Then the overrated bush-league April sun chokes in front of 59, 000 fans and drops behind the third deck.

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Mr Bush joined the Miami Urban League, a black-led organisation, to finance and run the school in the belief that its emphasis on basic learning and discipline would make it a model for the state.

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And although he has a much better record of getting on with allies than Mr Bush, his scheme for a League of Democracies has plenty of pitfalls.

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Minnetonka, Minnesota, Mayor Karen Anderson, president of the National League of Cities, said the Bush administration is making an earnest effort to supply the needs of local governments in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

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He returned to Texas and with the help of family friends, Bush became part owner and managing partner of major league baseball's Texas Rangers.

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The Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Conference attacked Bush's freedom agenda and indignantly argued that it would be impossible for them to reform their ways for as long as the US maintained its support for Israel - the sole democracy in the region.

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The Clemens verdict marks the end of a series of federal investigations into steroid use among major-league baseball players, which was a priority of President George W. Bush, a former part-owner of baseball's Texas Rangers.

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Sharpton's beef with Bush dates from last Friday in Detroit, when the president went before the National Urban League and sought votes from African-Americans.

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