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Other sports stars have re-emerged to save a struggling franchise, like Michael Jordan, who proclaimed his 1995 return to the Chicago Bulls after a failed bid at pro baseball with a two-word press release: "I'm back." The deathless Rocky franchise aside, the "sweet science" seems to specialize in sequels: Muhammad Ali re-entered the ring three years after the New York State Boxing Commission revoked his license for his refusal to fight in Vietnam, while George Foreman, who quit boxing in 1974, became the oldest fighter to win a major heavyweight title 20 years later...
Some background is in order. When the term “health care” was first birthed in the early 20th century, no one could deny that it was two words: literally, care with respect to health. As the phrase spread, however, its two components became more intimately linked; soon, the two-word unit became one word unit—complete with its own entry in the dictionary...
...snow," a Croatian living in London told the Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung. But "in Britain, different measurements apply," the paper added. Another publication from southern Germany, the Badische Zeitung, turned Britain's enduring addiction to wartime jokes back on their old adversary with a simple two-word headline: "London Capitulates...
...Armstrong left cycling in 1996 to battle cancer and returned to win seven consecutive Tour de France titles. Other stars have re-emerged to save a struggling franchise, like Michael Jordan, who proclaimed his 1995 return to the Chicago Bulls after a failed bid at pro baseball with a two-word press release: "I'm back." The deathless Rocky franchise aside, the "sweet science" seems to specialize in sequels: Muhammad Ali re-entered the ring three years after the New York State Boxing Commission revoked his license for refusing to fight in Vietnam, while George Foreman, who quit boxing...
...There are really two ways of thinking about it. The first is what we can do when President Bush is still in office and the second is what I will do once I’m in office,” Clinton said. Much of the discussion focused on the future. Senator Joe Biden (D-Del.) said there is no military solution to the situation in Iraq, arguing that any resolution must be politically-based, and focused on the aftermath of the war. “One must be able to answer a two-word question: then what...