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...Freshmen sometimes wear down,” Brown says. “He’s bigger, stronger. Hopefully [he will] hit the ball out of the park a few more times. And hopefully that’ll help him. He’s put on all positive weight. It’s all muscle strength and everything. So hopefully that’ll help him maintain it throughout the season...
...girls show excitement to step in and step up, right from the start.From the accounts of her teammates, Hayley Bock may have the most firepower to put that excitement into action.“Hayley is a huge hitter,” Vertovez says, “She can park that ball.”Bock appreciates the praise but also recognizes the strengths each freshman brings to the table are comparable to her own.“It’s great they think of me as the big hitter,” Bock says...
...Attendees dressed the part. Brokeback Mountain writer Larry McMurtry picked up his best adapted screenplay Oscar in jeans and cowboy books. The Wallace & Gromit directors Nick Park and Steve Box accepted for best animated feature in cartoonish Paul Smith bow-ties. Presenter King Kong?s Naomi Watts wore a distressed Givenchy gown that looked straight from Skull Island. Fortunately, Best Actress nominee Felicity Huffman left her Transamerica look at home, choosing a low-cut gown that proves she?s all woman...
...acquisition is emblematic of a Middle Eastern merchant state on the rise, one that aspires to be much more than an amusement park for jet-setters. Run since 1995 by a press-shy crown prince, Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who became emir this year (Sheik Mo, to finance types), Dubai has established a network of holding companies, funds and corporations with more than $15 billion in overseas investments and a domestic goal of turning Dubai into a hub for everything from financial services to biotechnology. Call it Dubai Inc., a conglomerate with Sheik...
...annual clip and diversifying well beyond oil (which accounts for just about 6% of GDP). Dubai's ports and free-trade zones bustle. The government has built high-tech centers, including Dubai Media City and Dubai Internet City, attracting companies from Microsoft to IBM. A research park called DuBiotech is luring drug companies. The Dubai International Financial Center, a "financial free zone," aims to lead the region's securities exchanges, although there will be plenty of competition for that honor...