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...clearly shown something to someone.”Not only was Fucito’s dream of being drafted realized, but the fact that he was selected by an expansion team could increase his chances of making the team’s roster and receiving a contract.“More and more I’ve been finding things out about Seattle, and I’ve gotten more and more excited,” he says. “I think it gives me an opportunity to come in and make an immediate impact...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fucito Hopes To Make Noise with Seattle Sounders | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

...South Asians), inciting a mixture of applause and boos. He acknowledged that in the last election cycle, "We got our clocks cleaned. We got, as my momma said, 'a good old-fashioned whoopin',' and we deserved it," mainly because, he contended, the party had veered from its 1994 contract with America. (After the dinner, one person noted that the menu could have been better chosen - the main dish was pork, not the most welcoming entree for Jews who keep kosher or for South Asian Muslims, of whom there are many in DuPage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Michael Steele Broaden the Grand Old Party? | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...revenues come from India. Economic stimulus measures being taken by the Indian government could also give some breathing room. Two weeks ago, Delhi announced that it was placing a $200-million order for 1,625 buses with Tata Motors, a deal that includes a 12-year maintenance contract worth $280 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's Top Automaker, Tata Motors, Hits a Rough Patch | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...such that the prosecution has a big advantage over the defense," she says. Among Moskalenko's clients are the children of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist who reported on human-rights abuses and was slain in October 2006. Moskalenko does not see the acquittal last week of Politkovskaya's alleged contract killers as a setback: "I didn't see the verdict as a loss. It was a relief to see that the defendants could get acquitted in Russia." The judge ordered the restarting of what many called a halfhearted investigation by police, a move Moskalenko welcomes. "We want the real killers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Russians Go for Justice: France | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...money like it had not seen in many years. The Los Angeles Dodgers garishly flaunted such largesse after that season by giving Kevin Brown, a pitcher soon to turn 34 years old, an age when players traditionally had neared retirement as their bodies gave out, a seven-year contract worth $105 million, sweetening the deal with private jet service back and forth from his Georgia home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Warned Baseball About Steroids | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

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