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Olympic downhill ski races are unkind to favorites. At Nagano in 1998, Jean-Luc Crétier took advantage of a spectacular crash by Austrian great...
...Issue ? Topics include George Harrison and the Beatles, cloning and the U.S. Ski Team...
...that's pretty much the last rational thought I have for a good ten Minutes. Before I can catch a breath, I'm smashed up against the metal barrier with eight ski-jacketed arms and elbows waving microphones and tape recorders reaching past me to get to Casey. I try to get away from the crush, which you'd think would make other people happy since it would provide a new front-row audience with FitzRandolph, but I can't leave move. In a daze, it occurs to me that I am now being more intimate with 20 total strangers...
...arriving here in Salt Lake City, I've acquainted myself with the intricacies of metal detectors, learned that no one cares what book I'm reading, and formulated a special dance step that helps me sail through the endless security screenings: Step, unzip coat, open coat, twirl, take off ski hat, move through the metal detector, pause and smile. Works like a charm...
...Today is the best day of my ski racing career," Street told the 22,000 people who came to see Tuesday's event. "And it's all because of you." Street's easy demeanor has brought her legions of fans and some $1.5 million in endorsements, according to Forbes Magazine. She seems sublimely comfortable with TV cameras and photographers' long-range lenses recording every poignant moment with her family and friends, moments most people would like to keep private...