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...have been coaching my daughter since she was 13 and made her cry many times," he says. Determined to live up to his heady expectations, she worked harder than anyone. "The volume of her training is enormous," says sportswriter Toshiya Miyazaki, who has authored a book on the younger Hamaguchi's career. "If other wrestlers do something three times, she will do it five times." That drive has helped earn her five world championships, the first...
...sport has produced other growing pains, too. Some top players are suspected of seeking an advantage through performance-enhancing substances stronger than pastis. Random anti-doping tests are now common. "It's required for all élite sports, and the only infraction detected thus far was for cannabis a younger player had smoked the night before," chuckles Gaffet. Still, with the average age of competitive pétanque players now at just 30, Gaffet admits the risk of illicit toking - if not veritable doping - is higher than ever. "Pétanque isn't a game of granddads anymore...
...allow workers to work longer hours so they could accrue comp time and use it at their discretion. He is also preparing to unveil a successor to the No Child Left Behind Act that would try to make high schools more accountable--the first bill was directed more at younger kids--and a proposal that would make community colleges more accessible through increased financial aid. Other proposals will stress greater personal control over health insurance and personal initiative rather than government programs to promote home ownership and retirement savings. One plan he may talk more about is the Newt Gingrich...
Phelps' biggest impediment on the way to swimming history may well be his own teammates, many of them Olympic medalists and world-record holders. And then there are the Australians, with a younger and deeper men's team that would dearly love to grind the Americans into chum. They are eager to write the coda to their 4 x 100-m medley-relay defeat in Sydney, where U.S. swimmer Gary Hall Jr. had claimed that the Americans would "smash [the Australians] like guitars." The Aussies won the next two relays, on the back of Thorpe, and mockingly played air guitar...
...company also helps the brands reach international markets--and provides sales-data analysis. Says Andy Hilfiger, a co-owner of Lopez's line and Tommy's younger brother: "They totally get it--eFashion has turned our website into a global marketing tool." eFashion books a 40% commission on all online sales and expects $30 million in revenue this year, up from just $5 million...