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...With drought conditions and wildfires already consuming homes and forests in 10 states, it's clear that campfires are inadvisable this year. Instead, consider singing around these matchless alternatives...
...while contorting like pretzels. It is the fourth inning of a recent game against the Oakland Athletics. Lefthander Barry Zito, winner of nine straight games, is on the mound for the A's. As he prepares to step in, Ichiro betrays no awareness that he's enduring his longest drought?0 for 13?of the season. No, as always, Ichiro spends his time running through at least six different stretches. "Same thing every time," says Mariners outfielder Charles Gipson. "He never gets out of the zone...
Such are the minor tragedies that can accompany a superbly successful season. By regaining the Ivy League title this season after a two-year drought, the Crimson once again reached the point where a trip to NCAAs could be considered ultimately unsatisfying...
...senior leadership on the team has to take responsibility for the drought,” Bookman said. “Despite the injuries and other circumstances, our veterans had to step up and provide leadership during that stretch...
...been almost a quarter of a century since the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an affirmative-action case about college admissions--but the University of Michigan Law School may break the drought. Last week a bitterly divided federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 5 to 4 in favor of the school's race-conscious admissions policy. Lawyers for Barbara Grutter, a white woman whose Michigan application was rejected, are already working on her appeal. "It's time for the Supreme Court to weigh in and explain better what the law is in this area," says Terence Pell...