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...wants more, a piece of all the action-the bills people pay, the phone calls they make, the news they read, the TV they watch. But he may have reached that point in the arc of his success where the very qualities that raised him high could start to drag him down...
...wondered. "Or does the statistically measurable quality of baseball make it possible to prove or measure Ruth's greatness?" Not surprisingly, there were many adherents to the latter proposition. William Jenkinson, a self-described investigative historian, attempted to quantify Ruth's home-run prowess, dropping such impressive phrases as "drag coefficient" and "fast-twitch muscle fiber." A more direct analysis was offered by Ray Hayworth, a Detroit Tigers catcher during Ruth's era who had the advantage of watching the superstar in action from inches away. "Babe was just great," Hayworth explained. "It always amazed me that when...
...Republican's alleged sexual advances have dominated headlines, Tumulty says charges of altering his personal diary transcripts during the preliminary probe could be most damaging. "It is easily provable, and if the Justice Department finds that he did that, he could wind up in jail." The process could now drag on for months as Packwood prepares his defense. No matter what, Tumulty adds, the Senate -- which has expelled no member of the club since the Civil War -- is unlikely to force him out. In the meantime, Packwood, who has strongly criticized the tax cuts prominently featured in the House budget...
Tony: My first reaction, as my annoying roommate repeatedly attempted to lift me out of my comatose state, was to call him some names that I'd rather not mention in print. Nevertheless, he managed to drag me out of bed and into the common room. As I stood there, asleep on my feet, he asked me if I noticed whether there was anything strange about the room; immediately, my eyes honed in on the figure lying fast asleep on the futon, wearing what looked like one of my roommate's numerous plaid J. Crew shirts. Very quickly, I circled...
...relishes her lascivious double-entendres so much that we can't help but join in. Erik Amblad is surprisingly good in his brief serious scene from Othello, and plays both Tybalt and Constance's boss with doltish pride tempered by the right hint of self-mockery; his turn in drag, as Juliet's Nurse is low comedy but well done...