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Yao just fine with quiet role in playoffs

sfgate.com
Apr. 25, 2009
Yao Ming has taken only 13 shots in the last two games of Houston's first-round series against Portland. That's OK with him. The Trail Blazers have shut down the Rockets' 7-foot-6 center with aggressive double-teams and physical play, but they still trail the...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler