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...sidelines of the volleyball court in Tehran's Olympic training center are littered with the usual detritus of a warm-up game: stray balls, gym bags, sweaty tracksuits?and a jumble of crutches and prosthetic legs. The final countdown to the Paralympics, opening in Athens this week, has begun, and Iran's sitting-volleyball team is readying for what it hopes will be its fifth consecutive gold. Team manager Ali Kashfia, watching from a battered turquoise wheelchair, nods appreciatively as he watches a particularly elegant set-and-spike maneuver, a smile splitting his scarred and twisted face. The 40-year...
...final scenes, Niuniu is walking down a quiet street when a stray bullet strikes her in the calf. We soon learn that it's June 1989 and that the street lies directly behind Tiananmen Square. Her wound is not serious, though?and that's the point. The world remembers the deaths of the student protesters, but they weren't the only casualties of the period in which China began its epochal shift from communism to capitalism. There were other, less political, less public lives ruined, too. That's what A Private Life chronicles so well...
Shawn Crawford is weird. Two years ago, the U.S. Olympic sprinter wore a Phantom of the Opera mask during a race in Italy; Crawford was disqualified after the disguise blocked his sight, causing him to stray from his lane. In early 2003 he appeared on Fox's Man Vs. Beast TV special, losing to a zebra. And last week, after coming within .04 seconds of a 100-metres gold medal, and .01 seconds of a bronze, the 26-year-old Crawford didn't prostrate himself across the track in dismay. He didn't bury his face in his hands...
...Kerry campaign--announced that they would launch a massive October concert tour to save the nation from President Bush. The people of Missouri voted overwhelmingly against gay marriage. And, of course, there was the usual array of screechers and squawkers polluting the airwaves, dominating public discourse, drowning out any stray hints of moderation or reason...
...minimize the damage. There's no time to put a roof on the pool or relocate the rowing venue that sits on waters so buffeted by gusts that the area is studded by windmills, but cleanup crews are removing litter from public squares, the city's thriving population of stray dogs is being tagged, and traffic restrictions have been enacted to ensure that at least the competitors will be able to get to the events. If it's any comfort, the ancient Games weren't a picnic for spectators either. Tony Perrottet, author of The Naked Olympics, describes the facilities...