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...topic of sponsorship, it is interesting to note that of the 11 major corporate sponsors for the Games, only one of them--Panasonic--is a Japanese company. Most, like the United Parcel Service (UPS), are American companies looking to gain a stronger toe-hold in Japan through advertising, promotions and free services--along with putting the company name on everything they possibly can. In this time of economic crisis in East Asia, Japan especially needs to save face. Perhaps regaining economic trust is the best way to forget the scandals that have recently plagued the Hashimoto administration...
...feet away, another woman clad from head to toe in black leather sways with eyes half-shut...
...short program, Kwan, who spent much of 1997 in one prolonged tumble and the past two months recovering from a stress fracture of her left toe, showed no sign of faltering. Seven of nine judges deemed her presentation perfection, awarding the first 6.0s ever at the Nationals in the ladies' short program. And then, transported by Lyra Angelica, she seemed to float through every jump of her long program on Saturday night, even the triple toe loop that placed painful pressure on her toe. "I was like, I'm free and I'm gone," she said. "Cloud nine, here...
...hype about the quad rattled Eldredge. He opted for a skate on the wild side in the long program. Finding inspiration in the stirring strains of the Gettysburg sound track, he went for a quad toe loop, his first ever in competition. He landed on one blade cleanly--and fell. Weiss, who had stuck only 10% of his quad attempts in practice last week, remained a strong believer in the curative powers of adrenaline. In the long program, he attempted one of the hardest jumps, the quad Lutz. His landing was two-footed, but if the applause meter...
...DUCHESS Fergie and the Queen enjoy a Christmas reconciliation. The toe sucking's under the bridge...