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...Meanwhile, the compartmentalization president did his best to pitch his tattered tent on high ground. "We cannot lose sight of our primary mission, which is to work for the American people," Clinton said in his weekly radio address, solemnly announcing the release of new grants in the war on drugs. A new CNN/Gallup poll reports that Clinton's job approval ratings remain at 60 percent. But as TIME White House correspondent Karen Tumulty points out, Clinton malcontents -- notably disaffected Democrats -- could quickly turn that very separation between Clinton's peccadilloes and his policies into an argument for his resignation. "They...
Unfair though it may be, Zachary's long, successful big-league career boils down to one fat pitch, much the same way Trachsel's threatens...
Finally, the team competition starts. We each get just three minutes onstage. Poetri leads out with Preacher, a soul-stirring pitch against hypocrisy. I'm next. I've never faced a crowd so big. I like it. And they like me. My score of 28.9 pulls us into second place behind New York, where we stay until the last round. Dallas needs a 29.4 to tie. It's not an easy score to get. Backstage we assure one another that we've won second place. Then Dallas sends off a raucous group piece about wanting to be a black...
...many countries, the pitch of chaos Russia reached last week would have produced panic, fury, demonstrations, even riots. The street value of the ruble halved. Banks are tottering and closing, and the Moscow stock market has all but evaporated. The crash has shaken investors and governments around the world. But in Russia, home of the stolid and the depoliticized, the streets are calm and there is no sign of unrest. Russians are nervous and ask one another what is going to happen, but the only visible reaction is at the banks, where the relatively few citizens who trusted other people...
With Tiger Woods mania driving every kid to pick up a set of clubs and hit the links, what better time to take a whack at golf stocks. That's the pitch for a new golf fund, due out this fall, that will invest in equipment, apparel makers and course developers. But before you pull a Big Bertha from your wallet, remember that Asia's woes have been a drag on industry stars like Callaway Golf and Family Golf Centers...