It’s the Swiss finishing school that has prepared hundreds of post-graduate students to lead, manage and litigate world sports. Graduates have later headed campaigns to host soccer‘s World Cup, run Olympic sports federations, and prosecuted landmark cases in international sports law. Known as the FIFA Master course, it has for 20 years been a discreet […]
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That feeling is particularly mobilizing among non-college educated white voters — you know, the kind who helped Mr. Trump win Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania last time around. So, this is a campaign strategy, crafted by a politician with a good sense for the desires of his base. 2. It’s not about the economy, stupid. Mr.
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President Donald Trump’s rally this week in Greenville, North Carolina, was marked by attacks on Democratic lawmakers and racist chants from his supporters. And as Stephen Colbert pointed out, the president’s speech seemed even more disjointed than usual. The “Late Show” host even found the moment in which “Trump’s brain really took a leave of absence”:
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Lodestone, a naturally-occurring iron oxide, was the first persistently magnetic material known to humans. The Han Chinese used it for divining boards 2,200 years ago; ancient Greeks puzzled over why iron was attracted to it; and, Arab merchants placed it in bowls of water to watch the magnet point the way to Mecca. In modern
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Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez may have found a new pinch-hitter in his team’s latest win. Stephen Strasburg showed he can shine in the batter’s box as well as on the mound. Strasburg had a three-run homer among his three hits and set a franchise-record for a pitcher with five RBIs, as the surging Nationals
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Good Friday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ • The selection process for presidential debates has taken place behind closed doors — until now. In a live television spectacle involving cards, boxes and a triple-split-screen, CNN revealed who will face off in the next set of
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Lil Nas X’s record-breaking, genre-smashing hit “Old Town Road” continues to gain fans among some of music’s most legendary artists. Earlier this week, Billboard reported that a remix of “Old Town Road” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus ranked No. 1 on the magazine’s Hot 100 singles chart for the 15th straight week. If the song maintains the top spot
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The airline industry produces a substantial amount of carbon dioxide Flying off somewhere nice this summer? Now feeling guilty? You wouldn’t be alone. The continuing campaign by teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg to get everyone to reduce their carbon emissions has prompted some soul-searching over when, and whether, it
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Microsoft on Thursday reported quarterly profit of $13.2 billion, powered in large part by a steadily growing cloud computing business that the company says now accounts for almost a third of its total revenue. CEO Satya Nadella even said in a call with investors that “our commercial cloud business is the largest in the world,”
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Pinch-hitter Eddie Rosario drove a go-ahead, three-run homer on the first pitch from reliever Yusmeiro Petit in the seventh inning and the Minnesota Twins beat the Oakland Athletics 6-3 Thursday night. With one powerful swing , Rosario produced the first pinch-hit homer of the year for the Twins and helped snap their season-high three-game losing
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