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...term economic picture - an anemic 2.5 to 3.0 percent GDP growth for 2002, with plenty of cautious caveats - and raised him a whole bunch of exuberance. Forget the glass-half-full predictions of a "U"-shaped recession (gentle recession, gentle recovery); laugh at those who worried about an "L" (steep recession, very gentle recovery) and twelve more months of thirst. Investors are now back to betting big on the "V" - the snap-back boom...
...Olympic champ, however. I figured out how to "carve" the board to make regular skateboard-style turns, but every time I started sliding, I promptly fell on my behind. It was fun for the two or three seconds before I came crashing down. "There's a pretty steep learning curve," admits Steen Strand, 35, the investment banker turned entrepreneur who invented Freebord. Will I ever catch big air on that curve? Probably not. But that's O.K. I may break my neck trying, but at least I won't die of boredom--or Chunky Monkey ice cream...
...Necessary Equipment: Walking shoes. Lyons? steep hills and staircases are tough going...
...Asked why she was risking trouble from her parents by sticking around so long after the event was over, Julie said: "She's so brave, and she's just so cool. She does things I don't think anyone else would do. She goes down these enormous steep hills...
...fact that 34 other women also dared to go down those enormous steep hills - 15 of them faster than Street - appeared lost on Julie. Street, however, acknowledged Montillet's achievement as a "wonderful day for Carole, a great day for France." Even though the downhill was her final competitive race before retirement, Street said she wasn't at all disappointed in her 16th placing. "In my eyes and in my heart, qualifying for the Olympics felt like winning a gold medal," she said. And the country acted as though...