The New Paper, 5 August 1996

Microfilm: NL20717
Total Pages: 51
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon FAULTY SWITCHGEAR
      278 2 MALAYSIA'S MEGA POWER FAILURE Bernama. A FAULTY switchgear outside a power station in Paka, Terengganu, led to Malaysia's big blackout over the weekend, said a minister. Initial investigations by Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) showed that tripping had occurred at the switchgear yard outside the power station, located between
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      PRIMARY ONE UPDATE
      114 2 THIRTY-NINE schools will be conducting a ballot for Phase 2C tomorrow. To find out if the school you registered your child in is one of them, call The New Paper Infoline on 1900-*****03 and key in the code number of the school. The code numbers were in
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      Lock icon UPECKED!
      435 3  -  Aussie girl, 14, upset She asks friends to They cause damage over parents' divorce 'trash' party at house while she, dad are away By! Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY AN Australian teenager was so upset when her parents divorced that she asked her friends to a "trash" party while
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      THE DAMAGE
      28 3 THE A$38,790 (S$42,700) damage included: Paint thrown over boat Plaster ripped from walls fi Smashed TV Uprooted plants Broken crockery and furniture Red wine on curtains
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      186 2 GIVE YOUR HAIR A NEW LEASE OF LIFE I herbal extracts, to promote the natural i goodness of your hair. Hay's formulation extracted from herbal plants is the key holistic approach for balding, Hay's Formula Herbal shampoo nourishes hair loss, damaged hair, premature greying and problems including dandruff, etc. ''thehalr
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      54 2 SOWIY WE reported on Aug 3 (Late, yet they stayed in) that CPF members had invested $157 million in Am col when trading was suspended a second time. The figure should be $151 million. You feel someone deserves highlighting Call us. Hotline prorow "*****55 Leisure Showtime: Pages 22-25 TV: Page
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      GDP
      32 4 A The GDP measures the amount of goods and services from computers to health insurance that is produced within a country. The economy grows when more goods and services are produced.
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      TOP TEN
      33 4 The top 10 most expensive cities, seven of which are from Asia, are Bombay. Tokyo, Hongkong. Moscow, London's West End, New Delhi, Beijing and Singapore (joint seventh), Shanghai and London City.
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      Value of homes up $60 billion
      141 4 THE value of homes here has increased by over $60 billion in the last 10 years. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said this is because the Government is the only one in the world whose policies have increased the value of its citizens'
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      Office rents here seventh highest
      172 4 OFFICE rents here moved from 10th highest six months ago to seventh in an international survey of 62 major city centres completed last month. Singapore shared joint seventh position with Beijing. It ranked 10th in a similar survey conducted by Richard Ellis six months ago.
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Hougang ‘OK’
        55 4 THE Workers' Party's Hougang estate is "quite well-managed" although it lacks some services and improvements of the surrounding PAP-run estates. This was the view of Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan after a two-hour tour yesterday. He added that the standard of cleanliness and some services in the blocks
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      • Article
        Local upgrades
        58 4 Plans are being made for every town to have executive condominiums. In time, buyers will upgrade within their local community, maintaining close ties with their friends. This has already been done for Ang Mo Kio and Bedok. Eventually, exec condos may form 10 per cent of housing stock,
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        Extra trains
        55 4 MORE frequent trains have been added to the Jurong East-Woodlands/ Marina Bay MKT route during peak hours to cope with extra travellers. Demand has risen as new home-owners have moved to new towns on the Woodlands extension. Admiralty station handled 53 per cent more commuters between March and
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        Firms cautious
        62 4 BUSINESS sentiment has dipped among small local firms, a survey has found. More companies had higher than lower sales in the April-June quarter compared to a year ago but overall sales performance was down. But 35 per cent of firms expect better prospects in the six months to
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      • Article
        Can't do much
        69 4 MALAYSIAN Indian Congress President Datuk Seri Samy Vellu said at the 43rd MIC general assembly that the party had had enough of empty promises. He said the MIC had decided not to depend a lot on the government to uplift the economic status of the Indians. He
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        Megawati move
        55 4 THE summons ordering ousted Indonesian Democratic Party chairman Megawati Soekarnoputri to answer police questions may have "legal flaws". That is why she may not appear today to answer questions about the recent rioting, her lawyer, Mr R O Tambunan, said. The summons, issued on Friday, is said to
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      STI INDEX
      22 4 The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 1.91 points to 2138.40 points at 9.15 this morning from Friday's close of 2136.49.
