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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...ever oiled a baseball glove in February while wishing the snow would melt - or an adult who still cries every time Field of Dreams is shown on cable - knows that baseball is far more than just a game. And the U.S. government is starting to recognize that it can harness the national pastime's awesome power as a public-diplomacy tool in tricky parts of the world where traditional efforts have been met with - well, traditional results...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can U.S. Baseball Diplomacy Get the Save in Nicaragua? | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

...problem in 2002 was resolved by "winterizing" the locomotives so that snow couldn't get into the engine blocks, Eurostar officials were guardedly optimistic that the same method would fix the problem this time. However, even if the trains do start running again, anger over the fiasco won't melt as quickly as the thinning French snow. (See the worst business deals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Eurostar Breakdown: 'Tis the Season to Be Livid | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

However, King will inherit a union that has watched big contract gains made over the last two generations simply melt away as the auto industry downturn worsened. Union members hired prior to the current downturn continue to make $28 per hour. But when the industry recovers and the Detroit Three will hire new employees, they will only be guaranteed $14 per hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bob King Picked — Not Elected — To Lead UAW | 12/18/2009 | See Source »

Read "Sweet! Swiss Invent a No-Melt, Low-Cal Chocolate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Schools' War Against Chocolate Milk | 12/18/2009 | See Source »

...calendar turns, we'll have to shed some of those pounds, which is why Dr. Sanford Siegel appeared on the Today show on Dec. 14 to tout a mouthwatering diet plan: eat six cookies a day as part of a limited-calorie diet, and watch that extra weight melt away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fad Diets | 12/15/2009 | See Source »

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