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...school career, he triple-doubled 1999-2000 NBA co-Rookie of the Year Elton Brand. Recruited as a key frontcourt contributor and handed the starting job at the beginning of his junior year, Ewing rapidly lost minutes to Paul Fisher '99 and faded far down Coach Frank Sullivan's bench...
...moment, the sky is layered in horizontal stripes of deep blue, gray and orange. I sit where Jeanine said she most liked to sit--on a bench across the reflecting pool from the rows of chairs. Karen's is aligned with an American flag flapping against a high pole near the back wall. Jeanine can orient herself in relation to it. I take the same position. The pool is blacker this evening, the ripples tighter; they make the dark water look like the ridges of an old 78 phonograph record. A stiff breeze blows the flag against the pole...
...accuracy of the umpires was no match for the intimidation of the Northwestern bench. The Wildcat players and coaches were positive that Jancic had tagged, and a lengthy discussion ensued. After a 15-minute delay, play resumed, but with the Crimson defense back on the field, a Wildcat runner at second and an undeserved Wildcat run across the plate...
...Business-card abbr. 20. Schooner filler 22. "Cease!" at sea 23. Rocky -- 24. Adjective for the Beatles 25. Suffix with expert 26. S or N 27. It may be lent or bent 29. Doris Day title starter 30. William Tell's canton 31. Pothook shape 32. Rode the bench 34. Mauna __ 37. Wall St. debut 38. Chaotic place 40. Record exec Davis, who's getting the boot 41. Jazz players 42. Village Voice award 43. Iditarod terminus 44. Peripatetic sort 46. F or G, but not H 47. Scott in 1857 news 48. Israeli negotiator Eran, who held...
...suit. That was true during the primary season's debates, but on the subject of baseball he is at his most confident--part team owner and part Little Leaguer ready to wear his hat backward. In the relaxed milieu of the campaign plane, Bush can seem like any bench jockey spitting out nicknames and wisecracks. He cultivated this part of his personality as a high school and college player as much as in the Yale frat house. It can even inspire a kind of poetry. Explaining the "magical moment" of Nolan Ryan's 5,000th strikeout--an event Bush...