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...Taliban is finished," says Atta over a meal of flat bread, apples and qabeli, the traditional mound of rice, mutton, carrots, onions and raisins that is a staple of Afghan cooking. "Only the tourists remain...
...George W. Bush knows how to buck up a country. Last week, after getting intelligence that set off a second high alert, Bush ignored the advice of his Secret Service and traveled to Yankee Stadium for the first home game of the World Series. Alone on the pitcher's mound, not an agent in sight, with thousands rooting for him, he took his own sweet time and delivered a clean strike...
...finished Kim. Catcher Jorge Posada doubled to left. Two pitches later, third baseman Scott Brosius connected with a slider that didn?t slide. He knew immediately that it was gone, raising his arms in triumph. As delirious Yankee fans danced in the stands, several Arizona players ran to the mound to comfort the crushed Kim. Brenly came out and mercifully replaced...
...sure that somebody else out there remembers watching SportsCenter during spring training and picking his or her jaw off the ground after seeing this play. It was a preseason game between the Diamondbacks and the Giants. Randy Johnson was on the mound for the ’Backs, and he threw a fastball that never made it to catcher Rod Barajas’ mitt. Instead, it collided with a dove that just happened to be swooping down past home plate at the time. There was an explosion of feathers and what was left of the bird landed somewhere behind home...
Sunday’s game was just the latest example. Once again, Roger Clemens took the mound for the Yankees and New York prevailed. Once again, one thing had nothing to do with the other...