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...when the game begins later that day, Crocker grips the arena net in rapt attention. If you close your eyes and simply listen, you can get a good idea of what’s happening in the polo match: the light pattering of pony feet as they scamper around a throw-in, the thunderous stampeding down the field when everyone is chasing a ball that’s strayed far ahead, or the clanking of mallets and buckling of side boards against horse flesh when the ball falls into the corners...
...best known as a radio host, but you're practically your own industry. You sell exercise tapes, you make jewelry for charity, you have a stage show. I had no idea I could buy a talking Dr. Laura action figure. Are you a brand...
...Sean Dennehy, 39, and Don Burke, 43, used the Andrus paper to push the idea of an intelligence-community wiki on their superiors at the CIA. They didn't get very far until the then newly organized Office of the Director of National Intelligence concluded that the idea had potential - and even then it faced stiff cultural resistance. "There's been pushback throughout the whole process," says Burke. Initially, analysts who were asked to participate said they were too busy or just preferred the old, proprietary databases managed by individual agencies...
...voted for marriage equality, but advocates couldn't muster enough votes to override Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's vetoes). Lesbian and gay Americans, who will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in June, have a long history of emerging from shadows, and now they have shaken off the idea that they must always cower behind judges' cloaks to get the equality they deserve...
...realism and exuberance. During a town hall with Turkish students on the final day of his trip, Obama said of promoting peace and prosperity, "Words are good and understanding is good, but ultimately it has to translate into concrete actions ... These things take time, and the idea is that you lay the groundwork and slowly, over time, if you make small efforts, they can add up into big efforts...