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...boundaries as it went. India played its first international game in 1932, and it was popularized with the advent of television and the introduction of one-day matches (in which each side is limited to facing only 300 balls during its turn at bat - as opposed to the traditional five-day test match in which each side bats twice, with no limit on the duration of an inning). After India's unexpected triumph in the 1983 World Cup, cricket became a cornerstone of popular culture in India - and South Asia (neighboring Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh all share India...
...Gordon says he once participated in a five-day sleep and sensory deprivation study at Massachusetts General Hospital during spring break...
...have bad news for you. Those trips you had planned in January--forget 'em. We will be working almost every day in January, starting with the 4th." STENY HOYER, Maryland Democrat who will become the House majority leader, telling reporters about the new five-day work schedule for members of the House of Representatives...
...Vilsack is smart to get started early. The outgoing Iowa Governor declared he was running for president only two days after the midterm elections and this week kicks off a five-day announcement tour through all the states that have early primaries - Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, along with his native Pennsylvania. In announcing his candidacy, Vilsack acknowledged the long odds, telling a crowd in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, that "I have always been an underdog and a long shot." He cast himself as a candidate with "the courage to create change", a phrase he invoked repeatedly in calling...
...results often occur in helter-skelter one-day cricket, and even in a five-day Test the inferior side sometimes wins. But excluding weather interruptions, Ashes series are played over 25 six-hour days, long enough for class to tell and the cream to rise. It was apparent from the first morning of the First Test last year that England would be formidable. Australia had ample time to adjust their attitude, to crank up the intensity of their practices, to tinker with tactics and personnel. They did all of this and still lost...