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...sport, table-tennis-equipment manufacturer Killerspin is touting Biljana (Biba) Golic, 27, as the Anna Kournikova of the game. Golic's skipping serves and skimpy skirts are a hit at pro table-tennis tournaments across the country; male fans sometimes wave signs proposing marriage at her. And her talent is for real: she was a two-time Yugoslav national champ in singles and mixed doubles, and after moving to the U.S. she won the 2004 national collegiate championship playing for Texas Wesleyan University. Golic downplays her potential role as the future face of table tennis. "I hope people enjoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Get Set for Girl Power | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

...Waugh understood better than most that there's almost nothing between the top players in terms of talent: what separates them is the strength of their minds. Over a Test career that spanned two decades, Waugh worked at improving his concentration. That may sound dull. He concentrated well? Big deal. But his ability to shut out distractions and silence his demons was the making of him. In the mid-1990s, a bunch of admiring Sri Lankan players gathered around him after a Test. One asked Waugh whether he meditated, for he was trance-like at the crease. "It was," Waugh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waugh Carries His Pen | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

...anger in a variety of emotions: bitterness, calmness that takes hold in moments moving in their poignancy, and a pervasive and biting sarcasm. Devin D. Smith ’09, in particular, imbues his characterization with the tremendous depth necessary to hold these oft-contradictory impulses, proving his impressive talent...

Author: By Mary A. Brazelton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Black Experience Truths Edify | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

...from day one. When the Crimson writers made our season predictions, we all picked Harvard to finish first, with Penn no lower than fourth. I don’t think this was entirely out of loyalty to the home team, nor was it only based on the talent of the Crimson’s skill players like Clifton Dawson and Corey Mazza and the return of a veteran offensive line. Instead, I think it’s hard for those of us who’ve followed the league in recent years even to conceive of an Ancient Eight where...

Author: By Lisa Kennelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WHOA, KENNELLY: For Once, Penn Game Doesn't Decide All | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

...other words, until there are more women of color in a position to call the shots. For now, says Patricia Gillette, a San Francisco labor lawyer, being a minority woman in business is still "a double whammy." But in the meantime, companies that recognize and boost the hidden talent within their ranks will profit in more ways than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Race, Gender & Work: Pathways to Power | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

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