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...says a lot - in religious terms, as if the places our heroes play were secular cathedrals. It's easy to see why. When you truly, deeply love a sports team, you give yourself up to something bigger than yourself, not just because your individuality is rendered insignificant in the crush of the crowd, but because being a fan involves faith. No matter what their current form may be, your team is the best - and if it doesn't prove that now, it will soon. Belief is all. As Brooklyn Dodgers fans said in the 1950s: Wait 'til next year...
Brian Williams. I've met him at a couple of events, and he's super dry funny. I have to say, I get a crush on any guy who's a news anchor and really funny...
...yacht excursion with his dad and uncle, Sandro falls overboard and, when his absence isn't noticed, prepares to die. He calls "Papa!" for help, whispers "Mama!" as a prayer. He bequeaths his worldly goods -"except for The Lord of the Rings" -to a girl he has a crush on at school. Then he sinks ... and is rescued by Radu (Vlad Alexandru Toma), a young Romanian from the refugee boat. The two smugglers in charge have no consideration for the 80 or 100 people, including Vlad's sister Alina (Esther Hazan), whose lives and fortunes they command. Indeed, the varlets...
...Uzbekistan - expressed concern about the "terrorist group" that had broken out of Andijan prison. Few observers believe this is the end of the violence. Authoritarian regimes such as Karimov's are less susceptible to unrest, says regional analyst Andrei Grozin: "But even if the authorities are able to crush the uprising in Andijan, the next upsurge could come in a month, or a year...
...morning rush hour in Baghdad, and the emergency-room staff at Yarmouk Hospital is bracing itself for another grim load. Insurgent groups routinely mount their biggest attacks during the commuter crush: the heavy traffic guarantees them a high death toll, and the ensuing snarl-ups prevent police and military units from giving chase. For medical workers like Dr. Jalal Taha Emad, an emergency-room surgeon, each day begins with a foreboding of the mayhem to come. "When I am on my way to work, I sometimes look at people in the cars around me and wonder how many of them...