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...Russia celebrated a memorable 1-2-3 sweep in the women's long jump, while Germany rejoiced with canoeist Birgit Fischer, 42, who earned a gold and a silver, becoming the first woman ever to win medals over a 24-year span. And a splendid moment of pan-European dominance came on Day 11, in the women's pole vault. The contest came down to five women: two Russians, two Poles and an Icelander. At one point, world-record holder Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia was one miss away from being bounced out of the competition - and then she cleared...
Bowman could see that Phelps was born to swim. Blessed with a sinewy, whiplike body, a long torso and large hands and feet, plus a 6ft. 7in. arm span that extends 3 in. beyond his height (the usual ratio is 1 to 1), Phelps has as close to an ideal swimming body as you can get. Like other top swimmers, he doesn't so much power through the water as slide along it, propelled by a vigorous dolphin kick that surges from his head to his toes in a high-amplitude wave...
...John Kerry and reality. Kerry's reasoning on the issues is thoughtful and responsible. He actually makes sense. Pundits appropriately deride Bush for his malapropisms and simplistic sound bites, but the media rarely provide time or space for Kerry's carefully thought-out views. Please stop underestimating Americans' attention span. We can and will listen to reason when someone bothers to present it to us. In fact, we're starving for it. Peggy Harris St. James City, Florida, U.S. Despots, Old and New Michael Byers' viewpoint "Dictators In The Dock" [July 19] discussed the war-crimes trials of Slobodan Milosevic...
...registration drive snagged around 40 registrants over the span of two hours, Rock the Vote employee Brandy N. Chappelle said...
...halting Chairman Terry McAuliffe’s order of events. Moments later, several members of the rules committee bounded on stage, advancing steadily on the mahogany podium more distant from where I had just been sitting, ready for their moment in the spotlight—if appearing on C-SPAN to enthusiastically announce the unanimous endorsement of the convention’s rules even qualifies...