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When John is stuck in the broiling heat of extended spring training in Arizona, the boredom is palpable. And when he is cut from the roster of the Rookie-level Bristol Sox in June, the hurt is real: “I was frozen. Frozen with all of the emotions [that] were racing through my mind, body, and soul...
...Goal-scoring threats Livingston, sophomore Egen Atkinson and freshman Bret Voith add to the offensive firepower. Junior netminder Jay Connolly, who recorded 15 saves against Brown—a potential second round opponent in the Northern Championships—has been the anchor for the defense all year. The roster, solid from top to bottom, has augmented the team’s confidence. Confidence will be in high demand if the Crimson looks to advance past the semifinals. Last year, Harvard lost to 9-4 to Brown in the semifinals of the Northern Championships. The team has a chance...
...further colorful twist, the lawyer claiming to represent Strachan is an Italian named Giovanni di Stefano. The Guardian newspaper once profiled di Stefano, a personal friend of Saddam Hussein's, describing the Italian's then client roster as "a veritable rogues' gallery of the most notorious criminals of the past few decades." Di Stefano told the Daily Mail newspaper that Strachan denies asking for money for the tape but was offered money for it by the alleged victim's office. According to the Daily Mail, the lawyer said the tape shows "an assistant to a member of the royal family...
...Jaipur Pride network to match travelers with homestays, was astounded when 4,500 people responded to his billboards in 2005. He organized five training seminars. "We covered all the basics: how to clean a toilet and how not to hover," he says, laughing. The 75 homes currently on his roster are priced from $13 to $203 per day. Most are simple, but he has a seventh-generation miniature painter renting out rooms and a house with a private theater and pool...
Late each weekday afternoon, the Pentagon issues a list of all the contracts it has awarded that day. Last Thursday, well down on the roster, was a trio of contracts to three companies for more than $1 billion to buy 2,400 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles for U.S. troops in Iraq. There is no doubt such heavy-duty vehicles are needed. Improvised-explosive devices account for more than half the U.S. fatalities in Iraq; and the characteristic V-shaped hulls of these vehicles are engineered to deflect blasts from roadside bombs away from the troops within. So the push...