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...more steroid baggage than they may otherwise want. "From a management perspective, we prefer to have as many options to us as possible," says one American League team executive. These rules are on the books until December of 2011. At that time, maybe MLB's leadership will have more clout. But for now, enjoy Manny Being Manny again come July. Draped in Dodger blue...
...secede but affirms Texas' right to divide itself into five states if it chooses. I'm guessing Austin might want to be a state all by itself and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones already thinks he is one. This would give Texans 10 U.S. Senators and much more clout. The risk Perry runs if he really dreams of a country all his own is that his state is home to two former U.S. Presidents; and nothing in the 22nd Amendment says one of them couldn't run for President of the Republic of Texas...
...might be Michael J. Fox, whose role in the Back to the Future films vaulted him from the Family Ties comedy series to lead roles in movies. Fox had a decent run for about a decade, but none of his projects, mostly light comedies, came close to matching the clout of the Robert Zemeckis trilogy, and he returned to TV, his more congenial medium, for six years of Spin City. Efron will have to radiate a little more danger if he doesn't want to be the cute young married guy on a CBS sitcom before...
...building on 21 South Street is an apt architectural metaphor for the organization it houses. The headquarters of the Harvard Advocate is more picturesque than pretentious, and save for a crest on the building’s facade, the quaint white siding and green window frames belie the literary clout that lies within.Though the humble exterior may do well to conceal the presence of the country’s oldest continuously published college literary magazine, the interior tells a different story. The Advocate’s past literally envelops the space: the walls of the Sanctum are lined with rows...
...building on 21 South Street is an apt architectural metaphor for the organization it houses. The headquarters of the Harvard Advocate is more picturesque than pretentious, and save for a crest on the building’s facade, the quaint white siding and green window frames belie the literary clout that lies within...