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...people love it, which is one reason cricket authorities have resisted giving them too much of it. For 130 years, the pinnacle of cricket has been the Test match, a five-day examination of skill and nerve. It can be dull at times: even after 30 hours' play the result is occasionally a draw. But it's cricket's best and brightest jewel. Since the 1970s, the sport's guardians have fed the cricket-lite one-day version of the game to its more fickle fans, but it's positively stately compared to Twenty20. The danger of Twenty20's spread...
...current and retired players from various countries. On what will the players draw to find the will to try their hardest? Gratitude, perhaps, for being paid so well? It was only a few years ago that cricket learnt a hard lesson - players engaged in matches of which the result scarcely matters to them are vulnerable to the charms of bookmakers. In this latest unseemly grab for cash, that lesson appears to have been forgotten already...
...other bills while card debt mounts, it is more tempting than ever to say yes. But whereas even a year ago, folks could tap their home equity to pay off credit card bills, declining home values have cut off that safety valve for many consumers. The result: a recent uptick in customer defaults. Meanwhile industry profits have risen from $27.4 billion in 2003 to $40.7 billion in 2007, according to RK Hammer...
...result of Kleisterlee's decision is that two separate divisions supplying retailers--DVD players were churned out by the Consumer Electronics (CE) business, for instance, and electric razors were sold by the Domestic Appliances and Personal Care unit--have been joined into a single Consumer Lifestyle business. Similarly, the Medical Systems division, which developed imaging equipment for hospitals, moved in with another health-care business, one that offered semiprofessional services, like Lifeline, for the home. The combined division is called Healthcare...
...city. “When the developer files, it’s just the beginning.” Public comment period for the project ends March 31. However, Harvard Allston Task Force member Harry Mattison, said he worried that the University’s distance from the process might result in a shortcomings. “I think it’s pretty clear that at some point, Harvard needs to be part of creating a project that is up to its standards,” he said. “Is this going to be a place where Harvard...