• "The FA's record for chief executives is as bad as football's record for managers, " continued Wilkinson, who took caretaker charge of England for a 2-0 defeat by France in February 1999 and again in October 2000 for a World Cup qualifier against Finland.

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  • The Sun Kil Moon version of "Convenient Parking, " from what might be Modest Mouse's best record, 1997's "The Lonesome Crowded West, " definitely gets the song's slow-burn intensity, teasing it out on his acoustic guitar as if over the course of making this record Isaac Brock's high-strung delivery has gotten under Kozelek's skin.

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  • Speaker after speaker contrasted Mr Obama's record of rubbing along with machine politicians in Chicago with Mrs Palin's record of confronting corruption within her own party.

    ECONOMIST: The Republican convention

  • Greenberg is best known for driving in 183 runs in 1937 (one short of Lou Gehrig's American League record), hitting 58 home runs in 1938 (two short of Babe Ruth's record) and twice winning the American League's Most Valuable Player award while playing for the Detroit Tigers.

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  • He smashed the British and European record in Saturday's semi-final with a phenomenal time of 6.42s - breaking Jason Gardener's 10-year-old British record by 0.04s and just 0.03s slower than Maurice Greene's world record.

    BBC: Chambers storms to gold in Turin

  • He spent four years in London, becoming the club's record point's scorer, before returning to the Bulls for the start of the 2008 season.

    BBC: Paul Sykes signs new three-year deal at Bradford

  • It was the Republic's record markman's 30th international goal.

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  • Athletics saw numerous Commonwealth Games records being overcome, from Welsh star Iwan Thomas setting a new 400m mark, and Trinidad and Tobago's Ato Boldon smashing Linford Christie's 100m Games record, to the English sprint team's record-breaking performance in the 4x100 relay.

    BBC: European and Commonwealth gold

  • But the current men's world record has since improved to 9.58 (Usain Bolt), while the women's record is still the 10.49 set by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.

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  • The one loss in Mr. Tebow's record as Denver's starting quarterback this season came in a 45-10 blowout against the Detroit Lions.

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  • The album's opener, "Spanish Village By The Sea, " is the record's sole instrumental track, and the melodic strings that drive it set it apart sonically.

    NPR: The Shys: 'The Hangman'

  • Burke's rich songwriting weaves classic western themes of life and death, honor, and morality throughout the record's narrative songs.

    NPR: Have Gun, Will Travel: 'Blessing And A Curse'

  • With her 59th World Cup win overall, she's just three away from equaling Annemarie Moser Proell's record on the women's side.

    NPR: Vonn Beats Maze To Win World Cup Giant Slalom

  • For me, it's all about his work and the music, and that's where I like to hunt and look for things - what's going on in his lyrics, what's in Bob Dylan's record collection, what's on his bookshelf, what is he listening to?

    NPR: Namecheck: Did Timrod Influence Dylan?

  • The State Department's spokesperson last week, after the ceremonial "let me be clear, " said that there had been no approach on this topic "recently" from any "senior" official of the Egyptian government-an elucidation laden with ambiguity and certain to send chills up the spine of anyone familiar with Abdel Rahman's record and President Morsi's inclinations.

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  • The Daily Record's Scottish sales went below 250, 000, and the Scottish Sun sold fewer than 300, 000.

    BBC: Sharp fall in city evening newspaper sales

  • To hear the Voyager Record's "Greetings from Earth" in each of 55 languages, click the links below.

    FORBES: Greetings From Earth

  • The record's soundscape is rooted in electronic beats and synth sounds, fleshed out with organic string, horn and piano arrangements.

    NPR: Holly Miranda On World Cafe

  • Only Sri Lanka's slow over-rate stopped him having a stab at Don Bradman's record haul in a day's play, 309.

    BBC: Virender Sehwag blitzes Sri Lanka as India pile on runs

  • "George Harrison" is one of the record's slower songs, opting for sparse acoustic guitars and a front porch country twinge.

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  • This record's release has come quickly on the heels of She's Already Gone, a three song EP the band put out.

    NPR: The Shys: 'The Hangman'

  • The record's true strength is its artful tributes to classic westerns, tying the album stylistically and thematically to the wild-west in all its gun-blazing glory.

    NPR: Have Gun, Will Travel: 'Blessing And A Curse'

  • The record's opening track, "Oviedo, " features an accordion drone accompanying Nebeker's doubled vocals, but with orchestration that never takes away from the group's simple, singer-songwriter folk sound.

    NPR: Blind Pilot: 'Oviedo'

  • He can still hit, he can do all the things that he did before, but now that the record's gone, I think that he outlived his usefulness to the Giants.

    NPR: Giants Say Goodbye to Bonds

  • The hope is to go into production next year, and release in 2014, in time for both the 40th anniversary of Aaron's record, and the man's 80th birthday.

    CNN: Baseball legend Hank Aaron getting biopic treatment

  • The new record's release, he continued, meant "that audiences can now enjoy at home a full representation of the film's powerful and emotional version of this great score".

    BBC: Isabelle Allen and Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables

  • If Grant needs a confidence booster ahead of a clash with the grand master he need only cast his eye at Chelsea's record against United under Roman's rule.

    BBC: D-Day for title rivals

  • " There are avant-guitar freakouts, roots-tuggin' jams and gold-spun pastorals like "Rising Red Lung, " where Jeff Tweedy sums up the record's vibe: "I found a fix for the fits.

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  • One of the record's strong suits is the sense that, despite all the time and effort clearly put into crafting such intricate songs, you can't take any of it too seriously.

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