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DIED. MARGE SCHOTT, 75, controversial philanthropist and former owner of the Cincinnati Reds; in Cincinnati, Ohio. As a wealthy widow, Schott bought the baseball team in 1984, but she knew little about the sport; she once settled a contract dispute by flipping a coin. Reds executives accused her of using racial and ethnic slurs. In a 1992 interview she said, "Hitler was good in the beginning, but he went too far." Several similarly offensive comments followed, and in 1999, under pressure from the team's limited partners, Schott sold her controlling interest. To many in the city she remained beloved...
...self-promotion, has communications students, lawyers and comedians audition to become ... an ESPN SportsCenter host. (This is the first reality show in which the ultimate praise is, "You made bowling fun.") It's surprisingly entertaining to watch pressure-stoked Dan-Patricks-in-training wrestle with TelePrompTers and try to coin catchphrases. It's also profoundly sad. Remember when a fan's fantasy job would have been playing a sport...
...horizon of New York and New Jersey. He has created no great work of art or ideas, and even as a maker or possessor of money he does not rank among the top ten, or even 50. Yet at 42 he has seized a large fistful of that contemporary coin known as celebrity. There has been artfully hyped talk about his having political ambitions, worrying about nuclear proliferation, even someday running for President. No matter how farfetched that may be, something about his combination of blue-eyed swagger and success has caught the public fancy and made him in many...
...horizon of New York and New Jersey. He has created no great work of art or ideas, and even as a maker or possessor of money he does not rank among the top ten, or even 50. Yet at 42 he has seized a large fistful of that contemporary coin known as celebrity. There has been artfully hyped talk about his having political ambitions, worrying about nuclear proliferation, even someday running for President. No matter how farfetched that may be, something about his combination of blue-eyed swagger and success has caught the public fancy and made him in many...
...pretty strict standards, but they are there to keep us safe and healthy. And hey, if you’re worried about getting hot and heavy with a not-so-healthy mate, be sure to stop by your local movie theater or motel: city law requires that they have coin-op condom vending machines...