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...Williams has been a stellar, if injury-prone, performer in the years since, blending strength and finesse in a way the game has rarely seen. He became bigger news than ever July 26, when, in the run-in to next month's NRL finals and without a word to anyone at Canterbury, he walked out on his club and sport to sign a new, richer deal with the French rugby union club Toulon. Pursued by Canterbury for breach of contract, Williams, 23, has settled out of court with his former employer and insists his rugby league days are over...
...rugby and rugby league will tell you that Polynesians are naturally suited to the sports. "Oh, they're gifted athletically, there's no doubt about it," says Peter O'Sullivan, recruitment manager for the Sydney Roosters NRL club. "It's not just size. It's balance, footwork, skill and strength." But attributing Polynesians' football prowess to inherent qualities can lead to the quicksand of racial stereotyping. In focusing on the physiques of Maoris and Islanders, it's easy to overlook other, perhaps more important, factors in their growing presence in elite football - motivation, hard work, and early exposure to competition...
...What's more, Plouffe added, the McCain campaign has yet to show any signs that it can match the organizational strength of the Obama campaign - or, for that matter, the muscle that the George Bush campaign put into driving up its voter turnout in 2004. Where the Obama campaign is contacting as many as 10,000 people a night in some states, Plouffe said, "one thing we never run into out there is a John McCain field organization...
...national stage. "It is a decisive signal that the people want and are ready for change and they believe only Anwar can make that change," says Bridget Welsh, a professor of South East Asian politics at Johns Hopkins University. According to Welsh, Anwar's victory could also give strength to demands in the ruling party for Abdullah, the current prime minister who has promised to step down within two years, to resign earlier. "It signals voters have rejected his rudderless leadership," Welsh says. "Most people are eager for Anwar to lead the country...
...Biden's greatest strength is his foreign policy expertise - an area where McCain has consistently beaten Obama in polls. "My thoughts are along the lines of the line in the Jerry McGuire film - 'You complete me," says Karl Inderfurth, an international relations expert at George Washington University. "Obama needed a helping hand from his vice presidential pick on the foreign policy front, the recent Russia-Georgia crisis underscores this. And that's what he will...