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...weekend started against Pacific University, a top 30 program. Although the Crimson lost, 4-0, the game was close much of the time, with the Tigers' first run coming off a wild pitch by sophomore Tiffany Whitton. Other than that misstep, Whitton performed well, going five strong innings, scattering three hits, and no earned runs...
Mornings in the mountains tend to dawn bright and clear, while afternoons often bring rain?a weather pattern that compels hikers to start early and pitch their tents before bad weather sets in. From Chilai Ridge the long trek down winds through bamboo forests and the tiny aboriginal settlement of Tianshih. From there, follow a 10-km trail to a logging road that leads to the town of Lushan. It's important to be met at the trail head: the walk down the road to Lushan is daunting. The Chilai Ridge hike takes three days and three nights...
...obvious, to put up a POTUS who scheduled his own SOTU (State of the Union) after just a month in office. But the man did give a heck of a budget sales pitch - much better, a host of skeptics are griping, than the actual budget that accompanied it - and for a week his $1.96 trillion shopping list for 2002 (and the 10-year, $1.6 trillion tax cut that sprouts out of it) did fair battle with the Brothers Rodham for the hearts and minds of news editors across the land. Even if it was barely a draw...
...Echoes of Clinton Bush could have stopped right there, substance-wise, after five minutes. That was the plan, that was the pitch, and if America had tuned out right then, well, certainly this Bush could understand that better than anybody. But he'd gotten the Congress and the Cabinet and a "tax family" and the mayor of Philadelphia together for this, and he'd reserved the air time on all the networks, and he had a presidential-type address to give...
...payoff pitch And then, almost without warning, Bush - or his speechwriter, anyway - hit his showman's stride. Because as soon as he wrapped up again, and closed with "our surpluses are big enough that there is still money left over" - you could feel it coming. Here comes the tax cut, right...