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Owens, who famously said the secret to his success was to "let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible," helped usher in a fleet of impossibly swift African-American sprinters. Among then was Bob (Bullet) Hayes, who won the gold medal in the 100-m sprint at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo and recorded what some observers consider the top time ever achieved by a human with an 8.6 split in the 4 x 100-m relay. (Relay marks are faster than regular sprints because runners receive the baton while in motion, enabling them to accelerate...
...Some modest success followed in the form of a few victories, mainly on the Asian tour. But intriguingly, last weekend's USPGA wasn't the first time Yang had beaten Woods: he had done the same at the 2006 HSBC Open in Shanghai. Yang's father believes that was the critical stepping stone to the victory on Sunday. "He beat Tiger once. He knew he could beat Tiger again," Han-joon tells TIME. "But more importantly, he thought he had nothing to lose in a match against the world-famous Woods." (Watch a video of Tiger Woods playing Wii Golf...
...able to stand up to the game's greatest player when so many others fall flat, Yang joked Sunday that "I know Tiger isn't going to beat me up on the green. I just play cool and easy." But Yang also believes in his ability, saying that his success is no fluke. Going head to head against the mighty Woods is "something I sort of visualized quite a few times, playing with him in the final round of a major championship," Yang said after his earth-shattering victory. "I always sort of dreamed about this." As golf fans around...
...consider it an unqualified success," Bredesen tells TIME, speaking about the 338 jobs created by the pilot program. "I wanted to do more than show concern. These are people with real obligations and, while I support clean energy [the thrust of much of the stimulus], people have to make car payments next month. I'd love to have a great deal more stimulus money to do this type of thing in other counties, but there is not a lot of money available. If there is another stimulus package, real consideration should be given to direct employment, in WPA fashion...
...their own prerogative to issue a writ of habeas corpus if so moved. In other words, the lower federal courts had no power to hear another word from Davis. But he could make his pitch directly to the Supreme Court. Prisoners have been trying for nearly 50 years without success to get the Justices to employ this "original jurisdiction." Davis succeeded. (Read "Stay of Execution for Georgia...