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...great career break - he's awarded a MacArthur "genius" grant, giving him a few hundred thousand dollars to pursue his theatrical dreams - will slowly break him over the rest of his long, increasingly demented life. Caden moves to Manhattan, rents a warehouse and in it constructs a smaller version of the city outside. Hiring a huge cast, he sets out to assemble an epic of ordinariness. His second wife, Claire (Michelle Williams), will be the star; the ever-loyal Hazel is his assistant. A stalker named Sammy (Tom Noonan) has got the job of portraying Caden; "I've been following...
...Rays as world champions this month, its offseason will test the resilience of the sports economy. Will ticket purchases for 2009 drop? And will free agents command the same salaries? Legends like Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez, the prime catch in the free-agent market, will always break the bank. But don't expect those left-handed middle relievers to score the same ludicrous contracts as in recent years. "Player salaries are extremely sensitive to market conditions," says Stanford University economist Roger Noll. "These players are going to get paid less next year." During the post-9/11, post...
...Eagles scored twice in the first half on a pair of goals by BC forward Bob Dirks and added another tally after the break, creating the 3-1 final. “It was one of our better games. We really came together as a team,” co-captain Kayla Romanelli said. “BC is a great team. They’re always ranked in the top 20. I thought we showed them a game...
...sparkle of coming back to Cambridge fizzles and Thanksgiving Break is but a distant ship on the horizon, summer thoughts naturally begin to consume my mind. But rather than reliving the debaucherous Fourth, I return to that remarkably unremarkable day—July 5th—that I made exceptional with a group of friends in San Francisco, my summer home...
...Billy isn’t hunched over, pushing around cartons of glass cups, or standing outside on a cigarette break, he drifts about the dining hall with eyes languorously half-shut...