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...arguing it was crucial for the country's science and industry base. "[Rolls-Royce has] been a main stayer ever since," says Patrick Dunleavy, chairman of the Public Policy Group at the London School of Economics. Not all such government action has worked, however. The nationalization of carmaker British Leyland four years later couldn't stop it "running into the sand," Dunleavy says...
...ball hogging of the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant was anywhere near the achievements made in the postseason by the Redbirds in their first year in the new Busch Stadium. Not only that, but Tony LaRussa managed circles around his longtime friend and protégé, the Detroit Tigers' Jim Leyland. So Bryant scored 81 points in a game, big deal. How many times did he pass the ball...
Only one day removed from becoming the all-time winningest coach in NCAA men's basketball history, Texas Tech Coach Bob Knight is right back to business as usual. Sure, he fielded a call of congratulations from Detroit Tigers Manager Jim Leyland - as well as from scores of his former players, but he spent most of the day watching film of his Red Raiders eking out a victory over New Mexico on Monday. And he's been watching film of Oklahoma, Texas Tech's next opponent. He took time out from watching film, holding practice, and a January round...
PREDICTOR Pittsburgh Pirates manager Jim Leyland and the Boston Globe PREDICTION ''Jim Leyland has been saying the Mets are the team that could run away ((with the National League East championship)). He's right.'' WHAT HAPPENED The Mets finished the season with 100 losses for the first time since...
...Meridian Energy knows. Last year it abandoned a $NZ1.2 billion, 500-megawatt project on the South Island's Waitaki river, saying it was not sure it would get the necessary environmental consents or water rights. New Zealand needs a new power project of that size every three years, says Leyland. But even small hydro schemes like the one on the Gowan river, or another on the nearby Wairau, raise hackles. "A lot of rivers will potentially be ruined," says Lawson Davey, of the Save the Wairau Committee. "And will small schemes be able to supply enough electricity?" Green Party leader...