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Arizona had previously observed the national Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday but had rescinded the holiday in 1986 under Governor Evan Mecham. Then-Governor J. Fife Symington III ’68, when he came into office in 1991, refused to bring the holiday back to the state despite passionate appeals from a small, but determined, group of activists within the state. Initially, Senator John S. McCain supported and defended Symington in his refusal, but as the political winds changed due to boycotts and public outcry so did McCain, especially once it became clear that Arizona stood to lose...

Author: By Carl L. Miller | Title: Razing Arizona | 5/26/2010 | See Source »

Later that afternoon, the Plano, Texas native won another close contest against Cornell’s Jeff Fife, 7-6(13), 6-4. That earned him a chance to play in the quarterfinals­—­­the only Harvard player to make it that...

Author: By Brian A. Campos, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Notches Eight Wins at Northeast Regionals | 10/20/2009 | See Source »

...perfect start with an equalizing win at No. 5—freshman Davis Manghan, replacing the injured Ermakov, won 6-2, 6-2 against Gauthier in his Ivy League debut. A pair of gritty victories further increased the Crimson momentum; No. 3 Felton fought back to defeat Jonathan Fife (4-6, 6-1, 6-4), while the in-form No. 2 Chijoff-Evans overcame Goldstein...

Author: By Allen J. Padua, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Splits Weekend in Closely Contested Battles | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

...Enter Sydney Fife (Segel), a large, louche fellow with no discernable means of income but with a self-confidence that Peter is on the way to understanding he totally lacks. For purposes of plot, this odd couple clicks, and they start hanging out together at Sidney's Pacific pad. It's essentially a learning experience, Sydney serving as Henry Higgins to Peter's Eliza Doolittle. While Sydney strolls down the Malibu promenade refusing to clean up his dog's fresh turds, Peter confesses that his favorite movie is the girlie drama Chocolat and that, when he masturbates, his erotic inspiration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Love You, Man: A Final Bromance? | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

...find a Best Man and flesh out his half of the wedding party. Rudd has mastered the task of playing the haplessly endearing male lead, and his struggle to be one of the boys is simultaneously laughable and charming. Peter eventually hits it off with supposedly employed slacker Sydney Fife (Jason Segel). Rudd and Segel have worked together on two Judd Apatow films already—“Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Knocked Up”—and the strong chemistry between them is evident onscreen. In fact, it?...

Author: By Roxanne J. Fequiere, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: I Love You, Man | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

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