Word: wishfulness
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...were, frankly, uninspiring - the man with the second fastest personal best, after Liu's 12.88 sec., was a Dutchman who had clocked in a relatively leisurely 13.35 sec. This was going to be the moment of glory for a man for whom a Beijing gold medal was the foremost wish among the Chinese people, according to a nationwide poll. A sea of Chinese flags waved. The Bird's Nest stadium thrummed with expectation...
...government, for which Musharraf has proved a source of common enmity and cohesion. The two parties led by Sharif and Bhutto's widower, Asif Ali Zardari, could start wrangling over Musharraf's freshly evacuated seat. Zardari has deflected suggestions that he's interested, but suspicions linger that he may wish to become the next head of state - if only as a ceremonial figure. The coalition has vowed to claw back the wide-ranging powers with which Musharraf endowed the presidency...
...teammate Ryan Lochte, who came only 0.18 seconds behind Phelps at the Olympic Trials. "He is great, and we in China are interested in knowing whether Phelps can make [winning eight gold medals]," said Xuezhu Wen, a spectator from Beijing. "I'm not sure [if he can], but I wish all the best to him." After the relay performance, Phelps' American fans were more optimistic. "I think he can probably pull it off," said Ethan Paulson of San Diego. "He got one more today." Now he just needs to do it six more times...
...fans wearing LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, and Yao Ming jerseys before the much-anticipated U.S.-China basketball game Sunday night, Men Yong Fan, a graduate student at Peking University, had high hopes for his country's historic moment against the United States. "I'm Chinese, so I wish China can sort of beat the U.S.," says Fan. "As a Chinese guy, I hope my country has no regrets." Fair enough. I started to walk away, when Fan tapped me on the shoulder. "By the way, I love Kobe...
...right." With basketball's popularity booming in China, Kirilenko is an icon in the Village. After his trim, dozens of Olympic volunteers rush up to him, begging for autographs and pictures. Amazingly, two Chinese beach-volleyball players almost faint in his presence. The Russian graciously fulfills every wish, though with dwindling enthusiasm. "There are only 10,000 volunteers," he says with a sarcastic smile, "so there are only 10,000 autographs...