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...Burj al-Arab hotel, as tall as the Eiffel Tower, built like a billowing sail. Westerners are welcome, along with their vices. Europeans in bikinis mingle on the beach with Muslim women in abayas; alcohol flows freely at Dubai's nightclubs and resorts. With events like the Dubai World Cup, a horse race with a record $6 million purse, Dubai draws 7 million visitors a year, along with big-name acts from Luciano Pavarotti to Tiger Woods. Its economy has nearly tripled in size, to $34.5 billion, in just a decade. "We have built a success story in a short...
...play internationally, had already beaten Quibell twice this season. The first time was in five games in the Crimson’s 5-4, Ivy title-clinching win at Yale Feb. 22. The second time was in the Bulldog’s 6-3 victory at the Howe Cup a week ago, where Lorentzen held a 2-1 lead before Quibell defaulted. This weekend, however, Quibell wouldn’t even reach the semifinals. After defeating No. 18-seed Balsekar in the round of 16, 9-4, 9-1, 9-1, Quibell squared off with seventh-seeded Grigg...
...There seems to be just one missing ingredient: a winning India side. The national team has captured only one World Cup?the tournament held every four years in the game's one-day format?and that was in 1983. It's been almost as long since India took a foreign Test series, not counting its victory against lowly Zimbabwe last autumn. "The cricket talent in India is still very much untapped," says Rahul Dravid, captain of the country's team. "The hope is that the new money can help find our future stars...
...Might India's muscle lead to a situation where it is as dominant on the field as it soon will be in the game's finances? Possibly. But as he looks ahead to next year's World Cup in the West Indies, that's not something that Thawani worries about. "An Indian win is what the fans want," he says. Given what India would pay to see that, it's what cricket's new business leaders want...
...With a second cup of coffee I could imitate them,” the Mayor joked. He then straightened his posture and screeched in a high-pitched voice, “Hi! My name is Jess Brown and I really, really, really like public service...