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...hunger over the summer to come back and have an even bigger role,” Cusworth says. “It was just a freak thing—it was devastating, but watching every game made me look forward to this season even more...
...year after taking over, Henry and his CEO, Larry Lucchino, handed the team's reins to Epstein, the then 28-year-old assistant general manager. A Yalie who had grown up a mile from Fenway, Epstein was a data freak who did a sabermetric analysis on everyone in spikes. By the time he was finished dealing, Epstein had replaced 16 of Boston's 25 players. Before the 2004 season, he tried to pull off a stunning coup by bringing superstar shortstop Alex Rodriguez to Beantown. The deal fell apart, and Rodriguez eventually landed in New York. But Epstein had other...
Four years ago, a constitutional crisis, bruising as it was, at least felt like a freak accident. If it happens again, it may feel like an assault. Each side has declared that the other will do anything to win, which means that if this race stays tight, whichever candidate loses is less likely to think that he was beaten than that he was robbed. Already the planes are fueled, the legal SWAT teams ready, the recount office spaces reserved and provisions made for staplers and coffeemakers in the event that Election Day does indeed become Election Month...
...very good way. Perhaps the best example of this quality is provided by the Cuban-American artist Felipe Jesus Consalvos, whose work consists of the most visually hectic but utterly stunning collages I have ever seen; in one of my favorites, “Home of the Nature Freak,” a giant bull’s head drives a purple convertible along the roof of Carnegie Hall while the queen of spades nurses a small child in the back seat...
...says something of Payne that the actors felt they could do that. "Really, what a good director should be is a control freak who lets you think you're in charge, and he's good at that," says Giamatti. "He really likes doing what he does and wants you to have a good time, first and foremost." And yes, they got their wine...