Word: wintered
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...nation's economic doldrums are going to slow down the national pastime, there's not much evidence of it happening yet. This past season, baseball blasted a home run, scoring a record $6.5 billion in revenues. During the winter off-season, trade rumors and expensive free-agent signings have kept fans hooked. Struggling media outlets still saw fit to send some 370 journalists to Las Vegas to cover the sport's winter meetings, an annual hardball cattle call packed with rumor-hungry execs, scouts and assorted hangers-on, all looking for the next big deal...
...between Los Angeles and Melbourne for $1,078. Book by Jan. 19, 2009, for high-season travel between Jan. 29 and April 30, 2009, or June 9 and Sept. 21, 2009. If you travel between May 1 and June 8, 2009, the start of the southern hemisphere's winter, fares drop about...
...World for Cheap. Expedia is having a winter sale, with hotel discounts of up to 50% off at properties around the world. A four-day trip to Cancun, including airfare and a room at the Gran Melia Resort, starts at just $666 per person. Airfare plus four nights at the W Hotel in New York City starts at $544 per person. Expedia has separate Web pages for people who prefer urban travel and those who like a sunny beach. Book before Feb. 11, 2009. (See 10 things to do in New York City...
...Garhi Khuda Baksh, Bhutto's ancestral village, where she is buried, lines of mourners moved purposively through the winter fog to reach their slain leader's grave. Some sprinkled fistfuls of freshly cut rose petals. Some raised their cupped hands in prayer. Others fiercely beat their heads and chests, performing the matam - a Shi'a ritual to mark mourning. Most wept. (See pictures of Bhutto's village in mourning after her assassination...
...leading Harvard geneticist who spearheaded the Human Genome Project will co-chair the incoming administration’s science and technology advisory council, President-elect Barack Obama announced over the winter break...