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AMERICAN DREAMS: BILL BRADLEY'S NEW STORY FOR AMERICA - ROD AMIS reviews Senator Bradley's latest book, The New American Story, accompanied by the second of our podcast series where TOM PARISH gets an exclusive interview with Bradley.
Austin, TX, USA - 20 May 2007 Austin, TX, USA - When I was first asked to review former Senator, former U.S. Presidential candidate, former basketball star Bill Bradley's latest book, The New American Story (Random House, USA, 2007 - ISBN: 978-1-4000-6507-3), I expected to get the usual press flak review copy. To my surprise, I received a personally autographed copy from the Senator's office at Allen & Company in New York. That says a lot about the man as a public citizen and speaks directly to the issues he outlines in his ambitious blue print for change in the social and political system in the United States.
Senator Bradley makes the point throughout this book, providing copious detail for the wonky among us, that there are seven (7) crucial issues which all Americans share concern about that can reasonably be addressed:
Before going into the meat of this review, for the benefit of our younger readers, here's some background on Senator Bradley himself ...READ MORE
G21 AFRICA: - THE GAME TO COME - STEVE OGAH talks to us about world football (soccer) and the upcoming finals between an Italian and an English team in Athens, Greece this week.
Lagos, NIGERIA - On 23 May 2007, the final match of the champions league will be played in Athens, Greece.The champions league represents the best in European? continental club football (soccer.) The two teams that have made it to the finals are AC Milan of Italy and Liverpool FC of England. On account of history, these are two great soccer teams that deserve to be in the finals. And it promises to be a great game of soccer action if we remembrer that, just two years ago, these two teams met in the final of this competition. So here is my take on the?great game to come.
AC Milan of Italy has an intimidating pedigree in the Italian Serie A.They have a room full of Scudetos[ Italian league trophies] and other soccer trophies including the European Cup.Of course, this is the impulse that drives the team - a rich history of soccer excellence. It is this attribute that has taken Milan so far. ... READ MORE
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