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Female skier Janica Kostelic, who won four medals for Croatia, will return to her country as the toast of Zagreb. In America, we may appreciate all of our athletes, but we just have too many. One gold medal here or there only gains so much attention...
...grizzled sleazeball. "Back then a suitcase full of cash and a job for somebody's idiot nephew could get your city the Olympics. Nowadays, thanks to Enron and the 2000 Florida voting and whatnot, everybody's on the case all the time. You're smart, or you're toast. For instance, everybody knows that a certain nation entered in these games has a cross-country skier-tripping coach who works by two-way radio out of the slammer a thousand miles away. He'll never get nabbed. Beautiful...
...carry half the burden is going to be excruciating, but several exchanges in the film leave one wondering where to place the blame—on the stilted script or the poor acting. At one point, Darrow walks up to a table of friends at a bar, who toast his recently deceased wife (“Here’s to Emily!”) just like most people would toast a good night at the bowling alley or the purchase of a new car. It is a wonder that the one actor in the film who is blessed with...
...sobering architecture of the Yard and the structure of the Core. In this legacy-ridden institution, some see greater questions looming as they look toward the future. For instance, where will our children meet their drunken hook-ups 25 years from now? Or, where might my dashing grandchild toast his acceptance to the Fly Club...
When he arrives in Tokyo, Bush is unlikely to bash Koizumi in public. In keeping with his chummy, fraternal approach to fellow leaders, he is expected instead to toast Japan's help in the war on terror. But privately, Bush and his aides will try to persuade the Japanese to move quickly to avoid catastrophe. "We're not going to tell them how to reverse deflation," says a senior Treasury official. "But we'll certainly tell them they need to." The most important--and toughest--message will be that Koizumi must force Japan's insolvent banks to write off more...