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...field for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa next summer. (The last team to qualify was Uruguay, which drew with Costa Rica Wednesday night in Montevideo, but had beaten the Costa Ricans over the weekend.) On Dec. 4, the teams will be seeded and sorted by lottery into eight groups by the sport's international body, FIFA. Then, it's only 203 days until the fun begins. Here are five reasons to get excited about the opening kick...
...resolved in time. Since the end of apartheid, the country has hosted successful cricket and rugby World Cups, and the country hopes the soccer tournament will mark a new moment of unity in its divided history. Adversity also plagued the build-up to the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Eight months before the start of the tournament, a massive earthquake killed 10,000 people in Mexico City and caused the media to speculate about the possibility of moving the event elsewhere. But Mexico held on to the tournament and doggedly rebuilt the capital in order to stage what many consider...
...Bank is an important step in the budget-cut process and one that should be further utilized. Dean Smith and Dean Hammonds responded to student complaints and created an online forum that is meant to guide and influence the recommendations of the working groups on Student Life and Education. Eight students serve on these committees, and as one of those representatives, I can testify how seriously the Idea Bank is taken every week in our discussions...
...miles traveled by the year 2040. It also envisions a network of "fast-charging" stations, which would be capable of recharging a car in minutes. If that sounds expensive, it is. The coalition is calling for roughly $120 billion to be spent by the U.S. government over the next eight years on everything from public charging stations to better batteries. To date, the Obama Administration has released $3.4 billion in grants and loans for "smart grid" technology, which improves the efficiency of the electric distribution networks...
...threes, but she can also take it to the basket,” Delaney-Smith said. “There was that one move where she stepped in and made the shot with [her left hand] from eight or nine feet out. I mean that’s a good move for a freshman...