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Last week the hamster in the wheel was Marv Albert. The sportscaster had started it spinning, to be sure, but the wheel, further propelled by justice and journalism, picked up so much speed that the former Marvin Aufrichtig just had to get off. On Thursday afternoon, in a bizarre end to a bizarre trial at Virginia's Arlington County courthouse, Albert, 56, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of assault and battery in a case brought by a longtime lover. In the bargain, which prosecutors said had been offered to Albert before the trial began, the far more serious charge...
...Marv Albert's hair real...
When he received the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism in 1993, Morton noted how his practice--and his life--had changed since he arrived in Lancaster County. "At first I shared information with this community that I thought would help them. Now I am indebted to them for what they have shared with me. As outsiders, we tend to view Amish traditions as archaic and feel they don't have much to teach us. But we should look at how the Amish keep families together and serve the needs of the disadvantaged, the ill and the aged. They have...
...conference, sponsored by the department of student affairs, boasted presentations by USAC President Kandea Mosley and Graduate Student Association (GSA) President Andrew Westall, as well as a question-and-answer session with UCLA Chancellor and former Harvard provost Albert Carnesale...
...this strategy can be a little intimidating for the directors. The two movies allowed Leigh to play the devoted but misunderstood daughter of two men she knew as a child: Jason Robards, an old friend of the family's--she took the Jason in her name after him--and Albert Finney, "the first man I ever had a crush on," says Leigh. "We were riding the elevator in Paris, and he patted my head and said, 'What a beautiful child.' " That was before he saw his future co-star in that blue-and-gold frock, of course...