Sunday, July 20, 2008

It takes much more than luck to know the thrill of Olympic competition. Nine athletes look back at a time when they pushed themselves to their limits and tell how those triumphs still reverberate.

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Something about early adulthood doesn't mix well with religion.

 

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He says they "hung out" in her car. Is that a euphemism?

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Andy Myers is a sommelier who knows as much about Iron Maiden as he does about merlot.
Andy Myers is a sommelier who knows as much about Iron Maiden as he does about merlot.
BACK IN THE DAYS when I had nowhere to be and little to do, I went to New York City to hang out with my artsy cousin, Erin, and her fashion designer friends. I can't remember too much, except that we spent the better part of an afternoon lounging and drinking wine on the floor of a studio apartment...
He's moving, but was that really the problem?
He's moving, but was that really the problem?
A Yarn Enthusiast Knits Together a Freer, More Flexible Life
At sunset, Ellen Kardell gazes out over ponds, trees and the pasture where her sheep and goats graze, savoring what she calls "the particular quiet of a country evening." On Pocket Meadow Farm, her two-acre homestead outside the tiny spa town of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., the crush of Beltway traffic...
Tell us about a time you found a surprise in your own backyard
WE WERE FINALLY MOVING into our new house, in a brand-new subdivision on the edge of a large wooded area in Northampton, Mass. It was a fairly chilly spring day, and the moving truck had arrived from Texas and was backed into our driveway with its doors open. For a long time, the movers came and...
After 15 novels that explore a Washington torn by mob shootouts, gang wars, serial killers and plenty of street vengeance, George Pelecanos may be ready for a little peace
After 15 novels that explore a Washington torn by mob shootouts, gang wars, serial killers and plenty of street vengeance, George Pelecanos may be ready for a little peace
Her first job was supposed to teach her responsibility. She learned something else instead.
Her first job was supposed to teach her responsibility. She learned something else instead.
The Belgian food at Et Voila! deserves its enthusiastic name
BY TRAINING, I'M A SKEPTIC. Whenever a waiter tells me that "everything is good" on the menu, whenever a chef brags on his résumé about having toiled at a temple of haute cuisine, and whenever a restaurant claims to serve only the best ingredients, I hear my journalism teacher's voice in my head....
Two Indian parents go husband-hunting for their willing daughter
IN 2005, a few months after I'd moved to Delhi, my traditional-minded parents called to announce a long visit. They were coming from California for my cousin Aarti's wedding. They planned to stay with me for six weeks. During that time, they also expected to marry me off.
. . . is, alas, calling
MORE TODAY from my continued, Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the plight of the beleaguered customer service representative.
Tuesday, July 15 at 2 p.m. ET
Jeanne Marie Laskas discusses the end of her long-running Washington Post Magazine column, "Significant Others," and her future plans.
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