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...greatest passion: cricket. An obsessive fan of the game?Australians call him a "cricket tragic"?it surprised few to hear that Howard holds an opinion on an issue that is the talk of the international cricket fraternity: Is Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, a slow bowler with the uncommon ability to spin a ball like a top, a "chucker"? Howard didn't hesitate: "Yes," he told supporters at a political function in rural Australia last month. Howard had, in effect, labeled the most successful bowler in cricket history and an icon in cricket-mad Sri Lanka, a cheat...
DREAMER IN CHIEF How a genial President with an uncommon touch made Americans believe in themselves again...
...other words, that most uncommon politician, a man of clear conviction who was capable of compromise where necessary and growth where possible, whose ideas were both deeply held and able to evolve as circumstances changed or expediency required. Likewise, the man himself was not so simple, not to mention simpleminded, as his critics held--the "kindly fanatic" in Garry Wills' phrase. He confounded his biographer Edmund Morris, remained opaque even to friends of many years. The notion that he was a second-rate actor who did well with a script continues to be dispelled with the release of his radio...
...locked Department of Mental Health facility,” Lindemann is at root a hospital—unlike other state facilities, it is not located within prison walls. Several involved with the criminal justice system say “escape” from the facility is not uncommon...
...will collect the full amount only if at the end of the three years HP stock has outperformed at least half the companies in the S&P 500. IBM is now granting its top 300 senior executives stock options that are priced 10% above market value, an uncommon practice that makes it harder for execs to cash out. Compensation committees, partly to shield themselves from lawsuits, are also taking a tougher stance, hiring consultants to evaluate employment contracts...