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...long snapper, along with his cousin in obscurity, the kick holder, have the most specialized jobs in football, perhaps in all of sports. And they only get attention when things go horribly wrong. The long snapper, his backside thrust into the air, head peering through his legs, has one goal in life - to deliver a tight spiral to the holder, standing eight yards away on field goals and extra points, or to the punter, some 15 yards behind his butt. "It's just not a natural motion to be upside down throwing a ball between your legs," explains Mannelly...
...anyone really want to see Charlie Brown kick that football (thanks for the reflexes, Lucy)? Would Ernie Banks, the smiling Mr. Cub chortling "Let's play two," be as beloved if the Cubs were winners? Is the sports world really a better place since the Boston Red Sox overcame their "curse" and in 2004 finally won the World Series...
...happen to have with me, of the last days of Portuguese rule in Angola-and reading a line like the following, "To this day I don't know why he let me go. He might have been one of those people you meet sometimes who get less of a kick from killing than from knowing they could have killed but didn...
...fact, the first country in Asia to demarcate a special economic enclave when it introduced an "export processing zone" in Gujarat in the mid 1960s. But in the past few years, the country has been playing catch-up with places such as China, which used SEZs to kick-start its own incredible economic expansion almost three decades ago. India attracts barely 10% of the foreign direct investment figure for China (although the two count investment in different ways), and wants to close the gap as rapidly as possible. Early last year, the Congress-led government passed...
...changed. I supported staying. I thought we could win militarily. I have learned since then that there's a limitation of what the military can do. Iraq is a perfect example. We kick the doors in, we use bombers coming in at a high level, and even though they're laser [equipped], you kill people inadvertently. We have to use overwhelming force in order to protect American lives, but that creates enemies because of the way we have to operate. It's not even the excesses--it's just the way you have to operate...