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What best prepares a man to be speaker of the House? Being the water boy for his high school football team? Enjoying the rowdy pleasures of his college frat house? Or learning how to play the trumpet while driving a car? The first Republican to make a grab at Gingrich's job last week has all those qualifications, which may come in handy in a job that requires carrying water for brawling factions, holding steady in a raucous ideological environment and doing more than one thing at a time...
...thinking behind Netanyahu's latest move may have been revealed by Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon Sunday night: Sharon told right-wing settlers that a Palestinian state wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing for Israel, and then urged them to grab as much land as they can. "We'll expand the area," said Sharon. "Whatever is seized will be ours. Whatever isn't seized will end up in their hands." There's little the Israelis can realistically do to stop Arafat from declaring a state, but they'll do their best to restrict him to a Rorschach splatter hardly visible...
...first game after rehab last year, Clemente roared off the disabled list to net 37 points and grab 11 rebounds. Next season, he is hoping for the same turnaround upon his return to the court...
...Forget this. Let's grab some Noch's and go to my room...
...become the most popular program on ESPN2, drawing well among young male viewers as well as those in their 40s and 50s. And NASCAR's TV ratings are now second only to those of the NFL. This fragmentation of the sports audience has attracted advertisers and sponsors eager to grab a larger share of the $700 billion spent each year by young males. "Right now, if you're looking for the young male demographic, you have to look outside the traditional sports," says Bob Igiel, director of the ad agency Media Edge. Sponsorship revenue for extreme sports is expected...