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...here's one way the stereotypes don't apply: some of the increase in households headed by unmarried fathers may be attributed to gay men who recently won the right to get custody or adopt. Curt Peterson, a Minneapolis strategic-planning consultant, split with his wife after he came out as a homosexual. They share custody of Andrew, 16, but Peterson's house is home base. Peterson takes pleasure in "the simple stuff of life. Just being there. Making sure that on Saturdays and Sundays we have hot cinnamon rolls for breakfast." As manager of Andrew's ice-hockey team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Father Makes Two | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...While Curt Schilling and Roger Clemens faced off, the New York Times reported that a secret CIA office was among the buildings destroyed on Sept. 11. The office had held valuable documents on some of the most important counter-terrorism cases of the past several years...

Author: By Benjamin J. Toff, BENJAMIN J. TOFF | Title: A Night of Distraction | 11/9/2001 | See Source »

Apparently, though, this didn’t phase the D-Backs entering the series. As Arizona pitcher Curt Schilling said of the Yankees’ mystique and aura, “those are the names of dancers at a night club, [not something we should be concerned about].” The D-Backs went on to decisively win the first two games of the series behind the arms of Schilling and Randy Johnson...

Author: By Barat Samy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Slammin' Samy: Yanks For the Memories | 11/7/2001 | See Source »

...most standards, this Game 7 would be considered extraordinary. But then, by the standards of this remarkable Series, it could have been another interleague game in May. Curt Schilling, the Series co-MVP, mowed the punchless Yankees down despite pitching on three days rest for the second time. His opponent, Yankee ace Roger Clemens, matched him frame for frame into the 7th inning. The D-Backs punched a run home in the 6th; the Yanks matched it in the top of the 7th. But when manager Bob Brenly elected to let Schilling hit in the 8th, it looked like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A World Series for the Ages | 11/4/2001 | See Source »

...innings, what used to be known as Five O?Clock Lightening in the days of daytime baseball. Yet the Diamondbacks could have easily won it all in New York. Their starting pitching has been outstanding - holding the Yanks batters under .200 as a team. In Game 1 in Phoenix, Curt Schilling paralyzed the Yankees with a combination of power and placement, and the Snakes quickly chased the Moose, Mike Mussina, en route to a 9-1 clubbing. In Game 2, 6-ft. 10-in. Randy Johnson, the Big Unit, threw peas past them. Andy Pettitte matched him until the seventh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A World Series for the Ages | 11/4/2001 | See Source »

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