Agricultural output was also greatly stimulated by the creation of three-field farming instead of the old Roman practice of two-field farming.

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Thompson said that while most clubs don't work on any specific late-game sequences a soccer equivalent to American football's "two-minute" drill they do have certain practice-field exercises that directly impact the closing minutes.

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This week, one of them even came from his own teammate and regular practice-field victim, the defender Luis Enrique.

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After taking 29 grounders hit at him at third, A-Rod took 66 swings, including several long opposite-field homers, during batting practice.

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After taking 29 grounders hit at him at third base, A-Rod took 66 swings, including several long opposite-field homers, during batting practice.

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The hitter turns on this near-batting practice delivery and drives it into the left-field stands for a game-winning homer.

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Considered the world's most advanced sun-powered plane, the Solar Impulse took off from Moffett Field in Mountain View at first light for a two-hour practice run in advance of a planned multi-city, cross-country tour.

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After thumping Weeraratne for successive fours Cheema then smashed the slow left-armer Jayasuriya over the clubhouse and onto the practice field.

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He was beginning a new four-year contract when he was escorted off a practice field in August, a few days after he returned his malfunctioning phone to the school.

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Forty-five minutes into practice, the top eight head blows on the field measured 82 gs, 79 gs, 75 gs, 79 gs, 67 gs, 60 gs, 57 gs, and 53 gs.

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