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With its current string of Super Bowl and World Series victories, Pennsylvania has been dubbed the state of champions. But this fall's senatorial contest could easily damage its reputation.
The nation's attention will focus on Pennsylvania's strategic importance in the presidential battle. But for the state's voters, not much rides on the race at home. Most will patiently wait until next year when the real champions return to the ballpark.
Last week the long wait for a winner finally ended. Having folded, spindled and mutilated their hopes for nearly a century, the Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals, four games to two, to become world champions. If the Phillies have changed, so have the times. In an era when vandalism...
The Peace Prize committee chose Pérez Esquivel from a record list of 71 nominees. Although virtually unknown outside human rights circles, he edged out such candidates as President Jimmy Carter (for his Camp David efforts), British Foreign Minister Lord Carrington and Zimbabwe Prime Minister Robert Mugabe (for their...
For three straight years Kansas City waged war with the New York Yankees, trading bone-jarring slides, brush-back pitches and dramatic home runs. The Royals-Yankees match quickly became one of baseball's fiercest showdowns, but it was always the New Yorkers who went to the World Series...