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...during the three games in Cleveland. Hershiser remembers carrying what he calls a "tool kit" to the mound in freezing temperatures. Since the cold dries out your hands, it's harder for a pitcher to grip the ball. To try to counteract that, Hershiser says he would poor water down his neck, under his uniform, in the dugout between innings. Then while out on the mound, he'd reach a hand under his collar to keep his hands...
...squad plans to use the winter offseason to identify areas needing improvement. “As a team, we need to take practice more seriously,” Shore said. “Once you get into the tournaments, it’s no time to be making poor decision, and that will cost us if we’re not focused.” With those mental challenges in mind, Harvard looks forward to the winter as a chance to regroup and bring renewed focus to the spring season. —Staff writer Robert T. Hamlin...
...have a situation where the governor is not doing enough to keep the state safe,” he said. Patrick, who himself grew up in poverty, is the first black governor of Massachusetts, and promised during his campaign to stand up for the interests of the poor. Whitney M. Louis, 14, who stood nearby during the vigil, said she thought it had been useful. She showed her bag, decorated with three pins, each with the picture of a friend who had been killed. “I’m showing my support,” she said...
...founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto], and he was executed by the army," said 20-year-old student Sheikh Ahad as he waited for her plane to touch down. "Her brothers have been killed. She has sacrificed her family for Pakistan, and now she is sacrificing her own self for the poor of this country. It is only right that we are willing to do the same...
...dollar terms is fairly small: Bush supports a $25 billion expansion of SCHIP, while Democrats insist on a $35 billion increase. And after the beating the G.O.P. has taken in the last month, on Wednesday the President sounded downright conciliatory on the program. "I made clear that if putting poor children first requires more than the 20% increase in funding I proposed, we'll work with Congress to find the money we need," Bush said in his opening remarks at a White House press conference. "I'm confident we can work out our differences and reauthorize SCHIP...