They spoke of demands on their children, from excessive amounts of homework, exams and the fact that their off-spring were becoming more demanding.
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.
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Tejada wasn't the only one to sacrifice part of his off-season for more spring training.
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.
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.
And a lot of the so-called shovel-ready projects will actually -- probably see them taper off in the spring.
As part of the drug agreement, testing for hGH will occur during Spring Training, during the off-season, and for reasonable cause.
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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.
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.
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.
Men who are horse- and mule-packers during the spring, summer and early autumn have little or no employment in the off-season.
So for those of us with dim memories of those far-off days, the harrowing early returns of spring training have a familiar ring.
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.
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.
If President Clinton has been playing "rope-a-dope" and is now ready to spring off the ropes, it will give Democrats heart.
I've saved up a number of annoying drills for off-season use that should get my game in tiptop shape come spring.
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
There are spring-water showers across the road from the largest part of the beach so you can rinse off.
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