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Swing and myth: Baseball, superstitions mesh like hand and glove.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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Byline: Jeff Guinn
ARLINGTON, Texas _ Around 1840, on a sunny afternoon in or around New York City, the first baseball game was probably played.
Not long after that, some player decided it was bad luck to step on the chalk foul lines.
Which is why, circa 2003, when outfielder Doug Glanville "deliberately" steps on the foul line running to and from the dugout between innings, he's observing a personal superstition and flouting one of baseball's oldest at the same time.
"I step on the line because I was always told you're not supposed to," ...
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Amu Darya Basin: Afghanistan Readies First Upstream Tender.
Newspaper article from: NEFTE Compass
; ...International Development as a senior energy adviser to the Afghan Ministry of Mines and Industries. The blocks lie in the Amu Darya Basin, a prolific, predominantly gas-producing basin that extends into neighboring Iran and Uzbekistan, and are on...
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Ukrainian President to attend opening of railway bridge across Amu Darya river.
News Wire article from: Times of Central Asia
; ...this year. During the official visit he will participate in the ceremony of commissioning of a railway bridge across Amu Darya river, which is being built by Ukrainian specialists. This was agreed by the heads of Turkmenistan and Ukraine during...
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AMU DARYA GAS CONNECTED WITH SINO-CENTRAL ASIA PIPELINE
News Wire article from: AsiaInfo Services
; AsiaInfo Services 08-11-2009 Amu Darya Gas Connected with Sino-Central...The outside pipeline of the Amu Darya gas project in Turkmenistan has just...As the major gas resource, the Amu Darya gas project will send its gas to...
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TURKMENISTAN FINISHES RAILWAY BRIDGE ACROSS AMU DARYA RIVER.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News
; ...bridge "Atamurat - Kerkichi" across Amu Darya river has been completed in the east...development of the right bank of Amu Darya river which contains enormous reserves...grand engineering facility across Amu Darya river will play an important role...
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Turkmenistan completes construction of railway bridge across Amu Darya river.
News Wire article from: Times of Central Asia
; ...bridge "Atamurat - Kerkichi" across Amu Darya river was completed in the east of...development of the right bank of Amu Darya river which contains enormous reserves...grand engineering facility across Amu Darya river will play an important role...
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K.Bakiyev suggested directing funds for restoration works in Amu Darya and Syr-Darya basins.
News Wire article from: Times of Central Asia
; ...directing funds of International Aral Sea Rescue Fund (ASRF) for restoration works in the delta zone of the rivers Amu Darya and Syr Darya. The President of Kyrgyzstan stated during the summit of the leaders of the states - founders of the International...
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Dike built to revive Aral Sea; Soviet-era policies turned world's third-largest lake into saline hazard.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: WESTERN ASIA)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...irrigation water be tapped from the Amu Darya River in the south and the Syr Darya...Uzbeks irrigate their cotton from the Amu Darya, the larger of the two rivers...some years, if it rains - by the Amu Darya. Today, workers in Kokaral are...
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Central Asia's Dead Sea.
Magazine article from: Harvard International Review
; ...diverted the courses of the Amu Syr and Amu Darya rivers, the Aral Sea's two main...for irrigation. The Syr Darya and Amu Darya both originate in the Himalayas...accused Tajikistan of polluting the Amu Darya before it passes the border in order...
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TURKMENISTAN - The Gas Sector
Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends
; ...s largest gas fields are in the Amu Darya Basin, one of the most prolific...border. Other major gas fields in the Amu Darya Basin include Gagarin and Yelkui...major gas field on the right bank of Amu Darya River, is to be developed as well...
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TURKMENISTAN - The Gas Sector.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends
; ...s largest gas fields are in the Amu Darya Basin, one of the most prolific...border. Other major gas fields in the Amu Darya Basin include Gagarin and Yelkui...major gas field on the right bank of Amu Darya River, is being developed. Karabogazgol...
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