The 6-foot-8 Parker was second in the Atlantic Coast Conference in scoring (19.3) and led the league in rebounding (8.8). He has scored in double figures in 17 straight games and in 32 of 34 games this season.
In the heat of recent days, ¡°the last thing you want to do is huddle,¡± he said.
Bebetan: It's because of the people. The Japanese people have this mentality similar to Italian people, I think. They don't work for money, they work for their pride, and they work for their things. Even if they make two or three very small quantity items, they are happy to do it. That mentality provides the quality. Of course, if you're a big company like Uniqlo, they also care about quality, but at the same time they have to care about price point. We care about the quality more than price point. When we visit some of the factories in the countryside of Japan, they're not fashion guys, they don't know what is a trend, but they know what is a product. They spend a lot of time trying to improve the quality.
He's the VIP guest everybody wants to see, but nobody seems sure whether 91-year-old Nelson Mandela will attend the tournament-launching match between South Africa and Mexico in Johannesburg next Friday. Yes, says the ruling ANC. No, says his grandson, Mandla: It would be really a challenge.

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