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...with [Bill] Clinton. [Laughs] I was about 70 when I voted for the first time, but I've been voting every election since. But I wasn't a big voter. I was into my charity work, I run all these charities and I'm on the board of a ton of other charities, but I didn't start that until later...
Google Trends, which tracks the volume of internet searches, reveals a dramatic spike over the last quarter in searches for “rice price.” This surge in interest comes with cause: last week, industrial market prices for rice soared to US$1,000 a ton, up from $360 a ton at the start of 2007—a colossal leap, of proportions unheard of since the OPEC oil squeeze of the 1970s...
...less than a minute to play in the period. The fourth period held more of the same, though the Crusaders were able to pump in three more to make for their six goal total. Duboe completed his hat trick with 6:55 remaining.“I took a ton of shots,” Duboe said after taking 13 shots on the day. “I didn’t shoot particularly well and I could have moved the ball a little more. My goals came on shots I considered lucky to drop. In my personal game...
...Back in 2001, when Claudio Del Vecchio, the son of an Italian eyeglasses magnate, was thinking about buying Brooks Brothers from the British retailer Marks & Spencer, the sales pitch included a familiar refrain: a new owner could close the Queens, N.Y., tie factory, move manufacturing overseas and save a ton of money. DelVecchio did buy the company, but he didn't close the factory. Instead, he plowed millions of dollars into improving it. Now every single Brooks tie, whether sold in Detroit, Milan or Dubai, starts there. "Of course we could go to China and make a tie much less...
...paid much to get in here in the first place. - O'Hara hits one sharply to right but it's tracked down. - Pinch hitter Chris Rouches in. A part of the logjam at first base, Rouches doesn't play much, but he's a great athlete and has a ton of raw power. Of course, raw power doesn't mean much if you don't hit the ball, and Rouces strikes out. - O'Neill goes down on an ugly swing...