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...come from fantasy novels. A group of outrageously talented writers is busy rescuing fantasy from under a mountain of New Age junk, collectible card games and heavy-metal album covers: J.K. Rowling, of course, but also Neil Gaiman, Phillip Pullman, China Mieville and George R.R. Martin. Now a fortysomething silver-haired British book editor named Susanna Clarke has done something even they couldn't. She has written Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Bloomsbury; 800 pages), a chimera of a novel that combines the dark mythology of fantasy with the delicious social comedy of Jane Austen into a masterpiece of the genre...
...parent in a different way. Her father Paul Montgomery is serving 30 years to life in prison for killing two men in Cleveland, Ohio, when Tocarra was 15. She released her anger in wrestling; just months after joining the team at Cleveland's East Tech High, she won the silver medal at girls nationals. Two years later, she was named International Women's Wrestler of the Year. "She doesn't drink. She doesn't get high. She doesn't party," says her Cumberland College coach, Kip Tranik. "She trains 50 weeks a year...
...Then, things went bad. On the second day of competition, the weather became a factor with the temperature dropping about 10 degrees and blustery winds sweeping the water?s surface like a giant broom. World record holder Brendan Hansen settled for silver in the 100m breast stroke, after touching the wall 0.17 seconds behind Japan?s Kosuke Kitajima. Three-time Olympian Jenny Thompson failed to medal in the 100 butterfly, and to close the disappointing night, the U.S. men earned a bronze in the 4x100m freestyle relay, not bad until you consider it?s their worse finish in that event...
...hopes started to evaporate into the steamy air by the second day in the Greek sun. Phenom Michael Phelps won the country?s first gold medal in the 400m individual medley on Saturday, in world record time (4:08.26), finishing just ahead of Massachusetts native Eric Vendt, who won silver. In the women?s 400m IM, Californian Kaitlin Sandeno made up for her fourth place finish in Sydney by winning the day?s second silver, and Klete Keller claimed bronze for his 3:44.11 in the 400 freestyle. The U.S. women ended the day with a close match-up against...
...debut [in 1941] was a stunning affair at the St. Regis Roof, reported in full in the Times, with the debutante receiving guests ?before a bower of southern smilax and woodwardia ferns,? and wearing an off-the-shoulder sky-blue gown ?trimmed with small ostrich feathers tipped with silver.?? The 16-year-old was groomed to stardom, and had the quality...