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WSSA was founded by physical-education teacher Bob Fox, who noticed how a simple hand-eye coordination drill could inspire students to compete against each other--and themselves--by improving their times. When he started offering after-school stacking workshops in 1995, the response was astonishing. "You would get a couple dozen students for a workshop on basketball or juggling, but with stacking, there were 200 kids," he recalls. Fox says his company, Speed Stacks, which charges $30 for an individual set of cups, mat and timer, has annual revenues of $4 million...
...bunt and pulled back as a fastball tailed inside. Although the ball appeared to strike Zailskas when he was in the batter’s box, Troupe opted in this instance to grant the free pass. As expletives rained from the crowd and home bench, Big Green head coach Bob Whalen argued, to no avail.THE BALK MOVEAll year long Walsh has emphasized the little things, honing fundamentals on the diamond. One such focus has been pickoffs, of which the team has 10—including four by Suter—this season. In attempting these moves Harvard has also yielded...
...Cold Blood,” the album’s closing track. Both tracks are darker and more contemplative than most of the others. On “Mafia Music,” Ross interestingly positions himself with icons in black history: “Martin had a dream, Bob got high / I still do both but somehow I got by.” On “In Cold Blood,” Ross employs jazz trumpets and orchestral sounds, as he proclaims, “God wanna see you niggas in the Bentley!” These bookends...
...ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations committee, Indiana's Richard Lugar, is as traditional a conservative as they come, and though he hasn't decided, says an aide, "He always has an inclination in favor of an Administration's pick." Younger members of the committee are on the fence. Bob Corker of Tennessee has been sober in the face of outrage over the International Monetary Fund's use of currency reserves to stabilize the global financial system, a favorite Beck bugaboo. Johnny Isakson of Georgia has an unperturbably conservative view of the Executive Branch's authorities. Some may split...
Unemployed and need to learn new skills to get hired again, but can't afford the tuition to go back to school? Help may be on the way. Democratic Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is pushing for a new law that aims to pay community colleges nationwide $1,000 per student to retrain laid-off workers. Casey's bill would set up the Unemployment Tuition Assistance Program as part of the Department of Labor (DOL). People filing for unemployment benefits would be notified that tuition assistance may be available to them, and colleges that volunteer to participate would register with...