richards | July 26, 2012
ASSOCIATED PRESS July 26, 2012 5:24PM Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney meets with British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Streetin London, Thursday, July 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) storyidforme: 34186481 tmspicid: 12509513 fileheaderid: 5680478 Updated: July 26, 2012 5:24PM LONDON (AP) Mitt Romney wanted to highlight U.S.-British bonds and show off his diplomatic skills to boot but he managed to rankle the Olympic hosts instead, from Prime Minister David Cameron on down.
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richards | July 26, 2012
by j. staff & wire reports At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, 19-year-old swimmer Anthony Ervin took gold in the 50-meter freestyle, along with silver in the 100-meter relay. The next year, he grabbed two more golds at the world championships, in the 50 and the 100 freestyle.
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simmons | July 26, 2012
26-07-2012 13:44 White House Press Briefing July 26, 2012
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richards | July 26, 2012
LONDONMitt Romney wanted to highlight U.S.-British bondsand show off his diplomatic skills to bootbut he managed to rankle the Olympic hosts instead, from Prime Minister David Cameron on down. The Republican presidential candidate, taking a turn on the world stage, called London's problems with Olympic Games preparation "disconcerting." That prompted Cameron to retort on Thursday that doubters would "see beyond doubt that Britain can deliver." And London Mayor Boris Johnson told tens of thousands gathered in Hyde Park: "There's a guy called Mitt Romney who wants to know if we are ready. Are we ready?
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richards | July 26, 2012
LONDONMitt Romney wanted to highlight U.S.-British bondsand show off his diplomatic skills to bootbut he managed to rankle the Olympic hosts instead, from Prime Minister David Cameron on down. The Republican presidential candidate, taking a turn on the world stage, called London's problems with Olympic Games preparation "disconcerting." That prompted Cameron to retort on Thursday that doubters would "see beyond doubt that Britain can deliver." And London Mayor Boris Johnson told tens of thousands gathered in Hyde Park: "There's a guy called Mitt Romney who wants to know if we are ready.
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richards | July 26, 2012
He doesn't look the part of an Olympic gold medalist 50-meter freestyle champion, with tattoos covering both arms from shoulder to finger tips, wiry hair, in need of glasses to see the scoreboard, pecs that are solid, but certainly not Men's Health-cover status. At 31, Anthony Ervin, who tied for Gold with the famed USA sprinter, Gary Hall Jr. at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, went off the grid for nine years, playing in a band, serving as swim instructor, couch surfing, reading and trying to define himself outside of the media spot-light he was thrust into at just 19
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richards | July 25, 2012
Los Angeles July 25, 2012 by Zev Hurwitz Serious study of the Talmud requires a high level of devotion and consistency. Finishing all 63 volumes of rabbinical discourse in ones lifetime is an admirable feat. Completing the whole series in a little more than seven years is almost unfathomable.
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richards | July 25, 2012
By KASIE HUNT Associated Press LONDON (AP) - Mitt Romney - a one-term governor untested on the world's political stage - faces high stakes in the coming week during visits to England, Israel and Poland. It's a trip that amounts to an international audition.
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richards | July 25, 2012
The Pew center report on Asian American religions finds Hindu Americans are majority of Indian Americans; they vote predominantly Democratic; majority celebrate Christmas; only 19 per cent say they attend worship services at least once a week; are way ahead of Jewish Americans in both education and family income. Aziz Haniffa reports. Close on the heels of its seminal report on the Rise of Asian Americans last month, the highly-respected Pew Research Center last week brought out yet another comprehensive report -- this time a survey of the religions of Asian Americans -- titled Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths, which found that Hindu Americans constitute 51 per cent of the Indian American population, but only 19 per cent said they attend worship services at least once a week
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richards | July 25, 2012
In 1988, Jimmy The Greek Snyder (in)famously stated that the prowess of African-American football players could be traced to slavery, saying the black is a better athlete to begin with because hes been bred to be that way [They] jump higher and run faster. The reaction to such obviously racist remarks was fast and furious: Amid the uproar, CBS Sports fired him. So when Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson predicted this month that African-American and West Indian track athletes would dominate the London Olympics because of the genes of their slave ancestors, I paid little attention, thinking there was no way this could become a viable conversation yet again.
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