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...pageantry the Republicans will bring is not to be missed. And it is exciting to have nearly 30,000 people (nearly half of them members of the media) descend upon our city, attending parties at our favorite restaurants, hailing cabs from our glitziest hotels, ogling animals at our world-class zoo. We don't call ourselves America's Finest City for nothing, and we look forward to showing Midwesterners, Southerners and Northeasterners a glimpse of California heaven...
...writers featured in the book include prominent figures such as Agee Professor of Social Ethics Robert Coles '50; Professor of Astronomy and the History of Science Owen J. Gingerich; world-class ice skater Paul Wylie '91; and American Red Cross President Elizabeth H. Dole, an alum of the Law School...
Despite his muscular build, Senakwami, 30, is not quite a world-class athlete. He's a music teacher who came to New York City in 1987 to further his career. In the meantime, he fulfilled a lifelong "obsession" with water and taught himself to swim. Despite an awkward technique, he was a fast learner. During workouts at Lehman College, he met John Collins, who coaches, among others, 1992 gold medalist Lea Loveless, and who was impressed with Senakwami's determination. The Togolese took a leave from his job with the Boys Choir of Harlem and began training six or more...
...started," she says, rolling her eyes. "My mom's a little better. But mention anything about boys, and my dad goes crazy." She has weird rituals. Ask her about her injury-free career, and she scurries for a balance beam to knock wood. Most refreshing, unlike so many world-class gymnasts, who sound as if they've spent too many hours in airless gyms inhaling chalk powder and practicing the mantra "I just want to do the best I can," Moceanu is forthright. She admits she wants to win--but is prepared to lose. "That's what makes you stronger...
...should be noted, however, that these "sisters" are also world-class competitors, that to win their places in the boat they spent months competing against one another in pairs, that most of them are more than 6 ft. tall and weigh upwards of 160 lbs. And that things can get ugly when they're not moving water together. "Rowing is the most noncontact sport around," says Betsy McCagg, "so when we get in where we can actually touch each other, all hell breaks loose. We used to play basketball, but we're all centers. You'd get seven people...