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...Chris and I cleared a decent amount of space between the couch and the TV-the need for playing room cannot be overstated. We selected Tennis for two players. The TV's wide screen split into two frames, one for each side of the court. I tossed the ball in the air with a tap of a button, then swung my arm. A perfect serve. Chris returned the serve with a flick of his wrist, then I swung again. Early clumsiness fast became aggressive, aerobic, precise gesticulation. You develop a forehand, a backhand, even an overhead smash, just like...
...Also, widescreen HDTVs are much better for split-screen two-person gaming, though paradoxically the Wii's video is only standard definition. For Wii Sports, this doesn't matter much, but it's a shame that Zelda and other visual titles don't get the high-definition treatment they deserve...
...tension between the realist and idealist approach has long split the Republican Party between traditional conservatives and neocons. That will play itself out in the campaign of John McCain. On one shoulder, he has his close friends from the realist camp, such as Kissinger, Powell and Robert Zoellick. Perched on the other shoulder are more crusading neocons and "national greatness" theorists led by William Kristol, whose father Irving helped provide the intellectual underpinnings for a morality-based foreign policy a generation...
...Premier in 1974, Ecevit held the position four more times over the next 30 years. A left-leaning nationalist, Ecevit's reforms at home were overshadowed by his hawkish foreign policy. Despite international opposition, Ecevit ordered Turkish troops into Cyprus in 1974 following a Greek-backed coup. His intervention split the island in two, and led to decades of deadlock with Greece...
...Harvard women’s volleyball team closed out its 2006 season with a split on the road this weekend, sweeping Brown, 3-0, and losing to Yale by the same score in matches that showed the extent to which the team had meshed throughout the year.The Crimson (11-14, 5-9 Ivy) finished sixth in the Ivy League, undershooting high expectations heaped on it at the beginning of the year but showing a marked improvement over last year’s winless record in league play.Despite the tough loss to Yale, the team’s spirits were generally...