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...players, nobody reveres Barry Bonds, and many fans no longer respect him. His name is synonymous with lying, cheating, and infamy. Bonds’ records were achieved with the use of a host of chemicals, used as performance enhancers, and his records will forever be tainted with a proverbial asterisk, and many fans’ faith in professional athletics heretofore spurred. It is no question that Americans love to hate athletes who abuse performance-enhancing drugs...

Author: By Peter L. Knudson | Title: Academic Asterisk | 5/7/2010 | See Source »

...their performance. Students who take Adderall in order to study are cheating as much as someone who has a partial answer key to an exam. In reality, surviving college is as much of a game as it is a learning environment, and by consuming a pill, you put an asterisk on every A+ you receive because...

Author: By Peter L. Knudson | Title: Academic Asterisk | 5/7/2010 | See Source »

Here are the top 10 films released in 2009, with the tally ending Dec. 31, and an asterisk denoting those pictures still playing in theaters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box Office 2009: A Very Good Year | 1/4/2010 | See Source »

...Here comes the first asterisk: nearly half the country - pregnant women, children and everyone with asthma, diabetes, heart disease or kidney disease - will face a higher risk of getting seriously sick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning to Live with Fear of the Flu | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

...Second asterisk: the virus could become far more deadly at any time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning to Live with Fear of the Flu | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

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