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...season, Selig made the disastrous decision to call the All-Star Game, which was tied in the 11th inning, because both teams had run out of pitchers. He was booed in Milwaukee, where he was once a hero (for recruiting the Brewers away from Seattle). Fans were outraged, call-in radio shows were in an uproar and a few days later Selig promised never to make that mistake again. And while the institution of baseball can easily recover from such a bad call, Selig's career...
...glossy bimonthly And Baby, a magazine for gay and lesbian parents. Many of its articles are the usual child-rearing-magazine fare, but others, like "Finding a Gay-Friendly Physician," deal with situations unique to gay families. Sold in every state, And Baby has already spun off a call-in radio show, Tuned In to Modern Parenting, airing in over 50 cities, including Phoenix, Ariz., and Providence...
...pick up the phone and dial +387-66-222-305, you could win anywhere from $250 to $5,000,000. It's not one of Bosnia's numerous call-in quiz shows, nor is it the state lottery. It's the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo's hotline for information on the whereabouts of Radovan Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic, the two top wartime leaders of Bosnian Serbs who are now Europe's most-wanted war crimes suspects. the whole story...
...marketer; he should have understood that the life of an old song, like that of a Shakespearean play, is extended, not obliterated, by even the most radical new readings. It is said he was so annoyed by Elvis Presley's 1957 version of "White Christmas" that he financed a call-in campaign to have the song pulled from radio stations. In the late 80s Berlin turned down Steven Spielberg's pleas to use "Always" as the theme for a film of the same title, saying that he had his own plans for the song. The composer...
...staff commends UHS for responding in a timely fashion to the needs of students after the Sept. 11 attack. UHS held group walk-in sessions, encouraged call-in support, increased the hours and numbers of walk-in appointments and generally fostered a comfortable environment for students who needed a safe area in which to express grief. By doing so, UHS provided a much-needed student service...