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...Before the President's arrival in Moscow to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov complained in a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the President's visits to Latvia and Georgia unnecessarily interfered in Moscow's historic zone of influence. Bush didn't appear to change his script to answer the complaints. Throughout the trip, he tried to balance his enthusiasm for the freedoms and sovereignty of the former Soviet republics with respect for Russia. He praised the Latvians for resisting the Russians, for example, but also called...
...Shawn Haviland, the freshman phenom whose snap-curveball already belonged somewhere beyond the Ivy League, victory always came easy—at least, when his hard breaking stuff had the good sense to find the strike zone...
...bright. But it's also a typical Australian school in at least one way: staff are fed up with some of the parents. Last term, for instance, an infants teacher on car park duty recorded the details of a father who'd stopped in a no-parking zone. The dad charged at him with a raised fist, letting fly with language that kids would never find in their home readers. There was also the parent who couldn't understand why he'd been summoned to discuss his son's progress: "Why is this important?" he fumed. "Why is it important...
...course, there is a downside: Jack FM is a request-free zone for listeners. As a promo recently declared, "Tell us what you think. Just don't tell us what to play." --By Adam Pitluk/Dallas
...dreams of moving on to the varsity. In the absence of tryouts or the chance of stringing together enough at bats to showcase ability, the main motivator is simply the chance to play baseball, and have fun doing it. For while bat speed and command of the strike zone may have eroded, the ability to keep things light in the dugout can still be found in plentiful supply in every JV player...