Tick-tock, tick tock, Missions are on the clock
At Wolff Stadium, the outfield clock initially was installed on the batter's eye — a solid-colored screen beyond the center field wall that serves as a visual backdrop for hitters — creating a distraction. The first night it was used, it became such ...
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May 25, 2015
Eccentric celebrity put Tacoma in the spotlight 125 years ago
The around-the-world journey was a marriage of convenience for Train and The Ledger's editor, R.F. Radebaugh. The newspaper stood to gain "Whoop! yelled the waiting thousands as the train bearing the great, the only Citizen George Francis Train ...
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March 18, 2015
Conquistador of Metroland
To a man known to work 18-hour days—getting up at five o'clock to cycle 12 miles in his knickerbockers—the locals could seem lazy. . But it does not mention the man who ensured that the station, along with the suburb that blossomed around it, got ...
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December 17, 2014
Bulls hold off Pacers, win 7th straight
a dunk to beat the halftime clock. Rose and Butler attacking the basket and the boards combined early in the third quarter to push the Bulls out to an 18-point lead. Gasol lent some steady all around play and with Mike Dunleavy on the boards and ...
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December 29, 2014
How the Pistons formed 'a f-cking wall' to defend the Spurs' final shot
A private moment between a head coach and his team quickly became Internet lore after cameras captured Stan Van Gundy telling the Detroit Pistons "we just form a fucking wall" in the final moments of Tuesday's shocking win in San Antonio. it's ...
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January 7, 2015
Remembering the Berlin Wall
“DIE Mauer muss weg!” (“Away with the wall!”) shouted the hundreds of thousands of East Berliners who demonstrated in October and November 1989 against East Germany's fading communist regime. Their hopes were realised on November 9th as one ...
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November 13, 2014
Why is everyone so busy?
THE predictions sounded like promises: in the future, working hours would be short and vacations long. “Our grandchildren”, reckoned John Maynard Keynes in 1930, would work around “three hours a day”—and probably only by choice. Economic progress ...
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December 17, 2014
Morning tip: Wizards sacrifice again for Kevin Durant
The responsibility for this now will rest on the shoulders of John Wall ... is now on the clock at small forward, unless someone else is acquired this summer. Kelly Oubre, the Wizards' first-round draft pick last week, will be given time to learn but ...
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July 2, 2015
What's new at NJMP; Stay well, county library; Second Friday in Bivalve; BEN Column, July 2, first update
Two o'clock in the morning is the perfect time for a thunderstorm unless you're working the ... New this year, NJMP will host the final round of the KTM RC 390 Cup, a new class open to riders age 14-22. The premier series will be the Superbike class ...
Alice in Wonderland is arts festival centrepiece
On the other hand, she really enjoys her time in Wonderland, and doesn’t want to go back to her normal life, being told what to do.” At this point, I notice something distinctly creepy. The clock on a nearby MCS staff room wall is whirling round at ...
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July 2, 2015
Complete Breakdown of the Phil Kessel Trade
That doesn't do Pittsburgh any good with the clock ticking on Crosby and Malkin's prime. Pittsburgh drafted Daniel Sprong in the second round this year and he is ... superstar winger in seven years. The last time was 2008 with Marian Hossa.
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July 1, 2015
Tracking ragas
A historical clock ... time and you will come across names like Trinity Club, Laxmi Baug and Brahman Sabha, the venues where some of the most scintillating music was heard. At Studio X, this swathe of the city is charted in a map that covers one entire wall.
www.punemirror.in
July 1, 2015
Reader's Page: The Round Up – Catching 310
It’s time for a rest. After a short break we form up for the push to the next set of pens, a couple of miles away. The cows have settled down but two bulls begin to fight for breeding rights. It’s nearing 10 o’clock and we have to get the cows up the ...
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June 30, 2015
Donald Trump's Announcement Speech Redux
Even the pros have a hard time covering them all. But full diaries could be written ... I wouldn't be surprised if GOP operatives are working round the clock to get him to bow out as soon as possible. Neither would The Trump, I assume, as he employs ...
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July 1, 2015