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...losing in the Best Alternative Album category probably didn't come as a surprise. The key to the band's appeal, though, is an unexpected lack of bitterness. Bad things happen--oh, well, the band says on Float On, its first radio hit in a decade-long career. Isaac Brock's squawked-out vocals and an appearance by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band turn the downward spiral into something arch, melodic and ever...
...grew up watching Babe Ruth during spring training, O'Neil joined the Monarchs in 1938 after their first baseman broke a leg--a move that led to his friendship with teammate Satchel Paige. O'Neil later became a Chicago Cubs scout--he signed Hall of Famers like Lou Brock--then, in 1962, a barrier-breaking coach. But he never forgot his sporting roots, and wrote,"The Lord has kept me on this earth to bear witness to the days and glories and men (and women) of the Negro leagues...
...year history by offering short-term placements - from two weeks to six months - rather than the standard two-year commitment. These moves are necessary to attract managers with big hearts but significant time constraints. "It's not a question of whether we wanted to professionalize or not," says Willo Brock, director of Habitat's Europe and Central Asia office and a former management consultant, "but like any sector with a lot of competition, if we didn't give these people a good experience then next year they'd sign up with VSO." Back home in the luxury of Western Europe...
...curing diseases,” he added. With Harvard’s resources and its affiliated hospitals, Harvard has “depth and breadth of scale that hardly any other place in the country can match,” said Executive Director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute Brock Reeve. “You can get some of that with UMass but you can’t rebuild Mass General or Children’s or Dana Farber out in Amherst,” he added. Reilly argued that Harvard has sufficient funding without state money. Officials at Harvard?...
...needed.” The offense gave her an early lead as Harvard scored twice in the first. Brown led off with a double, stole third, and then scored when Kidder blooped a single to right. Kidder was bunted to second and scored when freshman designated player Hayley Brock singled up the middle.The Crimson added two more in the fourth and another in the sixth against Katie Holcomb [8-10], who went the distance.“It is nice to go in with the lead right from the beginning,” Madick said. “It keeps...