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When I was young, becoming a major league baseball player seemed like a sure thing. I told anyone willing to listen that I was going to be the next Mike Piazza or Roger Clemens. It was not an unusual dream, and one I am sure I shared with any kid who ever played catch in the backyard with his father. But right around the age of 14, reality sank in: the trek to the big leagues seemed like an insurmountable mountain...
...stretch to think that government-run health care would be satisfactory (some Canadian provinces, for instance, are starting to allow more privatized care), but it flirts with absurdity to suggest that it would in any way affect the public's opinion toward foreign investment in the U.S. Mike Van Winkle Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. Ford Focused In this age of globalization, in which free trade gives the consumer the option to buy the best value in the world marketplace, consumers should give extra points to Ford Motor Co. when purchasing a car [Feb. 6]. Here's an American company that...
...courts and a welcome alternative to the permanent ICC. Compared to the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, which are often criticized for the glacial pace of their prosecutions, "the court in Freetown is progressing faster, for less money and in a more focused way," says Mike McGovern, West Africa project director for the Brussels-based research and lobby group International Crisis Group. "The perception is that they're harder-working." With Taylor now in its hands, the coming months will surely be even busier...
...first of a three-game series, the Dolphins flexed their offensive muscle early on to rout the Crimson. Jacksonville knocked rookie hurler Adam Cole out of the game before he could record the second out of the second inning.After scoring once in the first, the Dolphins struck on a Mike McCallister home run to left field leading off the second, and a Logan James RBI double four batters later chased Cole. Senior Mike Dukovich came on in relief and got the first batter he faced out, but the next seven Jacksonville hitters reached, leading to eight runs...
...DeLay, the Texas republican representative and former House Majority Leader, and his wife, Christine, sat down at their kitchen table in Sugar Land, Texas, on Monday with TIME White House correspondent Mike Allen to explain DeLay's decision not to seek reelection, and to give up his Congressional seat in the next few months. Joining the discussion were his campaign manager, Chris Homan, and his House press secretary, Shannon Flaherty...