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...tennis fan, the summer brings Wimbledon--the only justifiable reason to order HBO--and the U.S. Open--New York at its finest. These are the two most important events of the year and basically define the year in tennis...
Much to my surprise and dismay, Wimbledon was an absolute abomination. Pete Sampras, going for a fourth consecutive title, was ousted early in the running, at least for him. The men's final pitted Dutchman Richard Kraijcek--a big server with untapped potential--and Malavai Washington--a mediocre American...
...three NBA players, none of whom have played in an all-star game. Charlotte's Vlade Divac leads Yugoslavia, along with Toronto's Zan Tabac and Miami's Sasha Daniliovic. In other events Saturday, Andre Agassi, trying to bounce back from disappointing early losses at the French Open and Wimbledon, goes for the gold medal against Spain's Sergi Bruguera. Agassi has benefited from a field weakened by upsets, injuries and the absence of many top players who chose to skip the Olympics to concentrate on the U.S. Open. While others viewed the Olympics as just another tournament, but without...
...only policy. "Everybody's lying in this city," says Nastase, who clearly isn't going to flatter his way into the job. "I want to be the first Romanian who didn't lie." Nastase, a little chubbier and wrinklier than when he won every Grand Slam title except Wimbledon, but with the same swinging '70s hairstyle, got the notion to run after a friend persuaded him to join the ruling Social Democracy Party last September. "In the beginning it was a joke," he told Time Central Europe bureau chief Massimo Calabresi. But now Nastase is addressing the campaign with...
...world without seasons is as unnatural as a person without moods: even tropical islands speak of wet seasons and dry; and even places with climatic changes often add divisions of their own (thus the English ruling class follows the season from Henley to Ascot to Wimbledon). Everyone needs some stability in his life, whether it be from a partner, a routine or a home; and that is what the seasons are to us--our loves, our habits and our living rooms...