lay and Skilling, giving them the advantage of a shorter, simpler trial...
...brash Australian tycoon whose $5 billion fortune made him the country's richest person; in Sydney. Packer took over his family's media empire, Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd., in 1974, and expanded it into areas including gambling, real estate and gemstone exploration. His TV-friendly World Series Cricket, with shorter matches, colorful uniforms and night games, helped revitalize public enthusiasm for the sport. Packer suffered a heart attack in 1990 and was dead for eight minutes before being revived, later prompting him to tell a talk-show host, "The good news is there's no devil. The bad news...
...these last frames Spielberg makes the connection between Israel in September of 1972 and the United States in September of 2001 explicit: as Kauffman and his handler part ways, their dispute still unresolved, the Twin Towers loom over the horizon. The distance between New York and Munich is shorter than we imagined.Spielberg provides no easy answers for the questions he raises in “Munich,” only a reformulation of Prime Minsiter Meir’s dictum: every civilization finds it necessary to wrestle with the problem of violence to define its values.—Staff...