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...Baseball fans, however, could gain one from the nippy weather. Too much of baseball is needlessly slow and drawn out these days, with both pitchers and hitters taking their time between pitches, but cold temperatures could change all that. Pitches know that if they don't work fast enough out there on the mound, the infielders and outfielders won't be very happy. "Get the ball, get back on the hill," Hershiser says. "Get the ball, get back on the hill. You don't want your fielders in a bad mood...
...rebellion of Singh's communist coalition partners has been brewing for some time: The Left Front resented India's betrayal of its traditional ally Iran when Singh's government voted alongside the U.S. to refer Tehran's nuclear program to the U.N. Security Council. And they oppose India being drawn closer to the U.S. strategic orbit, staging mass demonstrations last month against India's involvement in joint naval exercises in the Bay of Bengal with the U.S., Australia and Japan...
...seems more shocked by the statements than James Watson himself. "To all those who have drawn the inference from my words that Africa, as a continent, is somehow genetically inferior, I can only apologize unreservedly," Watson said in a statement he issued at the Royal Society Thursday. "That is not what I meant. More importantly from my point of view, there is no scientific basis for such a belief...
...pack into Paris's Stade de France Saturday night, the only measure of victory will be whether England or South Africa walks away with the coveted Webb Ellis trophy. But the big winner of the 2007 Rugby World Cup has been the game itself. Never before has rugby drawn so wide a global audience as it has done over the past six weeks of the tournament, and never has it been seen to be played by people of such diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Forget the stereotypes: Rugby's getting popular...
...participation as never before. In France, there has been an upsurge in youth and amateur squads way beyond French rugby's native, largely rural stronghold in the southwest, where its presence had long been a sign of English influence - France's new generation of top-level players is being drawn from youth squads in cities farther north. And, although less has been made of it than during France's victorious 1998 soccer World Cup campaign, the fact that the rugby team includes three African-born players and host of names resonant of Spanish, Italian and Polish origin demonstrates the game...