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      HEADLINERS
      76 4 The Straits Times: Value of homes went up by $60 b: BG Lee The Business Times: Business sentiment takes sharp downturn UanheZaobao: BG Lee: Government created at least $60 b of wealth forS'poreans Berita Harien: Incentive for mosques RCS morning news: DPM Lee Hsien Loong stresses that Government's prudent
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Will you give him a job?
      523 5  -  This top grad is blind. He has been job-hunting since late last year. Response: Sorry, sorry, sorry... By Teo Yun Yun HE graduated with a second class (upper) honours degree in Arts and Social Sciences from the National University of Singapore (NUS) four months
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      HOW HE DID HIS STUDIES
      130 5 MR Chew made it to NUS in 1992. To read, he first has to scan the lecture notes or readings onto diskettes. He is then helped by friends who help him edit the information on the diskettes. Then the material on the diskettes is converted
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      What some employers say
      546 6 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE THE New Paper contacted some of the 20 organisations Mr Andrew Chew had applied to. Here are some of their replies: /hf Mmiin lA u fVju.jLLrLiLmx.tt ministry or i/OVnmunriy wveiopfneni The ministry has disabled employees serving as executive and welfare officers, office attendants
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      So good that his pay was raised
      194 6 MUTE POLY GRADUATE PRAISED BY BOSS MR Tan Eng Fei believes a disabled worker can be as good as the able-bodied. Last year, his company, E F Tan and Associates Consulting Registered Surveyors, took in Mr Peter Loh, who is a mute and
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      AT NUS
      63 6 SEVENTEEN disabled students have been admitted to NUS since 1992. This academic year, 1996/7, there are two who are wheelchairbound. It does not have information on what happened to previous disabled graduates. In 1988, a report by the Advisory Council for the Disabled found that the Civil Service
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon So, which is real?
      385 8 One highlight of this year's National Day Parade is the mass drama segment—a re-enactment of the story of Singapore through drama, song and dance. TEO YUN YUN and RACHEL TAN find out how the organisers have tried make the segment realistic CAN you tell which is
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      DRAMA HIGHLIGHTS
      110 8 WATCH out for these bits in the 40-min-ute mass drama segment: COOUE CHANTS: Early Indian migrants had chants to see them through hard labour. They built roads and laid power and water lines. ("Early immigrants") JAPANESE TUNES: During the Occupation (1942-45) students had to learn Japanese. Singapore was
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      763 9 Not just accident, not just travel. Accident &r Travel for $150,000? Works for me." Thirty two cents a day. Unbelievable, but that's all A few minutes to enrol, no medical check-up it takes to buy yourself the insurance cover that: Practically anyone between 18 and 60 years old residing permanently
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Family’s graduate hope dies
      242 10  -  Killed by lightning at NS camp 1 BY Crispina Robert IT took just one call to shatter a family's hopes. On Saturday morning, Mr Mohd Said Hassan, 61, a retiree, received a call from the National University Hospital (NUH). His youngest son, Zulhelmi Mohd Said, 20,
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      WHAT HAPPENED
      54 10 MINDEF said 2nd Lieutenant Zulhelmi, a full-time NSman, was on routine training when struck by lightning. His unit was then leaving the training area because of bad weather. He was sent to NUH after camp paramedics failed to revive him. He died at 6.30 am on Saturday. Mindef
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Bargirl killed, her lover held
      352 12  -  BY Crispina Robert HER badly-burnt body was found dumped in some bushes. The back of her head had been smashed with an axe. The grisly murder came to light on July 25 when the body of Malaysian bargirl Zhou Lanying was found. On July 31,
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    • Article
      Phone winner to give it away
      314 13  -  BY Yong Siew Fern A HOUSEWIFE who won a handphone in a charity drive doesn't want to keep it. The phone, valued at less than $1,000, comes with a month's free subscription. But said Madam L C Koh, 35: "I'm not keeping the phone
