Word: tuned
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...road trip gave Harvard an opportunity to tune up for the Ivy League season that begins Friday at the Beren Tennis Center against Cornell...
Loneliness is a running theme among pastors' wives, the piper's tune that drives them online. "What do you think is the No. 1 problem that preachers' wives have?" says Lynne Dugan, author of Heart to Heart with Pastors' Wives. "Friendship. Loneliness. You're surrounded by all these other people in the congregation, and you feel isolated." The Christian support group Focus on the Family concurs: loneliness is the top topic on its hotline for pastors' wives. After all, a PW can hardly discuss marital woes or child-raising tribulations with her husband's flock, and colleagues or other friends...
...early primaries will energize "the fringes of the two parties," leading to more polarization in the political scene. It also denies voters a chance to fully explore the credentials and record of candidates, perhaps an advantage in Texas to candidates like Giuliani whose past stances might not be in tune with some primary voters...
...Royal dedicate slushy ballads to the Socialist Party candidate with titles such as "One Rose, One Campaign, One Woman." Sarkozy - a more polarizing figure - has inspired tributes and tirades in equal measure. Anti-Sarkozy numbers include "S.A.R.K.O." - a comprehensive diss sung to the tune of "D.I.S.C.O." - while supporters sing his praises on ditties such as "Sarko-Oh-Oh" - a track that the UMP candidate liked so much, he posted it on his official campaign site...
...lost its grip on the Japanese soul. Every summer Japan is transfixed by the national high school baseball championship tournament, so passionate that it makes March Madness look like a pickup game at the YMCA. Ratings for local pro games may be low, but millions of Japanese will tune in to Matsuzaka's Red Sox games. If Japanese pro ball can liberalize--perhaps by sharing revenue to add competitive balance--there's no reason it can't recapture Japan. After all, there are some aspects of the Japanese game that the U.S. will never be able to beat. "Seibu Lions...