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...think your playing style relies a lot on physicality? If so, are you worried that your career might be shorter than other greats like [Andre] Agassi or [Ivan] Lendl? -Valentín Feito, Madrid I started playing very young, and if my career ends short, then it would be because I started playing younger than almost anyone else. My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Rafael Nadal | 8/15/2007 | See Source »

Glaus is accompanied by a supporting cast that includes one of the speediest outfields in the country, with All Pac-10 First Team members in center--sophomore Eric Valent (.342, 21 HR, 76 RBI)--and right--junior Eric Byrnes...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: Baseball to Battle First-Seeded UCLA in NCAA Regional | 5/21/1997 | See Source »

...Carlos aboard the Austrian DC-9 that flew the terrorists and their kidnap victims to Algiers? Backing up the skepticism of French police, some of the hostages said that the gang's leader did not look like pictures of Carlos. But Venezuela's oil minister, Valentín Hernàndez Acosta, insisted that "the head of the commandos was definitely Ilyich Ramírez Sànchez, alias Carlos." Added another OPEC official: "If Carlos is a Latin American of medium height who speaks Spanish, French, English, German and Arabic, and if he is a cool killer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: The Man Known as 'Carlos' | 1/5/1976 | See Source »

...CAMPESINO: LIFE AND DEATH IN SOVIET RUSSIA (218 pp.)-Valentín González and Julian Gorkin-Putnam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Hero as Sucker | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

...Valentín González, a fiery, black-bearded Spaniard, was once a Communist hero -and why not? The man had all the makings : 1) he was a landlord-hating peasant who could kill an enemy and sleep soundly afterwards; 2) he was a fine troop commander, a tough, natural leader who became a living legend during the Spanish civil war; 3) he was a Communist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Hero as Sucker | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

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