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...Federer's fluid, one-handed backhand attracts admirers, but it also offers a small opening for his foes. "You have to hit a heavy serve above his backhand," says Nick Bollettieri, whose famed Florida tennis school has spawned a slew of stars, from Andre Agassi to Maria Sharapova. "No matter how good you are one-handed, that does cause some problems." High shots to the backhand will get Federer reaching, which opens the court a bit for your return. "Hopefully, he won't be able to dominate that next shot," says tennis Hall of Famer Stan Smith. Against Federer, that...
...religion), be it rugged or weedy, rarely got a look, and sportsmanship meant cheering on your local soccer team after downing a skinful of beer. But by the late 20th century, all the elements that had held the old order together were gone. The Empire had become a matter of history; the established Protestant Church of England had become an irrelevance; and any deference to hierarchy had long been lost in the slaughterhouse of the Western front in World War I, where British soldiers were, in the phrase their German counterparts coined, "lions led by donkeys...
...just how in touch with their bloody feelings they were. Less than a year earlier, after all, Bill Clinton, the hugger in chief, had crushed poor Bob Dole, a war hero who had made a whole career out of keeping his emotions, and his physical pain for that matter, well hidden...
...report issued Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistical Service's Des Moines, Iowa, office said recent rains are actually helping corn and soybean crops. "Cooler temperatures associated with rains are helping livestock, though insects continue to be an issue," the report said matter-of-factly...
...McCormick, an independent voter who is candidate shopping for 2008, heard was "heartless pandering to the religious right. It really is very dangerous for a national leader to take chances like that, that is so out of step with the sciences. In what other matter will religion count...