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...floor private suite, a move some deem unethical. "I have a problem with government officials getting rich off their public service on public property," says the Center for Public Integrity's CHUCK LEWIS. Albright has not written a book proposal, but will outline ideas and field questions from publishers. Ballpark advance?--$700,000 to $800,000. And though she's been approached by a dozen schools to teach--including Georgetown, a few blocks from her home--sources tell TIME she is more interested in setting up her own think tank devoted to the development of democracy...
When Theman.com was launched last year in an office opposite the San Francisco Giants' new ballpark, most employees expected to be around for at least a couple of baseball seasons. "Right now we're a zit compared to everyone else," co-founder Calvin Lui said in our September 1999 cover story, GetRich.com "In a year we're not going to be a zit." In fact, Lui's start-up--intended as a one-stop online shop and community for guys--closed its doors for the last time...
Well, they didn't. And now every country bumpkin in New England is crying poor, whining that it's become much too expensive to take a family of four to the ballpark anymore...
Until the Red Sox can build a new ballpark, if they feel the need to raise ticket prices or even sell off ad space on the left field wall to the highest corporate bidder, they can be my guest, so long as they bring in the talent to field a competitive team. Thankfully, most Red Sox fans will agree on that point, and thus, while this latest price hike may spark a temporary hue and cry, all will be forgiven by opening...
Things have gone downhill from there. Everett, who routinely arrived at the ballpark after the prescribed time, got into a profane shouting match with his manager, Jimy Williams, after he returned from his suspension. The rift erupted again recently when Everett, nursing an injury, arrived late for a doubleheader. He was enraged to see that he was slated to start the game. Swearing loudly in the clubhouse, he nearly got into a fistfight with Darren Lewis, who started in his place. Williams expressed surprise and confusion that Everett had not contacted him about being late...