Word: drafted
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...have found it. No presidency, much less a two-termer, has been without a single good laugh, so there's his place. But what a dreary achievement. And how debilitating for the nation. And who waits in the wings, polishing his "I'm so boring" routine? Let's draft Al Haig. Have...
...further Hollywood history: In 1988, Chase-Riboud finished a draft of her novel about the Amistad, which was sent by her pal, Jacqueline Onassis, to Amblin, Spielberg's production company. Executives read the book and made nice noises but ended up passing on it. So one can imagine Chase-Riboud's consternation when she read in Variety last fall that Spielberg would be directing Amistad...
Southpaws Are Expansion Favorites As baseball's expansion teams from Tampa and Arizona make their draft picks, the hot item on everyone's shopping list appears to be left-handed pitchers...
...When those noveau riche Sun Belt teams in Arizona and Tampa conducted their raid on the talent of their older cousins Tuesday afternoon, both immediately went for left-handed pitching. Tampa selected Florida left-hander Tony Saunders with its first pick, while Arizona picked Cleveland lefty Brian Anderson. The draft was further indication of the triumph of America's changing demographics over baseball tradition, as baseball created two new haves in the Sun Belt at the expense of have-nots such as Pittsburgh and Kansas City, old baseball teams in declining cities that can ill-afford to replace the talent...
Though the parties are bound by a gag order, the fight has raged in the press for months. Katzenberg's side went after a draft of Eisner's autobiography, which Eisner had intended to publish this fall but postponed because of the trial. The Katzenberg camp let it be known that there were potentially embarrassing tidbits in the book. The Katzenbergers also hinted that Disney had conducted some sort of conspiracy to shortchange their man. And in one of those unaccountable leaks, it was reported that Katzenberg had prevailed in a couple of mock trials. An insider maintains that...