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...languages," says Julian Casanova, professor of Spanish history at the University of Zaragoza. "Whenever one person takes out a flag, someone else brings out a different one. It's the same with national anthems." Casanova suspects that political interests, more than sporting ones, lie behind the effort to pin words to melodies. "Whether it's the national anthem, or the PP's efforts to get everyone to display the flag, it's manipulation," he says, referring to the recent call by PP leader Mariano Rajoy for Spaniards to display the Spanish flag on October 12, a national holiday which commemorates...
...with eight shots more than first-place Yale and one shot less than third-place Rollins College. Coach Kevin Rhoads chalked Yale’s success up to home-field advantage under particularly difficult conditions. Wind complicated the course’s already tricky greens and narrow fairways. Challenging pin positions compounded the difficulties created by Yale’s undulating greens. Rhoads noted the challenges, calling this course his favorite, and said that “getting the approach shot close and managing a low putting total” was the name of the game. Harvard?...
...Crimson tallied six sacks for 43 yards on opening day, but this year it wasn’t until an important fourth down for the Crusaders—later made moot when Holy Cross scored on its next drive—that junior linebacker Glenn Dorris broke free to pin the elusive Randolph nine yards behind the line of scrimmage. “They do a very good job of running some hot routes with some blitzes, and [Randolph] does a really good job of getting the ball off,” Dorris said. “It?...
...McCain's veterans from the back of the stage steps over. He has an electronic pin on his lapel that scrolls "McCain: NO SURRENDER" in red LED lights. He knows exactly what Lemelin is talking about, he says. "The problem for the troops," he declares, "their bad morale is because they're receiving two messages. The Democrats are calling them defeated! There's a lack of bipartisan support...
...easy one. Roddick's critics accused her ethics-over-profits stance of being nothing more than a marketing gimmick. And the one-time Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year had an uncomfortable relationship with the whole business of big business: she once referred to financiers as "dinosaurs in pin-stripes...