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...Olympics. Pulled along in his powerful wake, the U.S. team achieved its own victory, particularly on the men's side, by ending the competition with a world-record win in the medley relay and taking home three more golds than it did in 2000. It was a spectacular week of racing, in which tight match-ups crowned first-time Olympic champions like Japan's Kosuke Kitajima and France's Laure Manaudou, and the fast fields proved too much for golden oldies like Russia's Alexander Popov...
Kerry's obvious frustration with his self-imposed straitjacket not only leads him into lame forays like the troop-deployment gaffe but also to some tortured circumlocutions about the war. Most spectacular was spokesman James Rubin's recent statement that a President Kerry "in all probability" would have gone to war against Saddam Hussein by now. Oh really? I thought Kerry's position was that he would have waited for U.N. inspectors to complete their process--which, we now know, would not have produced evidence of illegal arms--and that he would have gone to war only with a supple...
...never knew if I'd be able to use my arm properly again," said Thomas after winning the 100-m butterfly. "Let alone swim - or swim well." After three Olympics, Thomas is turning her thoughts to retirement. "You can't go on forever," she said after swimming a spectacular butterfly leg as part of the winning 100-m medley relay team. As for Henry, known for her slow starts and, now, for breaking world records, she's just opened her fame account. She's already being mentioned in the same breath as legends Dawn Fraser and Shane Gould. A marketer...
...largest in Africa. Established in 1905 and stretching over 21,000 sq. mi., it is bigger than Switzerland and chock-full of wildlife: 4,000 lions, 110,000 buffalo, 50,000 elephants. But because it is hard to access, covered with dense scrub and lacking in the spectacular vistas found in the Serengeti to the north, it draws fewer than 5,000 visitors annually--less than 1% of tourists who visit Tanzania. To pay for the upkeep of the Selous and for antipoaching patrols over its vast area, the reserve's managers rely on another source of funding: big-game...
...Argentina's Mendoza have been up 35% in the past two years. Guided by enologists hired via Argentine travel agencies for $40 a day, tourists are descending on Mendoza's sprawling plain, where winemakers like Catena have polo teams to entertain wine tasters, and many bed-and-breakfasts sport spectacular views of the snowcapped Andes. At the Familia Zuccardi vineyard, guests at asados (meat-grilling parties) are treated to tango shows. The influx has also shone a spotlight on Mendoza institutions like 1884, which Restaurant magazine recently rated the world's seventh best restaurant, and the Park Hyatt, which offers...