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...some Sox fanatics tried rearranging the letters of Pete Schourek’s name, and discovered that it was an anagram for the phrase “Ruth Keep Score.” Schourek’s anagram may not rival that of fellow former Sox pitcher Bruce Hurst, whose letters could be rearranged to form “B. Ruth Curse,” but any press is good press for guys like this...
...mobile broadcasting goes mainstream, users could well abandon 3G for the real thing. The near future will likely involve some mixture of transmission methods. One possible scenario is that consumers might freely fetch mass-market shows from broadcast airwaves, while purchasing more specialized video - such as, say, a Lenny Bruce skit or minor-league soccer clip - from mobile networks. This would not be all bad for mobile operators. Not only would it save some revenue for them, but it would also allow them to free capacity on their networks for their core product - voice. Sports (and, of course, porn...
...communities." A more sensible plan, many of them insist, would be to expand the government's Section 8 housing-voucher program. Meanwhile, President Bush's "urban homesteading" plan has received a lukewarm reception. "You're asking people who make less than $10,000 to build their own homes?" says Bruce Katz, a housing-policy expert at the Brookings Institution in Washington...
Their concerts are as revivifying as anything in rock, with a strong undertow of something not often found this side of Bruce Springsteen: moral passion. U2's songs speak equally to the Selma of two decades ago and the Nicaragua of tomorrow. They are about spiritual search, and conscience and commitment, and it follows that some of the band's most memorable performances -- and, not incidentally, the ones that have helped U2 break through to an even wider audience -- have been in the service of a good cause, at Live Aid or during last summer's tour for Amnesty International...
...BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN songs may mostly remind fans of their proms. But more than 500 academics, clergy and journalists planning to attend a conference at Monmouth University in New Jersey this week think the Boss warrants deeper reflection. Papers to be presented at Glory Days: A Bruce Springsteen Symposium include "A Marxist Perspective on Darkness on the Edge of Town," "Steinbeck and Springsteen" and "The Boss and the Bible." Speakers include rock critic Dave Marsh, touted as a "Louie Louie expert," and Frank Stefanko, who has photographed Springsteen a lot. Attendees may also visit the Stone Pony, Springsteen's storied hometown...