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...Bush took the unprecedented step of condemning steroids in his State of the Union address, saying the use of the "dangerous" drugs in baseball, among other sports, "sends the wrong message - that there are shortcuts to accomplishments, and that performance is more important than character." That same year, standards grew tougher and major leaguers submitted to their first mandatory steroid tests. Under the penalties first introduced for doping in 2005, 12 players were suspended for 10 days each...
After the flurry of points, the game took a turn for the more physical. As the Bulldogs grew frustrated with their inability to finish shots, scuffles after the whistle and an onslaught of penalties became commonplace...
...generated in the so-called BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China. Although the U.S. still accounts for 60% of the export revenue of India's IT sector, emerging markets are growing faster. NASSCOM data show that the Indian IT sector's revenues from the Asia-Pacific region grew by a compounded 42% a year between the 2004 and 2008 fiscal years compared with 29% in the U.S. That's why management at Infosys is targeting a long-term restructuring of the company's revenue base, decreasing the U.S. share from the current 65% to 40%, while raising the proportion...
...challenges ahead. Some sense of Merkel's priorities can be gleaned from her Nov. 3 speech to Congress. (She is only the second German Chancellor accorded the honor.) The speech, with its heartfelt and moving thanks and tributes to the U.S., could have been made only by someone who grew up in a Soviet satellite state. Throughout, it was easy to see how her past had shaped her view of the world. There should be, she said, "zero tolerance towards all those who show no respect for the inalienable rights of the individual and who violate human rights." That...
...freshman in 1959, Koppell began organizing charter flights to Europe for Harvard faculty and students. The Let's Go guidebooks, he said, grew out of this initiative...