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...telling Jody and Ben about this experience, we started piecing the comedy together. Who would possibly hate this more than a failed relief pitcher - they're used to being on the mound, at the center of the whole entire game. They're used to having all that attention and now they're left with a bunch of students who could care less...
...Both your martial arts teacher and your relief pitcher are a little chubby... I've found that there's a perfect ratio of comedy fat that needs to be on the bone, to make things funny...
...governor signs Assembly Bill 900 to "provide critical relief to prison overcrowding" by creating more room and sending some prisoners out of state...
...Dean wasn't alone in his relief. Almost a decade after 3G services were first introduced elsewhere in the world, the Chinese government, which maintains tight control over the country's telecommunications networks, announced on Jan. 7 that China was finally ready to join the party. And despite its late arrival, the debut of 3G, which allows much faster data-transmission speeds and services like Web-surfing and video-streaming, promises to be quite a blowout. Government and private-sector estimates put total probable expenditure on 3G in China - whose 630 million users make up the world's largest group...
...message on foreign policy, if only because the new President's conciliatory tone represents a fresh approach by Washington. Speaking at the high-powered Munich Security Conference this weekend, Vice President Joe Biden sent all the right signals on consultation and cooperation with European allies. But beyond sighs of relief at the changing of the guard, the European leaders at Munich still seemed unsure of what they actually want from Washington on a wide range of global security issues...