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      YOU CAN WIN TOO
      104 13 IN all, 440 mobile phones will have been given away by the end of the NKF drive on Aug 18. The phones are sponsored by Ericsson. Its marketing communications manager, Ms Germaine Koh, said these are the latest models and not on the market yet. "We
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon His Singapore, his home
      460 14 A filmlet which captures the significant moments of a Singaporean's life makes its television debut tonight Through the life of a young man, it shows how our lives have changed and how we have shared in the nation's success. GERARD WONG speaks to its main actor
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    • Article
      The accidental star
      121 14 MELVIN Tan got into the advertisement filmlet by accident. He had followed his girlfriend, Lindsay Tan, 20, a mechanical engineering student at the Singapore Polytechnic, to the auditions. "While I was waiting for her, the casting director came up to me and asked me whether I would
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    • Article
      THE FILMLET
      117 14 THE one-and-a-half minute long advertisement filmlet makes its television debut over TCS 5 and TCS 8 tonight. It is entitled Sharing in our nation's success" and is produced by the Ministry of Information and the Arts (Mita). It features the experiences of a young Singaporean as he grows
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      59 14 ISLAND RE S"Q R T Pulau Besar, Melaka JH Promotional rates are valid until H 31st December 1996. n For more details please call, H Kuala Lumpur Sales Office: Tel: 603-635 7788 Fax: 603-632 3117 I 1 Melaka Sales Office: Tel: 606-*****72/3 Fax:6o6-*****76 M > Resort Tel: 06-281 8057 Fax:
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Snapped between the jaws
      63 16 Picture pwfscbi^ Pakistani family is standing in the mouth of a model snow leopard in a new animal parkin Rawalpindi (near Islamabad) for a photo. Real snow leopards, an endangered species found in the remote mountains of northern Pakistan, are unlikely to become part of the
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      Lock icon China: Nuke strike against Taiwan stays
      213 16 AFP. CHINA says its promise never to use nuclear weapons first against any other country does not apply to Taiwan. Beijing's top arms negotiator Sha Zukang said this in an interview with Newsweek magazine. Mr Sha repeated Beijing's wish for peaceful reunification with Taiwan,
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      230 17 T Thanks Dad, for giving me nry own pager." Introducing Page Link's "I Care For You" promotion. Calling all existing pager owners! Show someone how much To qualify for the lucky draw, complete this coupon and send it to you care by taking advantage of our "I Care For You"
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Peace to the world—from the world
      58 18 May there be only one Hiroshima: Two Japanese children looking at paper-folded cranes, sent with wishes for peace, placed in huge piles at the Children's Peace Monument in Hiroshima. These peace messages come from all over the world. The world's first atomic bomb was
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      Lock icon US and Iran in new war of words
      375 18 US officials see Iran's hand in TWA and Saudi blasts Iran says US seeking excuse to attack it Wire services. A WAR of words has broken out between two sworn enemies, the United States and Iran. US officials suspect that Iran may
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      Society’s play—on people
      41 18 We are a new toy of this society. Thawee Gray, a 16-year-oldAmerasian in Thailand, on the growing popularity ofluk krueng, or children of mixed parentage. Once outcasts, they now rank among the most popular models, actors and singers.
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    Superman’s girl well again
    481 19 Family helps actress regain her sanity WORLDTODAY SUPERMAN'S girl, actress Margot Kidder, has regained her sanity thanks to the help of onceforgotten family members. Just three months ago, Kidder, 47, was found dirty and in a state of paranoia on a street in Los Angeles. The
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  • DEARMR WIJEY
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      How can I prepare for PSLE?
      191 21 QI AM a Primary 6 student. I don't seem to have confidence in doing well in my PSLE. How many hours of studying are enough? How should I prepare for my exams? How can I do well in maths, science, composition and oral exams?
