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...reverse of the more common sort of writing, which takes the world and boils it down into a single character. It is skill--not passion, not energy, not vision--that carries White; for anyone without the skill, his method of approaching big ideas is impossible. He is a singles hitter, but his average is high...
Burris gave up several long flyouts in the seventh, was taken out for a pinch-hitter, and was relieved by Steve Rogers in the ninth. Rogers, pitching in relief for only the third time in his career, became the losing pitcher as Monday stroked a three-and-one pitch over the centerfield wall...
...National League West Division playoffs, the Houston Astros now have a 2-0 edge over the Los Angeles Dodgers after pinch-hitter Denny Walling's two-out single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th inning gave them a 1-0 victory over...
...winner was Joe Sambito, who entered the game in the top of the 11th inning, and escaped trouble after yielding a double to pinch-hitter Steve Yeager...
Discussing political thinkers from Plato--"designated hitter of the philosphers' lineup"--to Hobbes, Locke, Machiavelli, Burke and Madison, Will traced the roots of the prevailing belief that government should be neutral on social values and why he feels this viewpoint is "wrong...