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Why It Works In both cases, a two-term governor (Arkansas for Huck, California for Reagan) known for his rhetorical gifts runs to the right of a moderate, party-backed candidate. Longtime Reagan strategist Ed Rollins is now Huckabee’s campaign chair and is advising him to use Reagan’s ‘76 strategy as a blueprint for another run in 2012. Why It Doesn’t A flurry of late primary wins got Reagan to within 100 delegates of Ford; Huck trails McCain by some 600 and seems unlikely to close the gap....

China have only played at one World Cup and the current team face an uphill battle to book a berth at the next one, but Feng Tao, chief executive officer of marketing and events firm Shankai, believes fans will flock to Russia regardless. “We are confident we can bring more fans to Russia because of the relationship between Russia and China,” said Feng, whose company has signed an exclusive deal with BH Hospitality to sell travel packages for the tournament to the Chinese market....

title: “Windows Of Opportunity” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-22” author: “Daniel Mcgregor” The new battleground is operating systems. Unlike application programs such as word processors or spreadsheets, operating systems provide the software underpinnings of the computer, controlling basics from the disk drives to the movement of the cursor. The newest operating systems-IBM’s OS/2 2.0 and Microsoft’s Windows 3.1-alter the computer’s screen display to make it easier to use. Apple’s own upgrade contender, System 7....

The Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race started Saturday under light winds and the weather didn’t make for quick progress. Most years the first boats finish on Sunday, but this year the first two finishers didn’t arrive until Monday morning. Organizers say 11 boats still were heading to Mackinac Island when the awards ceremony started Tuesday afternoon. Matthew Schaedler’s Blitzkrieg won the Cove Island Course overall; Ben Gougeon and Alan Gurski’s Adagio won for multihulls on that course; and Al and Bob Declercq’s Flying Buffalo won the Shore Course....

Speaking on a Sports Illustrated podcast after his triumph, Dominic Thiem revealed the full extent of the jitters he experienced in the final. Thiem also shed light on his outlook towards the fourth Major final of his career after having lost the previous three, and how much the final step meant to him. “Way too tight, my arms were heavy” - Dominic Thiem on his nerves during the final Dominic Thiem found himself in a hole at the beginning of the final, as his opponent and first-time Major finalist Alexander Zverev played some assertive tennis to win the first two sets....

In case you didn’t know… During the press conference on Saturday, the Canadian Olympic Committee confirmed that they are aware that an investigation is going on but they did not explain any further. As per reports, the 35-year old is a Canadian is a ski-cross athlete and his manager is aged 42. The heart of the matter “We can confirm that an incident occurred. Until we know the results of the investigation, we’re not going to be able to provide further information at this time,” said an official of the committee....

“[Robert] feels that he needs a change and a new challenge in his career,” the Israeli said. “Robert’s motives are not money or a specific club, because almost all the top clubs would like to have the best striker in the world in their ranks. “Everybody in the club leadership of FC Bayern has had a great playing career. They should understand his situation.” That declaration cannot have gone down well in the corridors of power at the club, where they pride themselves on their ability to steadfastly refuse all offers for players they do not wish to leave....

The 37-year-old javelin thrower won gold at the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games before repeating the feat with a world record effort in the 2016 Rio edition. “I will consider retirement after the Asian Para Games, once I discuss with my family, coaches and friends. The thought has come to my mind as I have been dealing with a shoulder injury for the past one and a half years,” Jhajharia told PTI from Jakarta....

According to The Athletic’s Bill Oram and Sam Amick, Vogel was “coaching for his job” by the time the Lakers’ game with the Jazz tipped off on Monday, Jan. 17. The Lakers suffered a 37-point loss to the Nuggets a couple of days before. Oram and Amick added that “had a scene like that repeated itself against the Jazz, many believed it would have been Vogel’s last game.” Led by LeBron James, the Lakers defeated the Jazz by a final score of 101-95....

Yet will any of them take the world by surprise? Will any show be able to rival Game of Thrones in its prime? The controversial ending aside, the show did provide fans with years of entertainment. It’s too soon to tell for many of these series if they will do the same. And there’s also the question of popularity. Will any show become as popular as the HBO series? It might be possible, yet it doesn’t seem entirely likely....

