Right now her focus, her priorities, are all on the Olympics, the U.S. Olympics team and her 100-meter hurdle race 
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Former astronaut Lisa Nowak (R) speaks to the press as her attorneys Cheney Mason (L) and Donald Lykkebak (C) stand with her after her pre-trial hearing at Orange County Court in Orlando, Florida August 24, 2007. Nowak is accused of stalking and attacking Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman at Orlando International Airport.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling party, Pakistan People's Party, chant slogans as they celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential election in Islamabad September 6, 2008. Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, swept to victory in a presidential election on Saturday, as a suicide bomber killed at least 10 people in the northwest.
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There's been a lull in posting here caused by a trip to the UK (without my laptop) and then my laptop going kaput on the day I returned. Perhaps it was lonely?I'm still catching up on the US news while I've been away... why is this hockey mom
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Quotes spotlight for "US Olympics Team"
Right now her focus, her priorities, are all on the Olympics, the U.S. Olympics team and her 100-meter hurdle race
was said
in USA Today
It’s a dream of mine to compete in the Olympics ... I talk with my U.S. Team coaches about the 2010 Olympics occasionally.
was said
in Vail Daily
It will give us another year to jell as a team ... We want to become the first U.S. team to win the Olympics.
said McLaughlin
She was kind and true-hearted to us. She made us feel we are returning to be a strong team. We all like her so much. I hope she will stay and take us to the Olympics.
was said
in The Local
Pommel horse is one of his strength events ... I think that will help the U.S. team in the Olympics if he makes the Olympic team. We're really focusing right now on how to hit the routine under pressure.
said Vitaly Marinitch
in USA Today
It's the dream of every athlete to come to the Olympics ... If she has a chance to achieve a medal, whether it's with the Russian team or the U.S. team, she should get that opportunity.
was said
in McClatchy
