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During the 2004 season and the winter conditioning that followed, the identity of Fitzpatrick’s successor was far from settled. Nevertheless, said offensive coordinator Dave Cecchini, “it was going to be definitely those two guys competing...
...lifelong Red Sox fan who grew up in the shadow of Fenway, turned down a chance to join his favorite team after being selected in the 39th round of the 2004 draft, a decision he would later regret. After an injury-plagued junior campaign in which his numbers nevertheless recovered during a white hot April and May, Farkes went undrafted in June. He signed with the Red Sox as a free agent in July...
...progress it has made in improving its energy efficiency. Since 1973, Japan's oil intensity ratio?a measure of the amount of oil consumed as a proportion of economic output?has fallen by 83%, well in excess of the 50% decline experienced by the U.S. over the same period. Nevertheless, with China now Japan's largest export market, any weakening in Chinese economic growth traceable to the energy shock could do real damage to the nascent recovery in the Japanese economy...
...Firouz does not believe the pullout will boost Israel's security. "There'll be Palestinian gang-wars over the evacuated territory. The Israelis will then return to Gaza." Nevertheless, Firouz - the last of Dugit's settlers to leave - found a ray of sunshine in his bleak day. That morning, when the Israeli soldiers handed him his evacuation notice, they also offered to assist with the move. "They helped me dig out all the trees from my garden and plant them in my new home. Their troops, their trucks and their tractors were all at my service, awaiting my orders...
Fifty really does have a fascinating rags-to-riches story to tell here, and he describes his time in different drug rehabilitation programs with great honesty and humor. Nevertheless, this book is not as rich as The Autobiography of Malcolm X or Makes Me Wanna Holler, two important works by black men who, like 50, learned that it’s not possible to serve your purpose in life when you are stuck behind bars. 50 is filled with the same rage and distrust of authority as were Malcolm X and Nathan McCall. But he is hesitant to write what...