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...host Austria, hanging by a thread, will have to overcome Germany to reach the knockout phase. The Austrians might take notes on how the Croats fashioned their decisive win over the favored Germans: by completely clogging the gears of the German passing machine. Germany center midfielder Michael Ballack spent the day spewing misdirected passes all over the pitch, never quite finding Mario Gomez or Miroslav Klose. Croatia's leprechaun middleman Luka Modric, in the meantime, was dancing around the pitch with the ball, often picking out Ivica Olic, who scored the second goal when a deflected shot from the right...
...common thread running through these proposals is work. In America, it's supposed to be enough. Most of the people I've met don?t need an economist to tell them that hard work isn't paying these days. You see it in their faces: the pride that comes from work and that panic about what tomorrow might bring...
Later, when interviewed by the police, some survivors said they understood this behavior. At some point, they too had felt an overwhelming urge to stop moving. They only snapped out of the stupor, they said, by thinking of their loved ones, especially their children - a common thread in the stories of survivors of all kinds of disasters...
...wrote terrific research papers and that he would teach the class again because there is even more to find. Then, he said, it would call for a response from University leadership, as having support would accelerate further analysis. Knowledge of the roots of this institution and the legacies that thread throughout its history can only be valuable to have. It is commendable that individuals have taken an interest in this sort of research, and we hope it continues on a self-motivated track. It says even more that these forays into the depths of history come from genuinely curious students...
...Worth said that the answers range from “economic development to raising the standard of education to improving the role and status of women in society,” but the common thread is where these students want...