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...Lots of guys were rusty coming in,” Klein said. “There were a lot of bad numbers [on the scoreboard], which was more a function of not playing than the conditions...
...Saddam presented a threat to the stability of the Middle East. The West needs oil to function. Wasn't it better to invade while we could outgun the Iraqis than to wait and suffer more casualties later on? At least the world is rid of a despot. And who knows how many innocent Iraqi lives have been saved? I hold no brief for Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, but I support them in this. The daily death toll of allied troops is heartbreaking, but it will be worth it in the end. I am the father...
...required, Napster's pricing follows the iTunes model. Also Apple-like is Napster's integration with a portable audio player, Samsung's YP-910, a $399 jukebox that shares iPod's simplicity of use. This player is slightly larger, though unlike iPod it has a built-in MP3 recording function and an FM transmitter for wireless connection to radios...
...constitution delineates the jurisdictions of the E.U. and of individual states—a function which Giscard d’Estaing called one of the most important and complex tasks of any constitutional design...
...acting as extras, pouring water on each other, harassing the protagonists and telling audience members to be glad that life isn’t worse than it is. They are on stage for about half the play, and yet they have nothing to do with the it; their only function is comic relief. At best, they are superfluous and occasionally annoying, but when the action becomes serious, their incessant gaiety distracts from the relationship of the lovers, making the plight seem trivial and irrelevant...