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...Cheney was made chief of staff. "He made the system run. Everybody had access to the President, but it was smooth, orderly. He didn't try to be a deputy President." He even refused the limousine that came with the job, preferring to stick with his old Volkswagen, a beater so threadbare it had no knob at the top of the gearshift...
...year. Penn came in almost guaranteed the Ivy title. In the final home game for Long, who had become the biggest factor in the Crimson's offense, Harvard almost pulled off an upset win. Jordan's turnover with nine seconds left set up Clemente's attempted buzzer-beater, which clanked off the right side of the rim. Harvard lost...
...Crimson avenged a 71-65 home loss to the Lions on Friday, when it got the lucky end of a missed buzzer-beater...
...horse that breaks slowly from the gate and sits at the back of the pack for three-quarters of the race, then makes its move over the last 200 yards. When a deep closer wins, it's like a bottom-of-the-ninth home run or a buzzer-beater--everyone knows it can happen, but no one thinks today will be the day. Unshaded rallied around the last turn and slaughtered the field down the stretch, winning by a good 10 lengths. As he pulled away and I stood shouting with pure joy at the wall of TVs, I noticed...
...from Vieques, President Clinton wrote "This is wrong." In view of the president's agreement with the unanimous position of all political groups in Puerto Rico, his decision to permit bombing in Vieques to continue for the next five years is tantamount to a judge who tells a wife-beater: "Beating your wife is wrong, it is detrimental to your marriage and to her health, I recommend that you stop beating her by the year...