Word: agente
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...It’s a job now, it’s how I’m going to make my living, so I need to do well.” Farbotko will join classmate and running back Clifton Dawson—who was signed as an undrafted free agent on draft day—in Indianapolis as soon as finals end. “It was nice to have [Dawson] there to have someone I knew just right off the bat,” Farbotko said. “It just added another level of comfort.” Dawson...
...team he cheered for as a kid is just icing on the cake.“I was a Giants fan growing up, so that’s exciting,” Berg said. He was also in contact with the Tennessee Titans and the Buffalo Bills through his agent, he said. “I got a call on Monday morning inviting me to camp, and I decided to go with [New York].”The home of the Giants, East Rutherford, N.J., is just over 40 miles away from Berg’s home in Stamford, Conn...
...reduced government spending on graft-prone public-works projects. With easy money harder to get, gangsters may be more likely to resort to strong-arm tactics as they fight for scraps. "The Nagasaki shooting is a harbinger of what's to come," says Mitsuhiro Suganuma, a former high-ranking agent with Japan's Public Security Intelligence Agency. "Their activities will become a lot more violent, and a lot more dangerous...
...means the future.By the time this weekend is over, seniors Clifton Dawson, Matt Farbotko, Nik Sobic, Frank Fernandez, Ryan Tully, and Michael Berg will each know one of three things about their immediate post-graduate careers: they were drafted to play pro football, they are going to be free agents with a shot, or their football career is over.According to speculations, the majority will be hearing bad news. This weekend’s draft boasts such prospects as Georgia Tech’s Calvin Johnson, LSU’s JaMarcus Russell, and Notre Dame’s Brady Quinn...
...distillation of years of observations on the interaction between Beijing and Washington. On the other hand, while Hutton's research is prodigious, he seems to begin with a set of preconceived ideas, and makes clear in his acknowledgments that he took on this project at the urging of his agent, despite knowing very little about China. I'm inclined to agree with Mann on the likelihood of democracy evolving in China anytime soon: as long as the economic boom continues to raise living standards, many Chinese will be inclined to leave the current system-authoritarian as it may be-alone...