Word: solheim
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...take advantage of the improving climate, the LPGA is trying to get more control of its destiny. Bivens has upgraded tournament courses and involved the LPGA in the television production of events. In addition to the Solheim Cup, a team competition in which top Europeans take on top Americans, the LPGA owns and operates the year-end ADT Championship. There it can control the fan experience, like having more player interaction, and set broadcast agendas with a focus on player vignettes. By running tournaments, as opposed to licensing them, the LPGA earns money from ticket sales, food and merchandise...
...abducting and executing civilians thought to support Tamil nationalism. Both sides accuse the other, explaining any killings carried out by their side of the divide as forgivable retaliation. The violence over the winter prompted the new international effort to prevent a lurch back into all-out war. But Erik Solheim, Norway's International Development Minister and the chief mediator in the conflict, warns that the Geneva talks are unlikely to produce quick results. Sri Lanka, he says, won't be "sorted out in a few months...
...going from bad to worse." ERIK SOLHEIM, Norwegian Minister of International Development, on threats facing an Oslo-brokered 2002 cease-fire in Sri Lanka. Escalating violence has claimed the lives of more than 40 government soldiers and a legislator in the past month...
...constructive approach." In Dallas, Anderson insisted that unless Robinson's election is retracted, "We split." Then he asserted that even in the face of a demand by the primates, such a retraction "is as likely as daisies growing in the Arctic Circle." (ECUSA spokesman James Solheim confirmed this, insisting, "[Robinson] will be consecrated.") So whatever the primates decide, the coming years may be grim indeed. Opinions differ on how much of the U.S. church might depart if a schism occurs - Anderson estimates 30% and liberals describe "a militant fringe." But any exodus is likely to spark dozens of lawsuits...
...17th green to celebrate what turned out to be the winning putt, even though Spain's José María Olazábal hadn't yet played his. It's not a Europe-as-one spirit either - though the Ryder Cup and its women's counterpart, the Solheim Cup, are two of the only sporting events that feature a Team Europe. "But I guess as Europe does come together more and more, it's easier to play for it," says Fasth. The Europeans are driven by something much more basic. "It's pride," says Clarke. "We just want...