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...manager Terry Francona’s expression comes under scrutiny. Backup infielder Mark Bellhorn’s ability to fill in for Trot Nixon...
...these friends wish for ivy-covered walls and grasses of perfect British green. They are not content with anything one has to offer. One leaves feeling disconcerted, but the visitors from the Show-Me state are just the first to cast one in the role one was to fill ever after, each time one crossed the Yard: one has become a host trying hard to please, and, in spite of one’s better instinct, has developed a cheerleading spirit about this University...
...could equate [the stronger Sox pitching] with our stronger sophomore class,” Byrd said, in reference to Boston’s acquisition of the Arizona Diamonback’s Curt Schilling and the Oakland Athletics Keith Foulke, who fill in a bullpen that was in desperate need of a strong fifth starter and reliable closer...
...land to suburban sprawl, and the soaring number and size of cars on the highways all play a role. So too does the entertainment industry, with Walkmans, iPods and surround-sound theaters pouring noise into consumers' ears. Even sports stadiums, always noisy places, have got louder as earsplitting commercials fill the comparatively quiet interludes that used to prevail during pauses in the action. Also to blame are moves made in Washington more than a generation ago. In 1972, the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (ONAC) was created to identify sources of noise and combat them. But in 1981, Congress...
...renowned circus visited Rome, Ga., American troops were engaged in a foreign war. That would have been World War II. Yet for second-generation circus owner Kenneth Feld, many of the show's issues haven't changed much in the more than 60 years between stops. Would the locals fill the arena? Would the ringmaster get his head out of the alligator's mouth in time? Had Feld budgeted enough for gasoline? Would his cell phone work in Rome? O.K., some issues...