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...chain begins in the lower minor leagues—Kansas City, for example. Young players try to work their way into the “big leagues,” or, at least, rise in the farm system. When they reach a level of success, they are promoted to AAA, or Oakland. Take Jeremy Giambi. Or Johnny Damon. Or Jermaine Dye. Kansas City seems to promote all its good players to the A’s. Can you name the players Oakland traded to Kansas City for these guys? The way the system works, Oakland benefits while Kansas City...
Will the celebration turn into an armed camp? The number of law-enforcement agents and soldiers is being boosted from 6,000 to more than 8,500, and the National Guard, not volunteers, will operate the metal detectors. Concrete bunkers and a 10-ft.-high chain-link fence bristling with cameras will enclose a seven-block area downtown, including the main skating rink, the media center and the medal-awards plaza. Plainclothes cops will patrol the streets, and sensors will monitor the air for germs and chemicals. The no-fly zone will expand to 100 miles beyond the city...
...lower: the plot develops from this seemingly minor detail. The crew wrestles with the mechanism for 10 minutes before the plane is ordered to turn back with only two hours' worth of fuel and 137 passengers on board. On the ground in Beijing, controller Liu Yuan (You Yong) arrives, chain-smokes, swigs coffee and looks suitably tormented. Prodded by Liu, the pilot tries multiple maneuvers, including a touch-and-go landing to bounce the apparatus down, and a manual release of the landing gear by a co-pilot who climbs down onto the wheels. An hour into the drama...
Nowadays, Palmer says she spends more and more time at Faneuil Hall in Boston. The migration of chain stores to the Square has cut down on her business, she says...
...lineal descendent of President Josiah Quincy. The Quincy shield consists of a red background with seven mascles (lozenges) in gold. The term mascle is from Latin “maculus” meaning “spot,” which in this context means a mesh in chain-mail. The term mail is not approved by heraldic experts because it leaves some ambiguity as to whether the lozenges are hollow or filled. However, second House Master Charles W. Dunn noted that, “members of Quincy House, cheerfully undisturbed by this detail, have appropriated the term...