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...decades before arriving at the IOP in August 2002, Glickman served as Secretary of Agriculture for the better part of the Clinton Administration following an 18-year career representing Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives. This fall, he will turn his attention to the silver screen—but the veteran politician says his new job fits in with his years in Washington...
...when you visit. (Warning: wine is fragile. I ruined a delicious case of Fox Run Riesling on a beastly hot day a few years back when my car's air conditioner was on the fritz.) On the east side of the lake, must visits and buys include the wineries Silver Thread (the area's only organic producer), Standing Stone and Red Newt. Among the preferred west-side wineries are Fox Run and the rightfully acclaimed Hermann J. Wiemer. Try to snare a room at the Geneva on the Lake resort, a real beauty equipped with pool and croquet, the perfect...
...president of the International Olympic Committee, who attributed her high score in Montreal to Soviet judges putting in the fix for Bloc athletes. Despite the troubles, Romania placed second in team finals at the 2003 world championships. In what was her first-ever big international contest, Ponor won two silver medals. And last month, Romania won four out of six possible golds at the European championships, including the team title. Ponor scored two gold medals in floor and beam, and Monica Rosu won the vault. Going into Athens, Romania is once again a top contender for gold. Most observers attribute...
...ClimaCool system, first tested in 2000, accounted for 20%, or $82 million, of the company's 2003 U.S. apparel sales. For the Olympics, Adidas has unveiled the Adistar SS running shirt, with a wicking fiber that helps sweat evaporate and wide mesh holes that increase ventilation. Adistar's silver microfibers down the back and metallic tape at the neck let heat escape, creating a cooling sensation upon touch. "Since I started using ClimaCool, I don't sweat as much," says Haile Gebrselassie, the two-time 10,000-m Olympic champion from Ethiopia and one of some 5,000 athletes...
...have given it up ages ago. It definitely does have its hard times, but it is in essence a fun sport." Kendall is New Zealand's most successful female Olympian. She won the inaugural women's boardsailing competition at the 1992 Barcelona Games, and followed it up with a silver medal in Atlanta and a bronze in Sydney. In a small, sailing-mad country, Kendall has managed to remain a "golden girl" after almost two decades on the professional circuit. "There is pressure on me, but it's not intense pressure," she says of the build-up to Athens...