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...conflict. Some Burma watchers talk of a split between the regime's hard-liners and moderates, a wishful hypothesis that essentially boils down to two people. The so-called moderate is the ageless, reptilian Khin Nyunt, the newly fashioned "Prime Minister General," who is always conspicuously equipped with a sidearm during official visits, even to kindergartens. His rival is Than Shwe, the top general and archetypal hard-liner. To encourage unity, the Burmese military has always promoted loyalty before brains, and Than Shwe is the result. He is even the thinly disguised butt of a joke in a popular Burmese...
...look at it, Eckersley was not a typical pitcher. Throughout his career with the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Oakland A’s and St. Louis Cardinals, the kid from California known as the Eck utilized his trademark sidearm delivery to deceive hitters. Eckersley’s long black hair always hung out the back of his cap, and he would routinely pump his fist in jubilation after completing one of his 2,401 career strikeouts...
Jessen Grant, who befuddled the Crimson hitters all afternoon with his sidearm delivery, closed out his complete game by sending Harvard down 1-2-3 in the ninth...
...safety of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Yasser Arafat. As a result of Israel’s occupation of his headquarters in Ramallah, Arafat has been isolated on a single floor, at times without electricity. The photograph of Arafat, sitting in the dark, with cell phone in hand and sidearm on the desk before him, makes one wonder if perhaps the stalwart leader of the Palestinian national movement hasn’t finally backed himself into a corner from which no escape is possible. On the heels of his plea for help, however, the rest of the world has raced...
Birtwell made the most of an unorthodox sidearm delivery. He went 2-3 with a 3.31 ERA in conference play and 4-5 with a 2.72 ERA overall. He was selected to his second First Team...