Age and gender _and further_ confusion at the Olympics

[Doug Harris]

And then there was this from the NYT this morning:

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Saturday, August 16, 2008 -- 8:53 AM ET

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_Gay Fails to Qualify for 100-Meter Final_

Perhaps there wasn't room in the print edition
for the courtesy title.
Or was this would-be qualifier viewed as a
Ms-fit?

dh

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