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...week. Across the state, everyone decked out in red or blue appeared to have either a touch or at least a tolerance of the other color. More than gracious, St. Louis was as fretful as Kansas City for the well-being of Third Baseman George Brett when, near the finish of the fifth game, he went sliding after a foul ball, skidded into his dugout and onto the spacious cushion of Coach Lee May. With a whistle, Royals Manager Dick Howser declared later, "May's catch was the play of the night." Spared a concussion, though not a finger...
...student with a diploma in the dark art of public relations arrived in Australia in 2001 to learn English. Liao has given up well-paid work as a guide for Chinese tourists visiting Victoria to concentrate on campus clubs and activities - and the subjects she hopes to complete to finish her degree by the end of 2006. "I think that adjusting back to life in China would be very difficult for me now," says Liao, who hopes to settle in Australia, where she has developed a sense of independence. "In Australia the work is less stressful, there is a well...
...urbanization. Two centuries ago, French black truffles were so abundant that they were cheaper than tomatoes; since then, the average annual truffle harvest in the Périgord region and beyond has declined, from some 1,800 tons to a mere 50 tons. An influx of Chinese truffle spores could finish off an already threatened gastronomic tradition...
...fans. We were newly fashionable, for one thing-people wrote books about us, people made movies about us, people wanted to talk to us. We had lots and lots of brand new friends. I learned, not long after Doug Mientkiewicz caught the toss from Keith Foulke to finish off the Cards-a ball that Doug would spend much of the off-season trying to keep as his own, a ball now in the possession of the Red Sox (and Doug is, via trade, now a Met; make of that what you will)-I learned a new definition of the term...
...JOSEPH RATZINGER, 78, German head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Respected by all cardinals, but feared by some as too divisive. Considered the best adapted to finish off John Paul II?s doctrinal legacy...