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Back in Baltimore, Katz and Kovack don't have a written agreement, but they do have a long history. When they moved to Baltimore, they even started out working for the same homebuilder. "You have to do this with a person you trust," says Katz. That was crucial when Katz lost his job and when Kovack decided to take one that paid less. Katz says, "I knew he wouldn't sacrifice paying the mortgage to do other things, and he had to trust that I had enough money saved." The pair also talked exit strategy early on. They agreed...
...some doubts about the effectiveness of the nation's "Star Wars" missile shield and the utility of hundreds of warplanes). It would also be ideal for taking out an unexplained super-weapon (perhaps an electro-magnetic pulse nuclear bomb) that could lead to the "loss of numerous satellites crucial to U.S. command and control...
...Heading into a crucial moment in this race - his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention - Obama was failing as a candidate in two crucial areas. He had failed to define his opponent, and he was failing, in all but the most amorphous ways, to define himself. He desperately needed to do unto McCain what McCain had done unto him: hammer his opponent in a sustained, thematic way - not just a few tossed-away lines in a stump speech. That shouldn't be too difficult. An argument can be made that McCain is trigger-happy overseas and out of touch...
...foolishly tried to force the lead runner at second. In softball, you get the sure out. The U.S. had only given up 2 runs in 8 games, so always trust your pitcher to wiggle out of a jam. Shortstop Natasha Whatley dropped the ball, setting up a crucial insurance run for the Japanese. The U.S. team wasn't used to trailing, and the players clearly got flustered...
...nine days of competition were hard on Phelps, they might have been even harder on his teammates, overshadowed by "the Quest" and yet, in three relay races, a crucial part of Phelps' historic effort. "Of course we are all paying attention to what is going on," said Aaron Peirsol, who swam the backstroke leg of the relay. "But by no means does one person on the team take precedence over any other during a meet like this." Easy to say but harder to believe when Phelps is ushered off to his own press conferences and when nearly...