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Titles don’t end when you take off the medallion or unpin the crown. From parades to appearances at nursing homes and elementary schools, Junior Miss became a huge part of my life. Each state winner is required to make a creative scrapbook, “Discover Your Own Style” project, plan a blowout sleepover for all the contestants and, of course, prepare for the two week America’s Junior Miss National Finals. To prime me for the all-important interview at nationals, my state chair carted me to mock conferences with Miss Maryland...
...probably should have studied more. When Olympic swimmer Rowdy Gaines asked me to compare Secretary of State Colin Powell’s foreign policy to National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice’s, I almost laughed. Some of the other girls got even weirder questions. Heisman trophy winner Herschel Walker is fond of grilling contestants with church involvement on their resumes about obscure Bible passages. More than one of us walked out of that room in tears...
...officials caution that these are early days. "The Arabs love a winner," they explain. Perceptions will change once Saddam is gone, the Iraqis are finally free to express their gratitude, and the Bush administration embarks on the admirable task of helping Iraqis build the first Arab democracy...
WORCESTER, Mass.—‘The Year’ should end with a game-winner in overtime, gloves and sticks on victorious flights through the air and coaches wearing loafers trying like heck not to slip on the ice as they make their way out for the celebration...
...offense, great defense, great goaltending and great individual efforts (Moore’s pocket-pick of Cornell defenseman Mark McRae and his goal seconds later come to mind). It also had a hero—Big Red forward Sam Paolini, the former walk-on who scored the overtime game-winner...