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...leadoff hitter ever, was elected into the Hall of Fame on Jan. 12 on his first ballot with 94.8 percent of the total vote. The sport's all-time leader in stolen bases and runs scored, Henderson is as well known for his oversized ego and his tendency to refer to himself in the third person as for his undeniable talent. He will be formally inducted into the Hall in Cooperstown, N.Y. on July 26. (See TIME's Top 10 Sports Moments...
Such notes are baffling. They assume that the resistance is an organized army with bases, weapons-storage facilities and organized affiliations. Most people are confused as to who these notes refer to. The Hamas we know is a political, religious and social organization. Most of the population at large is uninvolved in that entity's military activities. (See pictures of life in Gaza under Hamas before the Israeli assault...
...eventually collapsed, but at its height the entrepreneurs were tremendous sources of support to one another, says Ashe. "I'd say that might have been more important than the loans," he recalls. "After they stopped borrowing, a lot of the groups would still meet - to help with bookkeeping, to refer customers to each other." Even if microlending isn't a clear-cut pathway out of poverty - and years of studies have yet to settle that debate - it could still be doing something very useful...
...rover on Mars, the Internet wouldn't be able to process data superfast and GPS navigation would be a fantasy. These clocks are so precise that they literally redefined time: Once tied to the mean solar day, the official measure of a second was changed in 1967 to refer to the duration of more than nine billion periods of radiation between two levels of the cesium 133 atom...
...committee has been named to review staff openings and to determine those that are “critical,” a term used by Smith in a letter last week to refer to positions that FAS is willing to fill and finance as it cuts expenses elsewhere...