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During his 21 years as men's basketball coach at Duke University, Krzyzewski (pronounced Sha-sheff-ski, or Coach K to his acolytes) has not lost very often. He's 533-164, with three national championships, six Atlantic Coast Conference championships, and nine Final Four appearances. No college hoops coach has won more in the past two decades, and Krzyzewski has accomplished all this with a program that turns out real-deal scholar athletes--kids who go to class, graduate and don't mind telling everyone about it. "He has put together what the rest of us are trying...
DIED. DIANA GOLDEN BROSNIHAN, 38, one-legged ski racer and Olympic gold medalist; of cancer; in Providence, R.I. Brosnihan battled cancer throughout her life, losing her right leg at the age of 12. A gifted skier, she refused to give up the slopes and went on to win 19 U.S. titles as a disabled athlete...
...released from prison in 1987 and, seven years later, won a seat in Parliament in South Africa's first all-race elections. DIED. DIANA GOLDEN BROSNIHAN, 38, avid skier who lost a leg to cancer at age 12 but persevered and won a gold medal in disabled skiing at the 1988 Calgary Olympics; of cancer, in Providence, Rhode Island. Brosnihan persuaded the U.S. Ski Association to allow disabled skiers to compete against able-bodied skiers, and in 1997 she was inducted into the Women's Sports Foundation International Hall of Fame. DIED. MICHAEL DERTOUZOS, 64, inventor, author and computer visionary...
...members of the town council of San AndrEs Sakamch'en, bedecked in ribboned sombreros and crimson tunics, welcomed a gaggle of nosy tourists. Tzotzil Indians who have broken off from the Mexican government, they patiently answered questions about their village of rutted streets and shuttered shops, donning ski masks and bandannas only when it came to picture taking. "As indigenous people, we are threatened and exploited," said council president Lucas Hernandez Ruiz. "We are happy you have come from afar to witness our resistance...
...Reality-tour sponsors boast of building a "new grass-roots internationalism." But was it titillated voyeurism or earnest solidarity that the vacationers in Zapatista-land felt as the weathered campesinos of San AndrEs Sakamch'en pulled on their ski masks? A measure of both is what keeps reality tourists coming back for more...