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This paper will deal with cases from the book Beyond Crazy by Julia Nunes and Scott Simmie (McClelland and Stewart, 2002). I'll be using specific cases to address the issues raised by each of Beyond Crazy's subheadings: two cases each for Who's Affected, What It Feels Like, Where the Heart Is, Why It Happens, and one detailed case for When (and How) People Move On. After the individual cases are presented, a discussion will follow to tie everything together.

Who's Affected

In February 1988, at the first ever Olympic Games held in Canada, a skating underdog "gobbled up the arena and leaped to glory" (the Chicago Tribune). Canada's Elizabeth Manley outshone women's figure skating favourites, Katarina Witt and Debi Thomas, during the long program. Manley won a silver medal, becoming Canada's only women's Olympic medalist in the past thirty years in the sport. That success made Manley a household name. She went on to appear in television specials and......

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