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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Francisco?based tennis researcher John Yandell has used video-capture technology to record the topspin of Nadal's forehand. He found that Nadal's shot rotates at an average of 3,200 times a minute. Andre Agassi, one of the game's great shotmakers, generated 1,900 rotations per minute in his prime, and current world No. 2 Roger Federer, whose forehand is considered among the game's best, generates 2,700. As U.S. Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe has said of Nadal, "His normal safe forehand is the toughest shot in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis: Nadal's New Spin | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...Green’s leading scorers are senior guard Koren Schram and sophomore forward Brittney Smith, who have 12.8 and 12.4 points per game respectively...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Looks for Revenge in Ivy Opener | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...players lead the team with 14.1 and 10.4 points per game respectively...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Looks for Revenge in Ivy Opener | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...During the same session of the National Assembly, government officials announced with pride that the minimum pension, which is what many retired Cubans receive, had risen to the equivalent of $8.33 per month. True, access to health care is free, but the elderly still have to purchase medicines, which are often missing or in short supply in pharmacies and may only be purchased with “convertible pesos”—Cuban currency, equivalent to dollars or euros—used to purchase goods or services at international prices that are quoted also in euro or dollar...

Author: By Jorge I. Domínguez | Title: The Castro Regime at Age 50 | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...Europe's gas supply; about 80% of Russian gas normally flows through Ukraine, and Russia provides 25% of Europe's gas. The latest cuts are the result of a dispute between Russia and Ukraine over the price Ukraine should pay for gas. Russian energy monopoly Gazprom says the per-unit price of $179 that Ukraine pays is a subsidized relic from the Cold War-era and that it is no longer offset by Ukrainian pumping services for Gazprom's clients in Europe. Gazprom wants to raise the price to $450 and also fine Ukraine's national gas company, Naftogaz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Gazprom Diplomacy: Turning Off Europe's Heat | 1/7/2009 | See Source »

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