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...remember who's covered and who isn't under his own Medicare prescription plan. Bush, who boasts of his preference for one-page memos over books, obviously wanted the bell to ring badly on Tuesday night. He affably admitted he needs help, naming everyone but the Texas Rangers bat boy on the list of experts he would call on in a crisis...
...first impression can color the whole discussion. The committee, for example, issued a swift rejection to a student whose essay was riddled with typos. After reading a moving tale of how one student bonded with a Chilean immigrant struggling to educate his children, assistant dean Debbie DeVeaux went to bat for the applicant: "I love this guy. I hope you love him as much...
Right off the bat, I should say that I am not going to delve into personal attacks against my counterpart. Hailing from the respected (ha!) state of New Jersey, my estimable adversary in this debate is a good man. We have spent many a night together meticulously
...That big guy. It's Game Seven, bottom of the ninth, two outs. You're down three runs with the bases loaded. The pitcher is scheduled to bat next. You smirk. You point your finger down the bench at the burly man with the red goatee. "You. Grab a bat." The man heads to the batter's box and launches one into the night. Game over. You win. The man is Mark McGwire...
Pedro, meanwhile, was cursed by a lack of run support all season, receiving a grand total of just seven runs in his six losses this season. Carl Everett, whose slugging skills were supposed to finally replace the bat of Mo Vaughn, was revealed to be little more than a whack job, whose off-the-field tantrums overshadowed his team-leading home run total. Perhaps the four teams that released Carl prior to his joining the Red Sox knew something we didn...