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...money." Parents are bringing their hopefuls to her from all over Russia. "But they're taking horrible risks," she sighs. "And what if all their effort proves in vain?" At the same time, "tennis parents" remain the only way kids can get discovered. Russian tennis cannot afford scouts to comb the country for talent. Children might catch the eye of a tennis boss as they move upward from local to regional and national tournaments in the RTT. But unless parents like Zhbanova's make an effort to promote their stars and find sponsors, they have no chance. Historically, tennis...
...CHANGED THE WAY YOU COMB YOUR HAIR. WAS THIS A BIG DECISION IN YOUR LIFE? [Laughs.] It was not. I combed it that way once after taking a shower, and Judith said it looks nicer that way. I said, Well, maybe I'll keep it that...
...belief that "the proper response to bad journalism is to do good journalism," Raines assigned three editors and five reporters to re-report Blair's suspicious stories and comb through his computer files and expense accounts. The result was a 7,200-word story on last Sunday morning's front page that autopsied what it called a "low point in the 152-year history of the newspaper." According to the Times's investigation, Blair "fabricated comments. He concocted scenes. He stole material from other newspapers and wire services." He described the houses of grieving parents he never visited, the nightmares...
Because of safety concerns, such difficult programs simply would not be possible without the supervision of the current staff. In Stone’s words, all the programs are gone over with a fine-toothed comb to make sure they are safe...
...intelligence agents from three countries comb the Mombasa rubble, an area group in their sights is the extremist al-Ittihad al-Islami (AIAI), based in Somalia. With 2,000 members, it is the largest, most powerful radical band in the Horn of Africa and has been funded by al-Qaeda in the past. Its aims and activities have focused on Somalia, but U.S. intelligence has uncovered AIAI cells in Kenya. "It is possible this was the work of AIAI, done in concert with al-Qaeda," says an American intelligence agent...