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      Primary 1 daughter needs help
      122 21 QMY girl is now in Primary 1. I'm worried about her education because I am doing shift duty and have no time for her. Do you think I should get a tutor to teach her all the three subjects? If so, how do I go
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      Brother not keen to study
      139 21 QMY brother is in Primary 5 (EM2) now. Recently his marks have been falling. This is because he lacks concentration and does not pay attention in class. He does not seem to have any interest in his studies. What can I do to get him
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      My girl did badly
      220 21 QMY daughter, who is in Secondary 3, in the Express stream, did very badly in her mid-year exams. She is taking A E maths, English, Chinese, literature, geography, chemistry and physics. She failed her geography and physics. Her marks for the other subjects ranged from 50
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      CALL US
      47 21 CALL 1900-914-0003 and leave your questions for Mr Wyey. You can listen to his earlier advice, too. Calls cost 30 cents a minute (an additional surcharge of 10 cents a minute for cardphone call 8). Thbweek'sQ A A: Studying in Britain Nursing degree Studying part-time
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      135 21 1 Do you have any questions regarding education? Write or fax your questions to Dear Mr Wijey BThe New Paper 390 Kim Seng Road Singapore *****5. Fax: 737-5375 Give us your name, address and telephone number. Call The New Paper Infoline, 1900-*****03. I (Cans are charged al 30 cents a
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      Lock icon Dreamt To find a bride
      441 22  -  By Yong Siew Fern JEFF Chang may be one of the hottest singers around, but he still needs his mum's help to find a mate. "The girl is a lawyer, the daughter of my father's friend," said the Taiwanese singer. "My family and hers have
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      Dream : To win award
      150 22 Dream To win award JEFF Chang and his songs figure in six award categories at next month's Singapore Hit Awards. But the one he most wants to win is Best Male Vocalist. He is vying for it with Jacky Cheung, Emil Chau and Taiwan's Chyi Chin. Jeff has also been
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      Lock icon Culture club
      463 23 Malcolm McLaren, founder of British Punk band Sex Pistols, was in town last week. EDWIN YEO found out how, for one hour, he turnedZouk into a... CHARLATAN or genius? Zouk promised to reveal the real Malcolm McLaren. But he proved hard to pin down. The question remained unanswered
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      MCLAREN FACTS
      128 23 MALCOLM McLaren is best known for managing the Sex Pistols. He formed the band with some customers of his punk fashion store, called Sex, which he opened with fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. The band had a short, but impactful, career. It started in 1976 and broke up in
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      Oh, no! The Sex Pistols are back
      311 24 BELIEVE it or not, money is making the Sex Pistols go around. The controversial British punk rock band of the '70s is on a reunion world trip, some 18 years after splitting up. USA Today calls it "an unexpected, uncivilised and, in some
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      Less Vicious: Rotten words
      73 24 SEX PISTOLS is clearly not missing bassist Sid Vlcioas. Vicious died in 1979 of a heroin overdose While awaiting trial for fatally stabbing girlfriend Nacy Smrngen. But many critics sud tibc wild, self-destructive and not very musical Vicious was the god of punk. Johnny Rotten thinks
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      What a stretch!
      273 25 White Men Don't Jump star swops cool image for comb-over hairdo HE wore outrageous clothes, sported a bad hairdo and cracked jokes. Woody Harrelson admits he had a ball doing Kingpin. The bowling comedy is currently showing in Singapore. In it, Harrelson plays a fat, one-handed ex-champion.
