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Barring some unforeseen disaster, Lance Armstrong will win his third Tour de France Sunday. The 29-year-old Texan will once again be photographed riding down the Champs Elysees, fingers pointed skyward, something between relief and joy playing across his gaunt features. As of Friday, Armstrong held a virtually insurmountable 5-minute lead over his closest rival...
...London premier of The Caretaker at the Arts Theatre sees Pinter's fortunes shoot skyward. Instantly successful, the play transfers to the West End and runs for 444 performances. Productions across Europe, South Africa and in New York City follow. The once-reviled The Birthday Party, starring his then-wife Vivien Merchant, is shown on British television, drawing 11 million viewers...
...like easyJet and Go, British Airways' no-frills subsidiary, dispute the findings. Go spokesman Brandon Stockwell says that the reason it seems harder to come by the lowest-priced tickets is that travelers are "adjusting their behavior," flying more frequently and booking further in advance-thus driving ticket prices skyward...
...after their mainland counterparts have been replaced with concrete boxes. The village of Shanhou was built at the end of the 19th century to house various branches of the Wong family, successful traders who had returned to the island. The elegant curves of the roof ridges end in the skyward pointing "swallow tails" once typical of southeast China. Some houses are filled with period furnishings and costumes, and the family shrine still represents the family's departed ancestors. A winding path up the island's highest point leads up to an ancient Taoist temple, giant golf ball-shaped radar units...
...longer offer solace to the small market teams. For the past few years, one only needed to look at the antics of Peter Angelos and the Baltimore Orioles and realize that money does not buy success. And even as the payroll of the vaunted New York Yankees ratcheted ever skyward, at least Yankee fans could point to the core of their team as homegrown--Andy Pettite, Mariano Rivera, Bernie Williams and, of course, Jeter...