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Welcome to the W.N.B.A., the Women's National Basketball Association, or the N.B.A.'s baby sister. On the court, the sneakers squeak with the same urgency as they do in the N.B.A., the coaches yell, "Why isn't that a foul?" at the refs, and the players get fined for roughhousing--though the $500 recently assessed against Nancy Lieberman-Cline of the Phoenix Mercury for holding Jamila Wideman of the Los Angeles Sparks by the neck equals what Dennis Rodman spends in a year for eyeliner...
Evander Holyfield created undue advantage for himself in the very early rounds of the fight through a head butt. No matter how it is masked, a head butt is a foul in the boxing arena. Tyson, through his biting actions, was simply saying, "Hey, friend! If you want to fight, please, let's fight clean. I'm not going to fold my arms and let you take me out with unfair tactics." It takes courage to do what Tyson did. In our society, it has become clear that the opposite of courage is not cowardice but conformity. IKECHUKWUE IBENEGBU Columbus...
...businesses in the area say they were alerted by agents. But though the FBI promised to send 1,500 flyers to the gay and lesbian center in Fort Lauderdale, they did not arrive until the day after Versace's killing. FBI officials blame government printing delays for the foul...
...technical problems haven't all been solved. In one performance, Simba's father Mufasa's mask fell off just before his big death scene. In another, characters who were supposed to fly remained stubbornly earthbound because of a cable foul-up. Taymor deals with such matters each day in a series of notes to crew members. "It felt very dark as the grass came in," she told stage manager Jeff Lee one afternoon, referring to the women wearing grass headdresses to represent the African savanna. A burst of unexpected applause from the audience covered up a key musical passage. Timon...
...body to genetic material from Carrillo's mother and three sisters. The exact cause of Carrillo's death is still unclear (thought to be a heavy cocaine user, he may have died of a postoperative heart attack), and Mexican authorities have not fully ruled out the possibility of foul play...