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...insurance behemoth agreed to pay to slap its logo on the club jersey for four years - more than 50% higher than the amount previously paid to sponsor the club by cell-phone operator Vodafone. When one shareholder wondered why AIG would spend so much on the U.K., a relatively modest part of its empire, ceo Martin Sullivan explained: "I am not buying the U.K. I am buying Asia." The Premiership's triple play - losing the hooligans, luring big money at home, expanding overseas - has made it the envy of other sports leagues. In the 2005-06 season, estimated revenue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Goal Rush | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...aboard one of three ships that would land at Jamestown, one passenger seemed to grate on the rest like a splintered oar. He was a stocky, sawed-off stub of a man; a seasoned war fighter with a valiant past he seldom tired of highlighting; an unconscionable braggart of modest means who resented the blue bloods among the group; a bigmouthed know-it-all with a sanctimonious air and little or no regard for decorum. His name was John Smith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Captain John Smith | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...Don’t be modest, where did that nickname come from...

Author: By Kate E. Cetrulo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Jadakiss | 4/25/2007 | See Source »

...even today observers in Portsmouth's Prescott Park saw a glimpse of the error screen the campaign currently faces. A modest crowd ("Oh, yeah, I've seen a lot more," said a local connoisseur) milled about while a speaker from a veterans' group tried to gin up some excitement with sheer volume: "Mah-CAIN! Mah-Cain!" he thundered. "We want McCain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can McCain Kick-Start His Campaign? | 4/25/2007 | See Source »

...fair examination of the Court’s stance reveals it to be a modest one, which overturns no precedents, poses no threat to Roe, and will have minimal effects on abortion practices in the United States...

Author: By Nikhil G. Mathews | Title: Abortionists Crying Wolf | 4/24/2007 | See Source »

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