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...half-inch of rain also fell in Memphis Nov. 19, the day before homicide detectives took over...
...dressed role models such as SHAQUILLE O'NEAL and KOBE BRYANT. But no. The two Los Angeles Lakers stars were among at least nine players fined $5,000 apiece by the NBA for wearing shorts too long. Seems the rule is that basketball shorts must stop at least an inch above the knee. It was enforced before, in 1997, when officials thought shorts were overly baggy-saggy a la hip-hop fashion, violating "the integrity of the uniform," in the words of the NBA's Tim Frank. Shaq says he refuses to wear "John Stockton shorts," referring to the Utah...
...there really been a paradigm shift? Despite the literal truth explained by Heraclitus, there are some constants no fiery fanaticism can destroy, some issues and conflicts that have not been budged an inch by the devastating events of that sunny Tuesday morning. So what will never be the same again, what has barely blinked...
Contrary to popular belief, the one-inch holes that pattern the concrete walls of Mather House were not designed to allow Dunster House to breathe when it was shipped to Harvard using Mather as a box. Mather House was designed by the oldest architectural firm in Boston—Shepley, Bullfinch, Richardson and Abbot—which also built Sever Hall along with Boston landmarks such as South Station and the Boston Public Library. So why this sudden (not to mention short-lived) desire to leave unfinished concrete pockmarked by identical one-inch holes? Concrete was the building material because...
...those who aren't so trusting, it will be a long, sleepless road to the courtroom. Microsoft is not inclined to give another inch on the deal. Iowa attorney general Tom Miller, leader of the rump, is girding for battle, even as his ranks are decimated. "Before it was Goliath vs. Goliath," he says. "Now it's David vs. Goliath. We don't mind being David." There will be no snoring in his office for some time to come...