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...coin-toss has gone on to win the game without the other team even getting the ball, according to the Elias Sports Bureau; overall, the coin toss winner eventually won 64% of the games. "That [kind of statistic] really sticks out," admits New York Giants co-owner John Mara, who sits on the league's competition committee. "It's too high. That's a pretty big advantage...
...local politics, and for college students particularly. It’s too often assumed that age is a prerequisite for getting involved in politics. But as history shows, older candidates aren’t necessarily the most qualified. Nor are they the most likely to win. In 1818, one John Henry Eaton was accidentally sworn into the Senate at 28 years of age; and in 1935, Rush Holt waited six months into the Senate session before being old enough to enter. There are more recent examples in local politics: In 2005, a high school senior was elected mayor...
...instructors at Saturday’s training were volunteers, including John Coulon, who has been teaching life-saving skills since...
...Edwards, John •less-than-triumphant re-emergence...
...bids farewell to its director, who has worked at the museum for 45 years, the last 30 as its head, with the exhibit The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions - a hodgepodge of 300 works of art, from a wooden Egyptian statue to Jasper John's White Flag, collected under de Montebello. Through Feb. 1, 2009. 1000 Fifth Avenue, at 82nd Street, New York City...