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...beginning, God created heaven and Earth. And Adam and Eve. And snakes with sequined skin and lisps...
...musical’s first act outlines God’s creation of the Earth and his children, Adam and Eve (Harvard theatre veterans Barry A. Shafrin ’09 and Rachel E. Flynn ’09). True to Biblical form, “Father” bans his children from the Garden of Eden after they partake of a forbidden fruit...
...league had to hold a "concussion summit" to tackle the growing problem of career-shortening brain injuries suffered on the football field. Older retired players, broken and broke, clamored for better disability benefits, portraying the league, its rich young players and their union as greedy. Bad player behavior--Adam (Pacman) Jones' involvement in a strip-club shooting, Vick's ties to a dogfighting ring--forced commissioner Roger Goodell to enforce unprecedented penalties for off-field incidents. Then there were tragedies: Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was murdered early New Year's Day, 2007; Washington's Sean Taylor was slain...
Seven-year-old Adam, whose autistic brother Jacob is 11, says, "I can't really play games with Jacob like I can with my cousin Eric [also 11]. Jacob likes to play games on the computer - but by himself, not with me. He gets too angry if he loses and then doesn't want to play." Adam's father, Paul, says soberly, "I'm sure Eric represents the brother Adam might have had." (Read "A Link Between Autism and Testosterone...
...Political analyst Professor Adam Habib told South Africa's Business Day newspaper, "[Mbeki] should have spoken from the heart, and acknowledged some of the blame. He said someone else was to blame. With this, he cemented the divisions...