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...wider makeover that he and his handlers have planned for 2009. At the center of these changes is the desire to project a more mature image. Whether that comes from Nadal himself is tough to say. Tennis stars can remain children long into their careers. Many players turn pro in their mid-teens. In the player's lounge at the Paris Masters, top pros in their late teens or early twenties lay around on faux-zebra-skin couches while their managers hustled the phones. The most popular section of the players' restaurant was a wall filled with jars of candy...
This latter practice is now under intense scrutiny. Several big banking firms have announced that their top dogs will get no bonuses this year and that their future compensation will be structured to allow clawbacks of gains from bets that turn bad. It's not yet a sea change, though...
Barack Obama promised during his election campaign that he would pursue a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from Day One of his presidency. The Gaza crisis has now turned that interest into an urgent requirement while making progress even more difficult. Nevertheless, in this crisis, as in the many other challenges the new President will face, there may also be an opportunity, which he can turn to his advantage...
...opportunities, we just didn’t sustain them. We just thought things would eventually turn our way, we did not go out and earn it, whereas Harvard, particularly in the second half, came out and earned everything it got,” he added...
...They controlled the game, controlled the tempo, did the things they had to do,” Skinner said. “We had our opportunities, we just didn’t sustain them. We just thought seems would eventually turn our way, we did not go out and earn it, whereas Harvard, particularly in the second half, came out and earned everything...