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...year, Hookes was a bridge between two glorious periods of Australian cricket: old enough to have played with the Chappells, Lillee, Marsh and Walters, young enough to have been on the scene with the Waughs, Taylor and Warne. Hookes had the charisma of the former era and the aggressive hunger to win of the latter. In some ways, he was too flashy for the time he played in. And for today?s sporting world, where cricketers babble and corporate sponsors reign, he was not anodyne enough. Unlike Border, his closest contemporary, Hookes could not manipulate his sporting gifts to suit...
...German-American mom and Vietnam-vet stepdad taught him discipline and focus, which he needed as he took 15 college and pro coaching jobs in 25 years. (His wife Robin spent their honeymoon in the stands as Fox coached in the U.S. Football League.) So he knew hunger when he came to Carolina. "Losing 15 games in a row, everybody had scars. They were ashamed and embarrassed, and willing to do anything to prevent that happening again." Fox mixed paternal goodwill with a physical (read: brutal) defensive strategy and made no-names like quarterback Jake Delhomme and wide receiver Steve...
...least not until we are sure that our spacecraft are worthy of carrying humans into space and back. Till then the robots can do the job. Also, why not invest the same money to create employment, remove poverty and hunger, promote education and help humanity? Vidur Gupta Texas...
...Sometimes in matters with such grand goals we forget to ask the simplest questions. In this case it would be WHY? With a planet already inhabited with millions suffering from disease, hunger, poverty, and illiteracy, why would we spend billions to confirm Mars' atmospheric and sedimentary traits? It's red and full of dirt; that's great to know. How about that money be spent to feed people or provide health coverage for those who can't afford it, or better yet, lets teach people to read. Now those are grand goals and ideas which we should be exploring. This...
...SUVs in the markets of Pakistani Kashmir, others like Abu Khalid, a veteran of one tour in Indian Kashmir, are vowing to continue. "Jihad is our Islamic duty," he says. "Nobody can stop us, not even Musharraf. If Musharraf stops our food, we will not die of hunger. God will arrange it from somewhere else." In fact, argues Ajai Sahni, of the New Delhi-based Institute for Conflict Management, Musharraf's pledge to end support for the militants could encourage a surge in violence, especially when the snow has melted in the spring. "If they don't act," he says...