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...There were more BLOHARDS inside Fenway. Suzyn Waldman, down on the field singing the national anthem, was introduced to the crowd as being from New York (boos) and Boston (cheers). Yes, sports fans, that Suzyn Waldman-the one who has been, in recent years, in the employ of George Steinbrenner and his YES Network, the one who this season stepped in for Charlie Steiner in the radio booth when Charlie headed for Los Angeles to be Vin Scully?s sidekick. Here?s something to suck on, Yankee fans: In the 1980s and ?90s Waldman was a BLOHARD, her dues were...
...Hong Kong must be itself. But what is that self at a time when its government is making daily appeals to its people to be more patriotic, to learn the national anthem and to emphasize their membership of One Country over their enjoyment of the freer of Two Systems? The most attractive aspect of Hong Kong is precisely that it is so different from the rest of China. Vive la Diff?rence! Hong Kong should stop wanting to feel more kinship with the likes of Wuhan and Chongqing. Its leaders should stop stressing cultural and racial homogeneity and instead celebrate...
Gradually, the crowd moved from the back of the room and began dancing front-and-center as the band played its Boston anthem, “City on a Hill...
...forced the states to impose a 55-m.p.h. limit, and a tradition died. Though lower speeds have saved countless lives and millions of barrels of oil, many road runners hate slow-motion driving. I Can't Drive Fifty-Five, a popular song by Sammy Ha-gar, has become the anthem of speeding scofflaws...
...slick video for the project's rather schmaltzy anthem, Hands Across America, with soaring shots of rugged landscape and cameos of dozens of stars, was released last week. Groups ranging from the New York Road Runners Club (which organizes that city's marathon) to Boy Scout troops have signed up to help with the logistics. Kits have been sent to more than 8,000 schools. Some 340 paid staffers are already in towns along the way and are working with 40,000 volunteers who have signed up to be marshals...