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...involved, like a burly rugby breakaway hoping to crunch a small ball carrier if he would only dare to come his side of the ruck. Perky, motor-mouthed Cullen hints at Key's hidden agenda to cut public services and reprise the scorched-earth policies of former financial warriors Roger Douglas and Ruth Richardson; he scoffs when Key claims his tax plan will stop the 600 Kiwis a week heading for "Aussie." Cullen pulls a stream of numbers out of his head to build a picture of stability, progress and the job ahead. Earlier in the day, Cullen outlines...
...underdog Blake will slide into the semifinals. And with a pair of solid but not scary opponents, the 8th-seeded Guillermo Coria, of Argentina, or yet another American underdog, 46th-ranked Robby Ginepri, waiting as potential semifinal foes, a path to the final is clear (though defending champ Roger Federer, who looks like he'll lose his next match at the '11 French Open, lurks on the other side of the draw...
...players-OK, so maybe they?re not the top seeds-are no farther than a drop shot away. The first day session at the Open is a fantastic place to see the amazing skill you need to play at this level, to catch youngsters on the way up-say, Roger Federer in 2000-or watching some familiar names struggle with their games...
...everyone is so relaxed. "We are running dangerously short of oxygen," warns Roger King, chief executive of Britain's Road Haulage Association, which is lobbying the government for a fuel-tax break for truckers. European motorists and airline passengers are also feeling the effect. Moreover, at least some economies are showing signs of incipient inflation. Consumer prices in the U.S. rose 0.5% in July, the biggest rise in three months, and the annual rate of inflation in Britain rose to 2.3% in July, from 2% in June...
...reduces blood flow. Sometimes the other blood vessels that nourish the heart can take up the slack--a situation that's more common than you might think. "We still don't know what to do with patients who have a number of moderate narrowings but no ischemia," says Dr. Roger Blumenthal of Johns Hopkins. "There are no data showing that taking them to the cath lab for stenting or angioplasty affects their outcome...