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...fact, in 44% of the overtime games since 2006, the team that won the coin-toss has gone on to win the game without the other team even getting the ball, according to the Elias Sports Bureau; overall, the coin toss winner eventually won 64% of the games. "That [kind of statistic] really sticks out," admits New York Giants co-owner John Mara, who sits on the league's competition committee. "It's too high. That's a pretty big advantage...
...have indicated natural ability. “My hope is that we can find evidence for the nurture hypothesis that musical training during development can interfere positively with cognitive development,” said Schlaug. “It is a powerful finding and powerful message that this kind of extracurricular activity over several years can be as powerful and can lead to cognitive changes.” Winner said that if it is proven that musical training improves cognition, the ways in which children are educated could be changed for the better. In the future, music...
...being repeated in the two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “We must not let ourselves be undermined by our own sense of superiority,” Phillips said during the talk. “Only the local people we are trying to help can win this kind of struggle. Democracy has to grow from ground up.” Phillips also had a special message for the Vietnamese-American audience. “Do not forget your Vietnamese roots; keep them and nourish them with pride,” he said. During the two-day event...
...report this year by Florida Atlantic University, a family needs an income closer to $100,000 just to afford an average single-family home here. The in-your-face lifestyles of Miami's rich-and-famous have encourged the not-rich to emulate their ways - creating the kind of credit-driven nightmare that has sapped the nation during this crisis. Much moreso than in other U.S. cities, profligate values, from condo-flipping to Jaguar-leasing, hold sway here. In that sense, this weekend's Fontainebleau fete is pure Miami: the dysfunctional creed, to quote the title of Lapidus' autobiography, that...
...says Obama will appeal for more soldiers in the dangerous southern part of Afghanistan to fight Taliban insurgents. "Obama will put more troops in the country and expect Europe to do the same. And even though all European governments are short on troops and money, many will respond in kind." (See pictures of Obama's family tree...