Euro zone loses patience with Greece - Reuters

By Jan Strupczewski | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers told Greece on Saturday it could not go ahead with an agreed deal to restructure privately-held debt until it guaranteed it would implement reforms needed to secure a second ...
Theo Epstein needs time to break Cubs' 104-year-old World Series curse

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Social media abuzz with Bashara murder case

By Mitch Hotts “Grosse Pointe murder” was among the topics trending on Twitter last week, referring to the brutal attack on Jane Bashara, the 56-year-old business executive and mother of two who was strangled in her garage and her body found six miles ...
Struggling Bobcats say patience key to the future as team mired in 10-game losing streak

That's why Charlotte director of basketball operations Rod Higgins said now, more than ever, the Bobcats need to exercise patience. Higgins said the Bobcats are still very young, playing without their three best players and, perhaps most importantly, ...
The consummate coach, Belichick rewards Patriots' patience

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - A man with coaching in his blood and an intense commitment to detail, Bill Belichick could secure his place in National Football League record books if he can lead the New England Patriots to their fourth Super Bowl title on Sunday. A victory over the New York Giants would mean Belichick joins former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll with four Lombardi Trophy wins. Like so many of the most successful coaches in sport, Belichick was not much of a player. However, his...
Misbah's patience leads Pak success in Test series

KARACHI - Celebrated British Chess Grand Master Dr Nigel Short Saturday complimented Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq for his composure and patience who helped his team to take an assailable 2-0 lead in the series. Misbah, not flamboyant and fully ...
After UFC on FOX 2, White admittedly lost patience for those without patience

So that night, White essentially lost patience for those without patience. He scoffed at the idea of shuffling a card to avoid televising a fight such as Maia vs. Chris Weidman, which saw two exhausted men swinging Toughman-style after 10 minutes as the likely result of Weidman's 30-plus pound weight cut and a possible illness with Maia. First-time fans who watched that affair may have been less than impressed by what they saw. But White isn't tweaking things for them. "So what?" he said. "It's all part of the growing pains of the sport. When we started on Spike TV, everybody was acting like every fight we had on Spike TV was the greatest fight...
Patience for printers

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Battle-hardened France show patience, pragmatism
Saint-Andre acknowledged that patience was key to the game, given that Italy had held out in the World Cup against Ireland and Australia for the opening hour of each match. "We analysed the World Cup matches and up to the 60th minutes it was always 9-6, 6-6, and it was really in the final 20 minutes that you saw the difference so we had to be patient," he said. "We saw in their game a tactic to go for territory but today they were much more ambitious in their gameplan and keeping the ball. "Italy employed a strategy that saw them keep the ball. They didn't give it up easily." Saint-Andre also had a sharp wo...