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...boyfriend, the defendant. Saul told us that he had never hit his girlfriend (except for the time that there were witnesses) and that her testimony was made up because she had caught him sleeping with another woman. He was calm and smooth and made every effort to appear earnest, and I didn’t trust him for an instant. I didn’t much trust Ariane either—but I was sure she wasn’t making up her story...
...Although a growing elite of international stars have played outside their national borders for much of the postwar period, the globalizing of soccer's labor market really began in earnest during the 1990s. Today's English champions, the London club Arsenal, are managed by a Frenchman, and only two English players feature in their typical starting lineup. When the same club won the championship 15 years ago, a solitary Swede was the only foreigner aboard...
Maybe that's because some of the most memorable story lines emerging from profiles and biographies and especially G.O.P. ads--the tales of his attending a Swiss boarding school, teaching his parakeet to speak French, allegedly flaunting his initials, J.F.K., as a politically precocious and impossibly earnest high school student--do not serve him well, especially in a race against a candidate like George W. Bush. Voters know where Bush comes from, in a way few generations have known about their Presidents. They knew the brand before they knew the man himself, got to watch his family in the White...
Director of Athletics Robert Scalise officially named Donato the 11th men’s hockey coach in Crimson history at a late morning press conference, confirming rumors of his return to Cambridge that began circulating in earnest inside hockey circles three days earlier...
Director of Athletics Robert Scalise officially named Donato the 11th men’s hockey coach in Crimson history at a late morning press conference, confirming rumors of his return to Cambridge that began circulating in earnest inside hockey circles as early as Tuesday...