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...Scores of students wore red, white and blue ribbons in protest of the address by Yasin, in which he spoke of the meaning of “jihad” from his point of view as an American Muslim. Yasin’s speech, however, garnered one of the longest rounds of applause of the morning (see related story, page...
...tenure as director of the National Gallery of Art, Brown greatly expanded its collection and the building itself, adding the gallery's angular East Wing. RECOVERING. BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ, 74, Thailand's King, after a hernia operation; in Bangkok. King Bhumibol, on the throne since 1946, is the world's longest reigning monarch. FIRED. RUSSELL MILLS, 57, publisher of the Ottawa Citizen, for publishing articles critical of Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chr?tien and calling for his resignation; in Ottawa. Mills was canned by the CanWest Global Communications Corp., headed by the Asper family, which has donated $161,000 to Chr?tien...
...their final games, both France and Argentina had the ball nearly twice as much as their rivals. The gospel of possession football, preached by coaches everywhere, promises victory to the side that keeps the ball the longest. But this only works when the opposition actually wants the ball. Against France, the Danes didn't: they were happy to let Les Bleus play around for as long as they wanted. And the team that won the "Group of Death," Sweden, had less than 50% possession in each of its first-round games. It isn't about how long you have...
...movies, the inmates would be getting ready to make their escape, or to whip a team of bullying screws. But Siwa has no time for the shenanigans perpetrated by prisoners in films like Victory or The Longest Yard. Guards flank the field, sticks unsheathed. But there are carrots too: inmates are allowed to watch live broadcasts of the real World Cup, provided they don't brawl or gamble...
Controlled fury will be the key to Belmont, at a mile and a half the longest of the Triple Crown races by an eighth of a mile. Once again the speed horses such as Sunday Break and Perfect Drift will be gunning for War Emblem, hoping to grind him down. Bring it on, says Baffert. "Nothing that goes with him up front will be around...