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...many, cricket is a puzzling sport: a game in which players break for tea, and matches can last for days, yet still end in a draw. But over the past couple of decades, cricket has undergone a revolution - and, more recently, so has its bible, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. One-day international cricket, first introduced in the 1970s, has brought new fans, energy and tactics to the sport by condensing play into a few hours; the faster style of play has also spilled over into five-day test cricket. And the center of cricketing power has shifted from England and Australia...
...tourist-friendly international business center; after a month-long hospitalization for heart, lung and kidney ailments; in Monaco. With the help of his 1956 fairy-tale marriage to Hollywood royal Grace Kelly, Rainier modernized a community once called a "sunny place for shady people," building affordable hotels to draw middle-class visitors to its famed Monte Carlo casino and popularizing the mini-state, which has no income tax, as a tax haven for foreign businesses. After Kelly's death in a car crash in 1982, he withdrew, enduring declining health and regular tabloid accounts of the indiscretions of his rebellious...
HELOCs let you tap the equity in your home as cash. You use checks or credit cards linked to the HELOC to draw on the money as needed. The average interest rate nationwide is 5.95%, but the debt on HELOCs is variable, meaning the rate you pay can go up over time. While the repayment period on HELOCs can vary from five to 20 years, these loans are better for those who expect to pay everything back within a few years, limiting the risk of rising rates. Note: because HELOCs are considered revolving credit, if you max out your line...
...launched a string of indie-rock concerts designed to draw younger, hipper crowds to the museum. Concert Coordinator Dan Hirsch, the man behind the plan, has selected a number of new, exciting musicians he hopes will continue to draw in young music fans. Antony and the Johnsons and favorite folk-poppers Ida both played sets in February to wide acclaim...
...languages are followed by vocals singing out-of-order lines from Carol’s poem in “vogt dig for kloppervok.” Some songs consist almost entirely of spoken clips, as in “it never changes to stop,” others draw out and re-map a story solely upon quoted material in “An Animated Description of Mr. Maps...