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...sport has taken on a singularly influential place in the American consciousness. Robert Behn, senior lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, directed the proceedings which at times mimicked the atmosphere one might find in a ballpark—audience members wearing baseball jerseys and munching on Cracker Jacks occasionally called out with a boo or hiss. Gammons reflected on the extent to which baseball, whose prominence on the international stage has increased substantially in the past decade, mirrors the melting-pot composition of American culture. He recalled the words of Major League Baseball pitcher Orlando...
...team arrives in Ithaca, on the prowl for fuel. “Scooby snacks are a must,” Scalise says, gripping a shopping cart. By the end of a fifteen-minute search in the supermarket, Botero’s interest in purchasing Cracker Stackers has been vetoed by Snow and two boxes of Scooby snacks have been claimed...
Take me out to the ballgame, Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don't care if I ever get back, 'cause it's root, root, root for the home team, if they don't win it's a shame. For it's one , two, three strikes you're out, at the old ballgame...
...subject of her research for the past 30 years. Although he was kept in a cage and had an acronym name for “Avian Learning Experiment,” Alex was hardly your typical lab rat. Soaring far beyond “Polly want a cracker,” Alex cracked open an expansive body of knowledge about avian intelligence. After being randomly selected at a Chicago pet store, Alex revolutionized what we know about parrots’ cognitive capacities: he was able to identify 50 different objects, seven colors, five shapes, quantities up to six, and concepts...
...Pennsylvania is a lot whiter than California or Virginia, and older and home to, percentage-wise, more native-born residents, folks who don't much like change," Baer wrote on Oct. 21. "And I believe there's a 'cracker factor' - we've never elected a black nonjudicial statewide candidate - and I believe that's why McCain is here." Former Gov. Tom Ridge, a McCain supporter, dismisses talk that the election will turn predominantly on race, saying Rendell and Murtha and others "characterize the state unfairly...