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In a break from boxing tradition, his opponent, Lennox Lewis, had been weighed in three hours earlier in a separate event. Boxing promoters may like the hype, but even they are not taking chances before the opening bell. They learned their lesson at the fracas-cum-pre-fight press conference...
The chattering class is abuzz over Photogate. Whether excoriating the White House for "using that dark and sacred day to divide and conquer" (Maureen Dowd) or cheerfully reporting fund-raising success with studied disregard for any negative implications (the Washington Times headline was "Bush Helps Raise $30 Million for RNC...
Skakel, dressed in a gray pinstriped suit, stared at Littleton, as he explained who he'd been upstairs in the Skakel home watching the movie "The French Connection" on TV, but went outside after the family nanny had asked him to investigate a "fracas or noise" outside. "I heard some...
Disengagement could jeopardize Arab support for America's war on terror, but the Administration feels burned already. Last week's violence was particularly embarrassing for Cheney, a reluctant peace broker who nonetheless willed himself into the fracas--first by offering to meet Arafat if he agreed to a few conditions...
First Amendment Fracas