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...years' time, dutifully listed an expanded highway system and improved English from the city's taxi drivers as his greatest desires for Beijing 2008. But, he added: "If the city looks beautiful and I win gold again, that would be the most perfect situation of all." The world's strongest little man has spoken, and all eyes will be on Beijing as the flame is passed from the Olympic birthplace to the very future of global sports...
...victory. The South Africans set a new world record and became the first African men ever to win gold in the pool - and the first team outside the U.S. and Australia ever to win this event. Their success was especially sweet since the Yanks and Aussies were the two strongest, deepest teams in the pool. Australia's Ian Thorpe won four medals, including a gold in the 200-m freestyle, his marquee matchup with Phelps, who got the bronze, and Dutch champion Pieter van den Hoogenband, who took silver. But the U.S. could even share credit for some wins that...
...that people--and especially in sizable numbers--would even raise that possibility could mark a real shift for both Bush and Kerry. If there was one thing that both sides were figuring into their calculations in this race, it was that the fight against terrorism would be Bush's strongest asset. And if there was one other thing, it's that this would be the issue that would trump every other. Now it seems the only thing that isn't changing about the presidential race is the one thing that has been constant almost from the start: it's still...
...swung to a $628 million operating profit in its second quarter, vs. a $1.2 billion loss a year earlier. Chrysler brand sales were up 17% in July over a year ago, and the company has orders for nearly 90,000 of the 300--making the launch Chrysler's strongest since that of the Jeep Grand Cherokee in the early 1990s. Says Chrysler Group CEO Dieter Zetsche: "We want to attack on the car side...
...sisters Chiharu and Kaori Icho are all expected to bring home gold, most Japanese eyes will remain on Hamaguchi. Her main rival will be American heavyweight Toccara Montgomery, who handed Hamaguchi a rare defeat in their last meeting. Hamaguchi claims to be keeping things in perspective. "I am the strongest I have ever been in my wrestling life, just in time for the Athens Olympics," she says. "But whether I win or lose, I am still the same person." True enough?but her opponents in Athens are likely to find her in a decidedly less philosophical mood...