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Nevertheless, his name benefited from a meteoric rise within scouting circles when he was a Tiger for his possession of baseball’s mythical five “tools”: running fast, throwing hard, hitting for average, hitting for power and fielding ability. Thus, he was drafted in the second round (48th overall) of the 2004 MLB draft by the Cincinnati Reds...
...besides being an apparent jerk, the former Stanford Cardinal was selected sixth overall in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks after a stellar junior campaign, and resembles an afro’d Scottie Pippen...
...rocket attacks, Israeli holidaymakers in nearby Egypt certainly make a tempting soft target. Even the headline target location, Taba, has symbolic significance - as the site of intense last-ditch negotiations four months after the aborted Camp David talks, the town has lent its name to the most comprehensive draft two-state peace agreement negotiated to date between Israelis and Palestinians. And that's a deal long rejected by Palestinian radicals...
Unfortunately, McGregor has not been alone in stoking unfounded fear about H.R. 163. Andre Heinz, John Kerry’s stepson, said in an interview last month that “we now have the specter of a draft looming...a draft that, rumor has it, won’t give you the luxury of deferment.” This rumor is an apparent reference to the deferment restrictions...
...draft, the Bush Administration is clear. White House Spokesman Jim Morrell says: “[T]he president is absolutely opposed to a draft, he doesn’t believe it’s needed, and he strongly supports having a voluntary military force.” President Bush said in last week’s debate that “[t]he military will be an all-volunteer army.” But John Kerry’s supporters are using unfounded rumors to scare young voters away from the president. It is dishonest, it is unfortunate...