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      OFF-SCREEN ACTS
      113 25 HARRELSON, who is said to earn more than US$3 million ($4.2 million) a picture, is also willing to stretch the boundaries off-screen. In what USA Today described as a "publicity stunt in the name of the environment", he withheld US$lO,OOO of his taxes this year to protest against
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    524 28  -  Et cetera WITH BERTHA HENSON HOW much do I know about Singapore's history? From history books, not much at all. I have to refer to a history book to find out when Singapore fell to the Japanese Feb 15,1942. My knowledge of history is gleaned
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    384 30  -  By Clarinda Lim Dining at Yhingthai at the Bay is a pleasant experience. Besides the fact that the food is good, patrons need not worry about finding a parking space, with the big parking lot just outside. I started my meal with the Spicy Grilled
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    245 39  -  TIONG BAHRU v SAF FC: OUEENSTOWN STADIUM (Tomorrow. Bpm) By S GULAM HOTSHOT strikers Jure Eres of SAF FC and Tiong Bahru's Ivan Kelic square-up tomorrow as the Pioneer Series leaders resume their fight for supremacy. After a one-week break, the Series gets back into swing with
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      148 40 MAN UNITED 3 NOTTS FOREST 1 Reuter. MANCHESTER United completed a last-gasp rescue act with three goals in eight minutes to beat Notts Forest 3-1 in the third-place playoff. The English Double winner, forced to play host Forest after a 2-1 defeat by Aj ax on
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      123 41 Reuter. NIGERIA'S military government declared a public holiday today to celebrate the historic gold medal success of the soccer team. Ecstacy filled the country moments after the final whistle as thousands of people got on to the streets of Lagos to savour the 3-2 victory over
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      371 41 Medal count mAsat 8.30am Silver Total USA 44 32 25 101 Russia 26 21 16 63 Germany 20 18 27 65 China 16 22 12 50 France 15 7 15 37 Italy 13 10 12 35 Australia 9 9 23 41 Cuba 9 8 8 25 Ukraine 9 2 12
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      335 42 THE International Football Federation (Fifa) is again at loggerheads with Olympic leaders over letting the world's top soccer stars play in the most popular event of the Games. International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Antonio Samaranch made a new attempt to get age limits
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      75 42 The Nigerians must be seen as a breath of fresh air in today's suffocating and miserly soccer, which is such a prisoner of static tactics. —La Nation All the players failed by trying to play the offside rule in the 88th minute. It had never
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      703 44 When Ireland's Michelle Smith won three gold medals in swimming, all hell broke loose. The American media claimed it was impossible without "outside help". But American Michael Johnson did the "impossible" by winning the 200 m in a new world record time. However, no one's
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      237 45 Reuter. DREAM Team HI, The Second Sequel, may be the last in the series. Forward Charles Barkley, the team's most candid spokesman, has suggested their name henceforth should simply be Team USA, to put an end to all the comparisons. The 12 millionaire NBA
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      460 46 Zero at Barcelona, gold at Atlanta SOMLUCK Kamsing, who became a national hero after winning gold at the Asian Games in Hiroshima two years ago, is a veteran of both local and international competitions, reports Thailand newspaper, The Nation. As a 19-year-old teenager, he made the
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      388 47 RAHUL PfITHAK IN ATLANTA The US 4xloom women's relay squad clinched the Olympic gold medal yesterday, but not before its star runner went through some worrying moments off the track. WHEN American Gail Devers came to run the relay final yesterday, she had a
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      641 48 RELAY SAGA Lewis finished eighth in the US trials after suffering from leg cramps. In Jon Drummond's words, was "butt-naked last". Relay coach Erv Hunt said he would pick the top four finishers in the trials to run the relay. Lewis later reportedly rejected an offer last month
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      1347 49 Day 1, Saturday July 20: China leads with two gold medals Sun Fuming (women's judo) and Le Jingyi (women's 100 m freestyle). Roberto Di Donna of Italy wins the men's air pistol after China's Wang Yifu botches his last shot, then collapses from heat fatigue. Belgium's Fred Deburghgraeve
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      140 44 flfe Record Breakers MHHf _^SH w\ htt*. MWI Picture/ReUTER American here: Nobody has dared suggest that Johnson may have needed help' The world records broken: ATHUEUCSe M2Mk Michael Johnson 19.32sec Men's 100m: Donovan Bailey (Can) 9.84sec ARCHERY: Man's teene South Korea 2,031 pts WenMn's teene South Korea 1,984 pts. CYCLING:
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      328 49 'WyMedsA y Moments fay 1, Saturday July 20: China leads with two gold medals Sun Fuming (women's judo) and Le Jlngyi (women's 100 m freestyle). Roberto Di Donna of Italy wins the men's air pistol after China's Wang Yrfu botches his last shot then collapses from heat fatigue. Belgium's Fred
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