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...league has successfully groomed a number of homegrown stars who have jumped ship to Europe when their careers took off. When will the league reach the point at which players view it not as a stepping stone, but as a place to play for the duration of their careers...
...think when we reach that point, we'll have established ourselves as the major league that we hope it will one day be-that is, competitive with other major soccer leagues around the world. We reach that point when we have the economic foundation, when we have the fan base, and we have further evolution of the American consumer. That's our goal: to be the destination point not just for soccer fans in this country, but for [U.S.] soccer players. We've not yet fully achieved that...
...with Alexander the Last, Swanberg and IFC Films set out to see if they could bridge this gulf. Under the old model, Swanberg would have taken the film to festivals to drum up interest among distributors and then waited a year or longer for a theatrical campaign to reach major cities. A few months later, the DVD would hit shelves in smaller markets. But with Alexander the Last, which opened in every major market via Festival Direct at midnight on Saturday - along with four other South by Southwest titles - Swanberg says he's eliminated the window between his festival screening...
...back to pristine form.While the team would kick 1000 yards for practice, coach Morawski would only allow Mills to swim 400 yards so that she wouldn’t overexert the fragile joint.Morawski knew it was tough for such a competitive athlete to take baby steps to reach the level she wanted, but the coach felt Mills was taking the right steps in the right direction.“She never pushed it too far, she was very careful,” Morawski commented. “We would always check in on her and [the trainers] would...
Despite all those issues, it is still possible that a climate bill could reach the legislative finish line before health care. There is a broad consensus on Capitol Hill that something needs to be done, and Republicans like John McCain and Lindsey Graham are anxious to get a bill passed this year. And while the Administration has not held an energy summit as it did for health care, Obama has had an easier time hiring and confirming staff on the environmental front than on the economy or health-care fronts. For example, Obama's special adviser for green jobs...