“Regardless of whether Mr. Barr was in fact aware of or part of the President’s plans, either before, at the time of, or after the July 25, 2019 telephone call, it is clear that Mr. Barr was obligated to recuse himself from any involvement in DOJ’s review of either the whistleblower complaint or the substance of the President’s actions once the President offered Mr. Barr’s services to President Zelensky,” the association said in a statement....

The video was posted on the Daily Show’s Twitter page on Tuesday evening and has so far been viewed more than 50,000 times. The light-hearted mocking video pokes fun at Musk’s eccentric nature in interviews and on social media as well as his many business successes and failures. During the video, Shatner highlights multiple interviews Musk talks about his Tesla car’s full “self-driving technology.” One of Musk’s boldest claims about the future of Autopilot is that it would “reduce accidents by a factor of 10....

The 26-year-old’s future at Emirates Stadium had been the subject of much conjecture throughout the 2017-18 campaign. Arsene Wenger regularly expressed a belief that a product of the club’s academy system would commit to fresh terms , with plenty of talks held in north London. Those discussions eventually led to Wilshere reaching a compromise which suited all parties, with the England international prepared to take a pay cut in order to stay on....

First Quarter: Wrestling contradictions Novak Djokovic hasn’t played a single match since the French Open, so it’s hard to figure out whether he has recovered from his loss to Rafael Nadal in the final. That loss should have left Djokovic punch-drunk, even if it didn’t seem so from his demeanor. After all, despite all of his talk about planning his season around the French Open, he was pipped to the post by Nadal, who stole the Roland Garros trophy and a piece of tennis immortality from right under Djokovic’s nose....

It took less than an hour for qualifier Jana Cepelova to pull the upset, won 6-3, 6-2. Cepelova is from Slovakia and entered Wimbledon No. 124 in world rankings. MORE: Wimbledon images | Recent champions | U.S. winners in Open Era Garbine Muguruza, the giant, and Jana Cepelova, the giant-killer (Getty Images) Cepelova eliminated Simona Halep in 2015; Halep was third seed. She now qualifies as a giant killer....

With Williams, 35, missing the event she’s won seven times while expecting her first child with fiance Alexis Ohanian, it opens up a draw that includes only two former singles champions: Serena’s older sister and five-time Wimbledon champion Venus, who is dealing with a lawsuit in connection with a fatal car crash, and two-time winner Petra Kvitova, however neither is seeded in the single digits for the tournament, based on WTA rankings....

Later, Sharan suffered a loss in the first round of mixed doubles, bringing an end to India’s campaign in mixed doubles at the grasscourt Major. The 44th ranked Sharan had paired up with the 39th ranked Sitak just ahead of the grass season. The two had reached the semi-finals of the Libema Open during the build-up to Wimbledon. They brought a lot of that confidence and resilience after going two sets to love down against the unseeded combine of Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos....

Nadal, who is fresh off a historic 12th French Open title, will hope to get off to a good start on a surface where he hasn’t looked too comfortable over the past few years. Sugita, on the other hand, has had a poor year so far and is ranked as low as 274 in the world. Nadal has an extremely tough road ahead of him, with the likes of Nick Kyrgios and Marin Cilic potentially in his path early on....

Andy Murray makes short work of Brown Up against Dustin Brown of Germany – who has removed Rafael Nadal from Wimbledon in the past, an injury-stricken Andy Murray continued to dominate, winning yet another match in straight sets. After demolishing Sasha Bublik in Round 1, Murray made short work of the tall German ace, winning the match 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 as his tall rival ended up not posing much of a challenge....

Law was found guilty of Level 2 Article 2.7 of the code, relating to “public criticism or inappropriate comment” after addressing the umpires following Kieran Powell’s dismissal in Sunday’s Test defeat to India. The Windies coach admitted the charge on Monday and has now been fined 100 per cent of his match fee and handed three demerit points. As Law had already received one demerit point during the May 2017 Test against Pakistan, he has been banned for two of the five ODI matches against India....