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...known as Uluru - it used to be called Ayers Rock - to its most modern, the Opera House here in Sydney. On the afternoon it was going to arrive at the harbor, I was walking around at Circular Quay. Two Aboriginal homeless people had already taken up positions on a bench. They were sitting in the shadow of this immense ocean liner out of Nassau called the Crystal Harmony, a big boat full of titans with tickets, all of it paid for by IBM. Anyway, these Aboriginals were sitting there, backed by gleaming skyscrapers that are the heart of new Sydney...
...race has been ugly. When Ashcroft opposed the nomination of Missouri's Ronnie White, an African American, to the federal bench last year, some Democrats suggested the opposition was racially motivated. Ashcroft, whose wife teaches at historically black Howard University, took justifiable umbrage. Shortly after the controversy erupted, a G.O.P. source leaked a 40-year-old photo of Carnahan in blackface at a minstrel show at a Kiwanis Club. (The Governor apologized.) This kind of sniping probably won't decide the race. If Carnahan can make Ashcroft seem too conservative, he'll win. Likewise, if Ashcroft can seem like...
Ripken also said that he chose to bench himself now, specifically, because the Orioles no longer had a chance to make the playoffs. That statement implies that Ripken feels his team is worse when he is not in the lineup, so he definitely did not sit out for the good of the team. Ripken basically said that he decided not to play because it was the right time to bring The Streak to a close...
Throughout this season, Baltimore columnists have called for Orioles manager Ray Miller to bench Ripken, saying that he was contributing to the Orioles' underachievement. The numbers seem to indicate otherwise, so perhaps those columnists should seek alternate employment...
Princeton led 7-3 at the half, but could not stop Glavic, who began the game on the bench but saw action in relief when starting QB Harry Armstrong went down with an injury. Princeton will try for its first win next week against Lehigh in another non-league game...