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...WRAP-UP Against all odds, successful Games...
...OLYMPICS 2004 WRAP-UP: The U.S. and China vied for glory; Europe stayed...
...Last week this ominous scenario?a computer simulation staged by Taiwan's armed forces?made headlines as evidence of the island's vulnerability in the face of the mainland's growing military might and underscored the frostiness of the cross-strait relationship as both sides wrap up war games. Chinese General Wang Zaixi promised to "crush" any move toward Taiwan's independence, and Taiwan Vice President Annette Lu fired back that the strait was in a state of "quasi...
...first interviewed Marcos in 1993 for a thesis on the history of Philippine women, then contacted her a few years later to propose a documentary about her life and flew with a professional film crew to the Philippines in 1998 to follow Marcos around, returning in 2001 for wrap-up interviews. "She did give us access [for this film]," Diaz says. "We were in her bedroom. We stayed with her at her home. She was open and gracious when we were filming her." Diaz says she repaid Marcos by allowing her to make her own case, to dominate the stage...
...most innovative cooling product for the Games. This winter Nike tested its Precool vest, which looks like a James Bond jetpack, on the Australian field-hockey team and found that it slows the rise of athletes' core body temperature 19% during competition. The company's researchers instruct athletes to wrap themselves in the close-fitting vest, which holds about a dozen ice packs, for 60 minutes before a race or game. During the first 30 minutes, the athlete relaxes; the next 30 are spent stretching and warming up. Nike has shipped 300 vests, including 140 to the Australian Olympic Committee...