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...estimation of blue-chip companies like Apple and Visa, which see Yao as the pitchman messiah who might finally open the wallets of China's 1.3 billion consumers. "Yao Ming is Tiger Woods," says Adam Silver, president of NBA Entertainment, the league's marketing, Internet, television and merchandising arm. "He's a much more sophisticated marketer than people give him credit...
...longer protected by estrogen, on the other hand, quickly become even more vulnerable than men. Smoking increases the risk of heart disease more dramatically for women. Even the signs of an incipient heart attack can be different for each sex. While some women get the classic symptoms--chest and arm pain, a squeezing sensation in the chest and shortness of breath--many others experience atypical symptoms, such as dizziness, nausea and pressure between the shoulder blades...
...England's Marcus Trescothick and India's pint-sized maestro Sachin Tendulkar. Pakistan's Yousuf Youhana and Shoaib Akhtar, the "Rawalpindi Express," who can bowl a ball at 161 km/h, should be enough to keep them in contention. And don't miss Sri Lanka's man with the golden arm, spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, sometimes known as the smiling assassin because he grins incessantly as he mercilessly bowls out opposing batsmen. For South Africa, meanwhile, there is the chance to recoup from a disastrous semifinal of the 1999 World Cup, when a dreadful mix-up with two balls remaining between their...
Dartmouth began the season 11-5, placing itself a notch below Harvard, No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth and No. 3 Minnesota in the rankings. The Big Green struggled not only with national team absences but also with injuries. A broken arm by defenseman Alana BreMiller early in the season forced coach Judy Oberting to move Piper back to the blue line...
...neoconservative fantasy - and of the Likud government, which was handily re-elected last week - the Bush Administration has been dangerously out of touch in the Middle East. The standard term of art for what America should be doing is "engagement," a euphemism suggesting that we twist Ariel Sharon's arm. But effective diplomacy entails the twisting of all available arms, and Lieberman faults the White House for not pressuring the fatuous Europeans and deceitful Arabs "to get the Palestinian leadership to stop the terror." Indeed, the Middle East mess starts with the Arabs, with their state-fed spew of anti...