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Some things, clearly, they would rather not have changed at all, no matter what any market surveys seem to predict. "Baseball, hamburgers, Coke--they're all the fabric of America," cried Gay Mullins, the much quoted Seattle real estate man and triumphant noisemaker who filed suit to prevent the company from depriving him of the pause that refreshes...
...foundation to promote and fund baseball and mentoring in inner-city areas. The contract that brought the team to Washington even stipulates that the Nationals engage with the community and offer free tickets to city kids. "The key for the Nats is to integrate themselves into the social fabric of the city, not just the rich, white suburbanites," says Brad Snyder, who wrote Beyond the Shadow of the Senators, a book about baseball and race in Washington. Mayor Anthony Williams hopes jobs created by the building of a new stadium will also help boost community support. The city...
...want to be seen in a vehicle that looks like a Cubist sculpture: a cross between a B-2 Stealth bomber and the Batmobile. And you don't want to be seen wrestling with the roof, since it's little more than an erector set with a fabric tarp and may require an engineering degree to dismantle. If you hit 100 m.p.h., Lamborghini warns, the roof might blow off--and how embarrassing would that be, losing your...
...darkened living room and tells an infantryman's tales of bugs and snakes, leaky gas masks and indestructible humvees. Since he returned from Iraq, he hasn't been able to sit still, so as he talks, his hand constantly worries at the filmy floral curtains, twisting and turning the fabric. His wife Kristy, laughing along with his stories, quietly reaches out, frees the curtains from his grasp and places his hand back on the couch. Twist, reach, release. Twist, reach, release. Finally, Kristy gently rests her hand on her husband's and leaves it there to calm...
...looking honestly at the historical record; of acknowledging errors, failures and even great crimes; and of then making amends so that society can realign its official narratives with the truth. For it is no easy task for a society to live in a healthy fashion while enmeshed in a fabric of lies...