Word: dogs
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...Blue Jay pitchers nuts. Like Canseco, Henderson is hardly humble. "I'd say I'm the decade's best lead-off man," he declares. "If people feel I'm one of the best who ever played the game, that's nice to hear." Opposing players call Henderson a hot dog, and frustrated fans in Toronto bombarded him with frankfurters in left field to show their displeasure...
...anyone meant more to his team in the playoffs than "Hot Dog" Henderson to the A's, it was Will ("the Thrill") Clark of the Giants. The 25-year-old first baseman had a grand-slam homer and six runs batted in in the first game, and a bases-loaded single that drove home the winning run in the finale. For the five-game series, he reached base 15 times out of 22, batted .650, scored eight runs and drove in eight, with two homers. "It's no coincidence that at the most important time of the year, Will...
Shad Hall is named in honor of the generous John S.R. Shad, who donated $20 million to the B-School in 1987 "to fund a new ethics program," (The Crimson, October 17). Well, John, you can't teach an old dog new tricks. The B-School's ethics haven't changed. "Screw your neighbor" still dominates administrative policy...
This argument is plausible when applied to welfare programs. At least the rich on Social Security do not take benefits away from the needy. Bribing the rich to support a system that screws the poor is surely a case of the tail wagging the dog...
...Panama, where civilian opponents of the regime are noticeably more pro- interventionist than their neighbors in the region, there was also considerable grumbling. "The U.S. is like a dog that barks a lot but bites not at all," said opposition leader Ricardo Arias Calderon. On Thursday, Noriega ordered a crackdown to weed out traitors. That night, P.D.F. troops attacked the opposition headquarters and hauled away several people, including Endara. The opposition leader was later released and at week's end was holed up inside the Vatican embassy...