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...taxi home from an airport in New Jersey. The alternative was to take a shuttle to a $15 train to the subway. It was late - the train would have left New Jersey at about midnight - so I sprang for the cab. It didn't feel like a big deal at the time. But that was early in the month - long before I knew that I'd be left with just $100 and eight days...
...Bryant (5-20), 8-1, in its evening game versus each opponent.HARVARD 8, BRYANT 1The Crimson’s offense ignited in their second game against Bryant. “We’re coming out and trying to show teams that we are the real deal,” senior co-captain Bailey Vertovez said. “We came out with pride in that second game and tried to silence their bats.” Despite the enthusiasm, the night game was scoreless through three innings. Senior Hayley Bock sparked the Harvard scoring spree, leading off the fourth...
...considered bad form to blame people for a catastrophe after it happens, unless someone involved has committed a felony. In the case of newspapers, how the house caved in is worth a hard look. It says a great deal about how industries that do not have to fail, fall apart anyway. (See the 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...tone in an interview he was in the middle of. And thus the hyperventilating over Obama's Leno sit-down, coverage of which focused not on substance but on Obama's comparing his bowling skills to the "Special Olympics." Here's another thing F.D.R. didn't have to deal with: a public jaded by superficial, 24/7 political spin...
Taiwan's trial of the century began Thursday as former president Chen Shui-bian showed up to court to face corruption charges that could result in a life sentence. Chen is accused of taking $9 million dollars in personal kickbacks on a state-sanctioned land deal, embezzling over $3 million from a state fund and laundering millions to overseas accounts. Chen has already admitted his wife wired $20 million in leftover campaign funds overseas, but he insists his case is one of political persecution by the new Kuomintang (KMT) administration, which has been forging closer ties with China since coming...