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...they will again find it undefended: the village is in a U.N.-mandated demilitarized zone, and the nearest armed Iraqi is six miles away. "We may have to defend ourselves," Hamed says, "like the Palestinians, using rocks." But this attempt at a brave face is betrayed by a weak smile and a resigned shrug. "God willing, our army may be able to get here quickly and save us," he says, without conviction. Does he feel safe in Khardeh? "Our safety," he says, "is in God's hands...
...Ming has a personality--and an appealing one at that. Despite his temporary reliance on an interpreter, Yao's English already reveals a sly, self-deprecating sense of humor. He loves Starbucks, computer games, action movies and SUVs, and when his Great Wall of a face cracks a smile, arenas light up. Some 1.3 million NBA fans have already fallen for Yao--selecting him, in the balloting for this Sunday's All-Star game, over the Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal as the Western Conference's starting center. Yao isn't O'Neal's equal on the court...
...turnover of $9 billion a year. So the ICC has drawn up a list of around 100 "undesirables" to keep an eye on. With more than $5 million in prize money available - the winning side gets $2 million - under a battery of TV cameras that capture almost every blink, smile, spit and curse, and now help the umpires make hairline decisions on whether a batsman should be called in or out, the players should have plenty more to think about than match fixing. Once played sedately on the village greens of England and known as the gentlemen's game, cricket...
...have class," Brother Blue bellowed from his front row seat, gesticulating frantically to emphasize his point. "They ask us what class we graduated from, but your graduated from the class of class--summa cum laude!" Leonard flashed yet another broad smile, and the theater echoed with loud applause and cheers...
...hard fought for the first two periods, but in the third, the Crimson finally began to give way. Down a goal, tired and out of breath, the Harvard skaters appeared defeated. As Olympic silver medalist Julie Chu approached center-ice for the face-off, she gave a sly smile to Boston University captain Chrissy Lenahen...