• They spoke of demands on their children, from excessive amounts of homework, exams and the fact that their off-spring were becoming more demanding.

    BBC: Mother and baby

  • Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland have expressed an interest in joining England, Italy, Holland and Belgium in the competition, which would be played in two groups of four with a one-off final in the spring of 2009 and play-off matches for the other positions.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | Non League | Euro Trophy event to be expanded

  • Tejada wasn't the only one to sacrifice part of his off-season for more spring training.

    WSJ: On Time? You're Late

  • Shading myself with an American-style cowboy hat, my backpack full of food and bottled water, I'd set off on a late-spring trudge toward Jerusalem.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Baseball's collective bargaining agreement not only mandates first class jet and travel accommodations for road trips "if practicable"--any exception that has players flying coach must include a minimum of three seats per two players--but also to spring training in February and back to their off-season homes in October.

    FORBES: How To Travel Like The Pros

  • And a lot of the so-called shovel-ready projects will actually -- probably see them taper off in the spring.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • As part of the drug agreement, testing for hGH will occur during Spring Training, during the off-season, and for reasonable cause.

    FORBES: MLB Becomes the First League to Implement HGH Testing

  • The mountain hunt is the culmination of a string of relatively minor incidents with armed groups since Tunisians overthrew the dictatorship of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011, kicking off the pro-democracy uprisings of the Arab Spring around the region.

    NPR: Jihadi Peril Makes Its Way To Tunisia

  • Off-duty Michelin-starred chefs head to a local restaurant (Pane Vino) and Spring Studios, where they shoot Louis Vuitton and Salvatore Ferragamo campaigns, has forged a partnership with the New York creative mega agency, KCD so town cars purr in a backstreet where you used to fear for your hubcaps.

    FORBES: Top Boozers: North London's Five Best Pubs

  • The Coalition Against Fraud--a trade group comprised of major insurers, consumer groups and government agencies--has also seen more fraud cases spring up in the past year, after a drop-off for several years.

    FORBES: Top Health-Insurance Scams

  • Men who are horse- and mule-packers during the spring, summer and early autumn have little or no employment in the off-season.

    ECONOMIST: Indian tribes

  • So for those of us with dim memories of those far-off days, the harrowing early returns of spring training have a familiar ring.

    WSJ: Tim Marchman: The Yanks Aren't in Trouble��Yet

  • Just as Major League Baseball is moving to shake off its steroid cloud under the warmth of spring-training sun, one of its biggest former stars continues to cast a shadow over the sport.

    FORBES: Clemens Case Goes To Justice Department

  • The Blue Sox, who have enjoyed two rare successes at Odsal in the Super League era, threatened to spring another surprise when stand-off Martin Pearson put them in front after only three minutes with a penalty goal kicked from two metres inside the Bradford half.

    BBC: Bulls mock Blue Sox

  • If President Clinton has been playing "rope-a-dope" and is now ready to spring off the ropes, it will give Democrats heart.

    CNN: From Charles Bierbauer

  • I've saved up a number of annoying drills for off-season use that should get my game in tiptop shape come spring.

    WSJ: The Punishment of Winter Workouts | Golf Journal by John Paul Newport

  • Broadway veterans have high hopes for "Peter and the Starcatcher, " a Peter Pan prequel that sold out off-Broadway last year and is set to open on Broadway this spring.

    WSJ: 'Wit,' Starring Cynthia Nixon, Took the Long Road to Broadway

  • When we think of Earth Day, many of us think of good ol' hippies bent on living off the electrical grid, drinking spring water from somewhere and recycling everything -- bottles, shoes and lint maybe.

    CNN: 'The Science Guy' says: 'Save the Earth'

  • In case you have forgotten during the turmoil of what has since transpired, Greece's private-sector lenders agreed in the spring to let the Greek government off around 100bn euros of principal repayments.

    BBC: Greece: Euro exit delayed?

  • Catcher Travis d'Arnaud, the prize of the off-season trade with Toronto that cost the Mets Dickey, hit .343 this spring, providing a tantalizing glimpse at his ability.

    WSJ: The Mets' Crawl Through the Desert Continues

  • With the exception of the late spring, when bad news from Europe caused a brief sell-off, investors have bid up stocks, high-yield bonds, and most other risk assets.

    FORBES: Connect

  • Vicar's son Willett had threatened to spring an upset when he sank a 50-foot eagle putt from off the green at the long 14th to go into the joint lead.

    BBC: Martin Kaymer wins Dunhill Links Championship

  • For spring he delivered clothes that are bound to fly off the racks like half-zip sweaters, knitted henleys, slim swim trunks, and the rugby shirts and tailored cargo pants that have become his signature.

    FORBES: NYFW Day 4: Victoria Beckham, Diane Von Furstenberg, Michael Bastian & Tommy Hilfiger

  • Yeah, that's pretty much it, so we think owners should be able to work off any buyer's remorse in a jiffy with a few uber-satisfying flicks of the spring loaded keyboard.

    ENGADGET: Hands-on with the Sprint Mogul by HTC Mobile

  • In attempting to spring Ireland into life, Humphreys saw his pass intercepted and Mitchell took off down-field and although he was initially stopped by Bowe, the winger regained his balance to dive over for his second try.

    BBC: SPORT | Rugby Union | Internationals | Ireland 14-30 Australia

  • The officials disputed reports the United States was putting off a vote on new sanctions until the spring to maintain support for the U.S.-led coalition on terrorism.

    CNN: U.S. wants new sanctions against Iraq

  • It's no coincidence that when mark-to-market accounting was modified this spring the equity markets, led by financial companies, took off like rockets from their lows.

    FORBES: Capitalism: A True Love Story

  • The 26-year-old Cowgill, batting leadoff after winning the center field job this spring, hit his first career slam off Brad Bach in the seventh to make it 11-2.

    WSJ: Niese, newcomers lead Mets to 11-2 rout of Padres

  • Cowgill, batting leadoff after winning the center field job this spring, hit his first career grand slam off Brad Bach in the seventh to make it 11-2.

    WSJ: Niese, Cowgill lead Mets to 11-2 rout of Padres

  • There are spring-water showers across the road from the largest part of the beach so you can rinse off.

    BBC: Learning to surf in the land of giants

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