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...obscured but that the Democrats obscured it. After examining a postelection poll of his members, AFL-CIO president John Sweeney said they felt "neither party has a plan to strengthen the economy." But he added that "this is a particularly strong indictment of the Democrats. They needed to be crystal clear about what they stand for on issues of importance to workers--jobs, the economy, health care...
...oneself for a failed joke and repeatedly referencing the protracted length of the proceedings. In 2001 Steve Martin accomplished all with aplomb, and thus has been tapped to be host of the 75th-anniversary broadcast in March. Martin's appointment should cheer those who have had enough of Billy Crystal's opening medleys and of sitting through the applause for each of Whoopi Goldberg's costume changes. Martin, whose next film, Bringing Down the House, is due next spring, said in a statement that he was excited to be the host again "because fear and nausea always make me lose...
...BOOTY It was dawn on April 9, 1942 when Japanese reconnaissance planes found their quarry. Below them, the British aircraft carrier H.M.S. Hermes and her Australian escort H.M.A.S. Vampire were cutting south through the crystal waters along Sri Lanka's east coast. Alerted to the peril, the Allied crews scrambled to action stations. But at 10:35 a.m., off Batticaloa, 70 Japanese dive bombers attacked the Hermes. Within 10 minutes the ship had taken 40 hits. It capsized and disappeared beneath the waves with 307 of its crew. The Vampire survived two near-misses and tried to counterattack with antiaircraft...
...participants in the MLB poll surely meant their vote for Ripken as a kind of lunchpail prize: for 13-plus years the guy clocked in, played every day despite sprained ankles and an aching back, acted like a working man, gave himself up for the team. Wednesday night, Billy Crystal, host for the pre-game celebration, said of Ripken, "He is everything that baseball should...
Each night, a different seer with a given specialty (such as tarot cards or crystal balls) will meet with about 10 to 15 seekers, one-on-one and one-by-one, by the light of a lantern. The others, meanwhile, will wait and talk in 10 Mingwei-designed chairs lined up nearby...