Word: jersey
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...thrown out of the judicial closet by last term's decision granting states more regulatory power, is fast blossoming into a major electoral issue in state and local races around the country. The matter is expected to play an important role in the gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey this year. State legislatures, meanwhile, are being hit with a flood of pro-choice and pro-life proposals...
...early 70s, never reveals his own name, but he engagingly -- and a bit smugly -- displays the trappings of his success: "I force myself to remember that I was not born in a Philadelphia house with 20- foot ceilings but began life as the child of Russian Jews from New Jersey." He had earned his mansion, plus his Wasp wife Deirdre and several million dollars, by founding the Mnemosyne Institute, an upscale think tank designed to help government and corporate bigwigs improve their powers of recall: "As I used to say to clients, 'Memory is life...
Sparks Flies: Junior John Sparks made a big impression in his home debut in a Harvard varsity jersey. The 6-ft., 5-in. defensive tackle recorded the Crimson's only sack of the game in the first quarter just after Harvard had tied the score on a Jim Reidy touchdown reception. Sparks helped push Holy Cross signal-caller Tom Ciaccio out of the pocket and eventually chased Ciaccio down for a 17-yd. loss. The Crusaders were forced to punt, setting up the Crimson's second consecutive touchdown drive...
...team--the New York Jets. But I was never a diehard fan, especially after they moved to New Jersey. It wasn't just their ineptitude--the Mets and Knicks were not exactly paragons of eptitude, and I've always loved them. It was the way they lost that got me so disgruntled. Too frustrating, too stupid and too boring. The Mets and Knicks could lose in their own funny ways and I'd still be as gruntled as ever...
...mission's overnight guests like to say they are passing through on their way to something better. Michael, a weasel-faced gambler who landed there after blowing his last $11,000 at craps, says he will soon be reconciled with his wife in New Jersey and on his way to Florida. "We're talking about getting out. Building a little house, a little boat. Soon." John, who last made a living recycling cans, was lured to Atlantic City by one of Trump's ads. "I'm going back to see my daughter in Tacoma. If I can ever...