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This is not the first time the Bush Administration has pulled an end-around play on the national media. Just before the war, the President held a press conference with preselected questions from preselected reporters; in September, he gave a round of interviews with local journalists, a slap at big-media reporters who weren't playing nice. Now the Bushies gripe that the press is ignoring the good news from Iraq in favor of the bombing of the minute. With a dictator overthrown and schools being rebuilt, why should the press fixate solely on violence and dramatics...
...clubs have already expressed interest, including the free-spending Yankees, who are already paying $6 million a year to last year's Matsui. This year's Matsui is likely to demand a Godzilla-like salary, but win or lose, Japanese baseball has been stripped of another superstar. Can you slap an export quota on shortstops...
...serious is the U.S.-China trade spat? With a U.S. election looming and the American economy making a tentative recovery, it could turn much worse?more for political than economic reasons. Last week, after Washington announced plans to slap quotas on imports of Chinese bras, nightgowns and knitwear, Beijing was quick to fire back. It postponed a delegation that was going to the U.S. to buy commodities, and the U.S. ambassador in Beijing was twice summoned for official chidings. An editorial in the China Daily derided "the cheap political points the Bush Administration scored by touting trade protectionism...
That is, after all, how they scored the game-tying goal. Midway through the second, Pettit moved into the zone in transition, squared to goalie Dan Yacey, and unleashed a patented slap shot. It went only as far as a defender’s shin guards. Luckily for Pettit, the rebound came back his way. His shot fake drew everyone’s attention, and before they could recover, Pettit slid a quick pass to Cavanagh, unmarked on Yacey’s left...
Welch agreed, citing the way Reese recognized Vermont’s penalty kill defense—the Catamounts sagged off of sophomore Charlie Johnson playing in the middle and tried to heavily cover senior forward Tim Pettit to prevent his slap shots from the point...