Word: pros
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...always great to hear stories about guys who are going through the same types of things you are,” said Shakir, who is hitting just .162 this season. “It’s good motivation. There are a lot of guys in the pros struggling just like...
...most successful teams are often the most hated as well. It happens most often in the pros--see the Yankees--but occassionally appears in the college ranks as well. Notre Dame has been despised for years for its seemingly neverending football success. For years, Duke fans have been the ringleaders of the most popular fan club in college hoops ABCers: Anybody But Carolina...
...then there's the European Central Bank. At the turn of the year, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's surprise interest rate cuts had market pros expecting Europe's monetary authorities to follow suit. But in his public statements, E.C.B. president Wim Duisenberg has remained unfailingly upbeat about the growth outlook. What's more, February's uptick in prices, which brings euro-zone inflation up to a 2.6% annual rate, gives the E.C.B. plenty of reason to sit on its hands for a little longer. (The central bankers consider inflation above 2% unacceptable.) "They have a view that monetary policy will...
...Chocolat, he plays Shawn Kemp, a 330-pound power forward who struggles with his eating problems and his confinement to the Portland Trail Blazers bench. He also cannot spell the foods he loves so much because, like so many NBA players today, he made the leap to the pros before he finished school. Of course, that was back when he could leap...
...full of liquored-up teens and 20-somethings, you'd expect a little sexual tension. Instead, there's a vibe of intense concentration, almost studiousness, as the guys and girls, many with matching dyed-blond locks, go through the parapara motions between the tables and chairs, while staring at pros like Takeo and his buddy Kio up on stage...