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...Circle and Golden Globe nomination have propelled her into this year's Oscar race. Is Linney seeing gold? She stammers, "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't aware of it. People are excited for me and the prospect that I might be ... oh, it's so awkward I can't spit...
...their wives had planned to go on vacation together right after the Nov. 7 election. (I hope they were able to get their deposits back.) "What most intrigues me about Bush is how he uses low expectations to his advantage," Jay says. "His opponents judge him by his sometimes awkward public performances and fail to realize that he is a shrewd judge of character with keen political instincts." Both reporters have family connections to their new assignment. Jay's wife Claire Shipman has been covering the White House for NBC News (her cubicle in the press section is one flight...
...awkward but cerebral Bernie Kosar joined the team; for the next nine years he proved the value of substance over style, and three times lead the team within a win of the Super Bowl. In the '87 AFC Championship at Denver, as Earnest Byner appeared to be scoring the tying touchdown, my dad and I leapt in unison, elated - only to fall to earth and see that Byner had fumbled, and the season was over. Many fathers and sons share triumphant memories, and we too have our share. But we also have the Byner fumble, and though it continues...
...only tribal councils they're allowed to go to are Mets games. Instead, how 'bout something nicely understated, like they all sit down to dinner at places with their names on the plate, only - get this - one person doesn't have a place. Wouldn't that be nicely socially awkward? Yes. Yes, I believe it would...
...Justice Department's merger review could come at an awkward time for American, which is preparing to defend itself in a major predatory-pricing trial. American is battling a 1999 Justice complaint accusing it of driving smaller rivals out of its Dallas-Fort Worth hub by illegally slashing ticket prices and saturating the market with new fights...