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DiMaggio had a career batting average of .325 and still holds the record for a consecutive-game hit streak--56, set in 1941. Little wonder he was among great batters like Hank Aaron and Willie Mays who won the Babe Ruth Sultan of Swat Award, named for his Yankee predecessor...
...turn red in the face at the very mention of Aristide's name, but others are lobbying for his return from exile in South Africa. Préval has said that the constitution allows for Aristide's return, but the reelected President would be far happier if his controversial predecessor stayed put. Because to rebuild Haiti, he needs all of its stakeholders to be focused not on their longstanding conflicts, but instead on their future prospects...
That mild thaw ended not long after Bush labeled Iran a member of the "axis of evil," chilling relations with then President Mohammed Khatami, Ahmadinejad's reform-minded predecessor. But as late as May 2003, the two sides discussed swapping members of the Iranian exile group Mujahedin-e Khalq (M.E.K.) whom the U.S. had detained after the invasion of Iraq for al-Qaeda prisoners held by Iran. But the talks ended after the U.S. received intelligence suggesting Iran's complicity in a terrorist bombing in Saudi Arabia. Former officials like Flynt Leverett, who headed Middle East policy at Bush...
...After McClellan cleaned out his office over the weekend, Snow arrived at his West Wing desk on Monday to find a ceremonial flak jacket holding a chain of secret notes from his predecessor, a tradition going back to Ron Nessen, press secretary to President Gerald R. Ford. Snow's first televised briefing will be Monday...
...Labor leader Kim Beazley will have a difficult job convincing Middle Australia that the government has abandoned them and that his party of the workers is also the champion of the upward mobility. Perhaps he'll flick the switch to envy, like his predecessor Mark Latham. At the very least, Beazley must be hoping the new workplace regime makes life less comfortable for working families by the time the election is called...