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...Traditionalists will tell you that the Olympic Games are not a contest between nations, that the Olympic spirit dwells in the hearts of countless athletes who dedicate themselves to their sports and dream of nothing more than doing the very best they can on the world's greatest stage. But traditionalists lost that argument decades ago. Every four years, readers and viewers turn to the daily medal tables to see how each nation has done. And as the Athens games got under way, the tables told how the world has changed. In the first week of competition, South Korea...
...declared, "Whether you like him or not, he's our President, and we're at war! Our enemies are probably plastering this picture all over their walls." A Missouri man compared the cover to "graffiti sprayed by an ignorant adolescent." But another Coloradan caught the cover's playful spirit: "When I first saw it, I thought it was Alfred E. Neuman on Mad magazine...
...Sudan accountable. The U.S. cannot be expected to go running to solve every problem in the world. It has its hands full dealing with the mess it has created in Iraq. Bukola A. Jejeloye Lagos, Nigeria Jerusalem's Security Guards "Daring to Live Again" caught the tempo and spirit of today's more upbeat Jerusalem [Aug. 2]. Correspondent Matt Rees commented on the Ethiopian Jews who work as restaurant security guards and search customers' bags and swipe patrons with metal detectors. Rees noted that most of the guards are "drawn from the underprivileged Ethiopian community [because] few others are willing...
...fishing town, is the opposite of the street-toughened Montgomery. Her toughest opponents as a kid were the sheep she wrestled near the log cabin she shared with her mother, a part-time mime. O'Donnell will compete in the 55-kg (121-lb.) division. "She's our free spirit," says U.S. coach Terry Steiner. She's also a wild card: O'Donnell upset the favored Tina George to make the team, and has little international experience...
...Christine, 38, a telecommunications operations manager, says riding together is beyond sexy. "With no safety net of metal," she says, "you can only hang on to the person in front of you and put 110% of your trust in him for your life." For Cathy Long, 47, CFO of Spirit Finance Co. in Scottsdale, Ariz., part of the thrill is "being the chick on the back of the bike." Moreover, she says, because the motorcycle is a "guy thing," she relinquishes her usual "control freak" style and lets her husband George, 51, who works in real estate leasing...