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...We’re going to grind it out, and we’re going to find ways to win,” Caples said. “It may not always be pretty, but we’re finding a way. Through winning, we will find a way to play well...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No. 18 BC Tops Field Hockey in OT | 10/21/2004 | See Source »

...That doesn't mean China's robust economic engine is destined to grind to a halt. The country already suffers frequent power outages, but they occur because of insufficient electrical-generation capacity, not a lack of fuel. The mainland meets more than two-thirds of its energy needs with coal and boasts the world's largest coal reserves. But to keep the increasingly oil-dependent economy racing ahead?and to ease some of the pollution that comes from burning coal for power?China's leaders are forced to seek ever-greater supplies of petroleum from overseas. More than half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Quest for Oil | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

Phelps' biggest impediment on the way to swimming history may well be his own teammates, many of them Olympic medalists and world-record holders. And then there are the Australians, with a younger and deeper men's team that would dearly love to grind the Americans into chum. They are eager to write the coda to their 4 x 100-m medley-relay defeat in Sydney, where U.S. swimmer Gary Hall Jr. had claimed that the Americans would "smash [the Australians] like guitars." The Aussies won the next two relays, on the back of Thorpe, and mockingly played air guitar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Built for Speed | 8/9/2004 | See Source »

...authors of Washington best sellers often have partisan axes to grind. But all 10 members of the 9/11 commission (five Republicans, five Democrats) signed off on every word of this book. That's one more reason it is a rare and valuable read. --By James Carney. With reporting by Timothy J. Burger and Viveca Novak/Washington

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRIEFING PAPER: If You Don't Have Time to Read It ... | 8/2/2004 | See Source »

Doctrinaire critics might not admit it, but Anderson's example lends credence to her contention that in Episcopalianism, at least, some battles are already won. "A woman who really has a passion about doing ministry and doesn't have an ax to grind," she says, "can get a decent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Rising Above The Stained-Glass Ceiling | 6/28/2004 | See Source »

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