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...debut. On the ice he won gold and silver medals in short-track speed skating, propelling the popularity of the hypnotically dangerous sport, in which athletes whirl around a 111-m oval with no lane markers while wearing 10-in. razor blades on their feet. Off the ice his wisp of a soul patch and X Games 'tude helped him dominate the event known as Olympic buzz. He was so popular in Salt Lake City that even female fans wore fake Ohno patches; afterward he was named one of PEOPLE'S 50 Most Beautiful. The only thing that could have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Short Memories | 1/30/2006 | See Source »

Indeed. Almost more famous than either Broderick or Lane is the legendary rapport between them, and when you meet them you can see why. Chemistry between actors is an unpredictable thing, a will-o'-the-wisp, elusive and ineffable, but in the case of Broderick and Lane it's so palpably real and present you can practically smell it. They love each other, and they love performing with each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pair of Jokers | 10/9/2005 | See Source »

...oldies stuff. It’s all so colorful and happy,” she says. “The last times [I came here] I bought sunglasses, then studs, and now I’m buying a skirt,” she says, holding up a flowing, brown wisp of fabric. “Random things. I like everything here...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Trying Times for Thrift Store | 7/8/2005 | See Source »

...haven’t made any effort to. My tastes have gone back to normal, and part of me blushes at what I deemed good music; I write this to purge my summer’s taste sins. But I know for sure that any time I hear a wisp of Avril, or of Baby Spice, or even a single note of Eamon’s hit, a small part of me will cringe and remember the summer...

Author: By Christopher A. Kukstis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: I Want My Vasco Rossi and Eamon | 10/1/2004 | See Source »

...sole female marathoner, Luvsanlkhundeg Otgonbayar, appeared at the entrance of a massive marble stadium unveiled in 1896 for Athens' first modern Olympics, it was impossible not to be taken aback by her almost imperceptible pace. More than an hour had passed since Japan's Mizuki Noguchi, a 40-kg wisp, had fluttered into the stadium, vomited and smoothed back her hair to accept the gold with a time of 2:26:20. Even earlier, 16 competitors, including British world-record holder Paula Radcliffe, had left the historic town of Marathon, only to abandon the race because of the brutal hills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beaten, But Not Defeated | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

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