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...well as dominated the Test scene. As he settled into international cricket in the early '90s, Warne discredited the prevailing view that the only way to rout batting line-ups was to bowl fast at them. With his growing mastery of what had been the dying art of leg-spin, he reminded us that batsmen could be killed softly with archaic weapons like flight, drift and spin. Compatriots of yesteryear wish he'd arrived sooner. "If we'd had Warne," says former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson, "we'd have held our own against the great West Indian sides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twilight of the Gods | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

...bursts but lacks the height, patience, accuracy and cunning to lead an attack the way McGrath has for a decade. After Lee, no one's sure who's next in line. When pace fails for Australia this summer, the skipper will turn to Warne, 37, to try to spin them out of trouble?again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twilight of the Gods | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

...Precision Intervention Technique - is essentially what Bullitt was trying to pull off when he hit the black Charger in the left-rear door. If you bump another car in just the right spot, the car will spin and come safely to a stop. That's the theory, anyhow, and Scott's supervisor gave the go ahead to "take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Hot Pursuit Takes a Deadly Turn | 11/17/2006 | See Source »

...have begun publicly raising the prospect of talking to Iran, but only if Tehran mends its ways and suspends uranium enrichment. Otherwise, both men say, Iran will be isolated. But there's something almost comical about Blair and Bush setting preconditions for a conversation in which, however they might spin it, they're asking for help. Tehran ultimately shares an interest in preventing a breakup of Iraq, but the mayhem currently unfolding there hurts the U.S. and Britain a lot more than it does Iran. On balance, it hardly makes sense to Iran to help the U.S. and Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Iraq-Iran-Israel Dilemma | 11/16/2006 | See Source »

...then hit a pretty fadeaway jumper, came up with a resounding block on the defensive end, added two free throws, and finished the spurt with a bucket after a series of spin moves on the block that tied the score...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Comeback Bid Crushed By BU | 11/15/2006 | See Source »

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