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...there was one lesson learned from the Asian Games held in Doha last December, it was this: the thousand seats allocated to matches of sepak takraw could have been doubled-maybe even tripled-and the crowds would have still filled them. Imagine the speed and precision of volleyball cut with the aerial kicks of soccer at its showiest-set in the intensely combative, close-quarters environment of an indoor court-and you have some idea why this Southeast Asian sport is so visually addictive. Sepak takraw looks like it was devised to a global broadcaster's order. But it originated...
...seen: More than 50,000 people gathered in a central Belgrade square on Sunday night to welcome home Marija Serifovic, the winner of the 2007 Eurovision Song contest. Prior to her arrival from Helsinki, police cleared the 10 mile road from the airport into the city in order to speed her passage, and a banner draped across the City Hall read "Ave Marija...
...narrow miss, the Black and White still gained on the national competition, taking out rival Dartmouth, a squad it had lost to twice already this season. For the heavies, that was a sign of good things to come. “We feel like our boats have been gaining speed over the course of the season,” Golden said. “And I think this weekend showed that.” The lightweight varsity eight had similar misfortunes, finishing fourth, seven seconds behind third-place Georgetown. The crew posted a time of 7:14.1 to the Hoyas?...
...this as motivation,” Aldrich said, “and try to pick up speed as much as we can before IRAs...
...fighting to counterinsurgency and nation-building. More time on the ground means that soldiers have a better grasp of the local complexities and personalities that can determine the outcome of their mission. "With a year deployment you have six months of effective time: three months getting up to speed and three months winding down," says Major Thom Sutton, second in command at Naray. But how much can be asked of troops, many of whom have already served three tours? Even with visible successes, burnout seems to be inevitable. "Fifteen months may be good for the mission," says Sutton...