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...players are stars on the European circuit, and some arrived at World Cup 2002 exhausted after long domestic seasons. Overall moments of brilliance, like the thrusting runs of Turkey's Hasan Sas and the second half of the final, were bright lights of World Cup 2002 against a bleak background of some stupefying games - like England's play-for-a-draw match against Nigeria in the oppressive humidity of Osaka's Nagai Stadium...
...says the unknown teen. "Okay," Newdow smiles as he closes the door, "now I'm worried." And he sits back down with his guitar, singing a song he penned himself - the Pledge Of Allegiance Got Some Old Religion Blues- while threats of death and hellfire play on in the background...
Ryan had extensive background in the war crimes field: From 1980 to 1983 he was the Director of the Office of Special Investigation for the U.S. Department of Justice, serving as the chief Nazi war crimes prosecutor for the United States—the first person to hold the position...
...George W. Bush was able to convince the American public that he's an average guy with a simple background, then why can't SARAH FERGUSON? The Duchess of York will dispense with her title--and her full name--when she launches a syndicated talk show in the U.S. next year called simply Fergie. The ex-wife of Britain's Prince Andrew has served as a correspondent for the Today show and host of a poorly received talk program in England, and has starred in Weight Watchers TV ads. She says she's a natural for the gig because...
First a little background: no one knows why the immune system goes haywire and starts triggering autoimmune disorders, but at least one culprit is a particular kind of immune cell called a T cell. In Type 1 diabetes (which used to be known as juvenile-onset diabetes), T cells destroy the cells of the pancreas. In multiple sclerosis, they cross the biomolecular barrier that protects the brain and attack the outer covering of nerve cells. If you could deactivate the right T cells, you might be able to slow down the degenerative process--and maybe halt it altogether...