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...baseball heroes were Ken Griffey Jr., Barry Bonds and Tony Gwynn. I loved the way they carried themselves. They carried themselves with a swagger, but they weren't cocky. And just the way that they went out and they played the game was absolutely awesome. And my role models were definitely my family: my parents, my older brother and sister and my twin brother...
...Bean, chief of the Environmental Defense Fund's wildlife program, sees it as a positive trend as the list of imperiled animals grows and other funding falls. "Potentially, it can do a lot of good," he says, "as long as there are no strings attached." Australia's Treasury Secretary, Ken Henry, spent a month with the hairy-noses as an Epping caretaker. "It's absolutely terrific what Xstrata has done," says Henry, an ardent conservationist. "There's opportunities for other corporates to get involved with other species." Memo to Tasmanian devil: Are you getting this...
...nothing else, the name KenKen has been well received. It even inspired NYU professor Amanda Yesnowitz to pen a parody of Cole Porter's "Can-Can," which she debuted at the tournament: "If a lad called Jennings, Ken, can ... If John Glenn, in his den, now and then can ... Can Obama? Yes, he KenKen!" Afterward, the president of Nextoy, which owns the puzzle's rights outside Japan, approached her about posting the song on his company's website, but she was too distracted by a nearby conversation, gasping, "Did Will just say my name...
...accepted traditional parameters,” Calixto said. For now, the idea behind Campus Kings has already drawn some approval on Yale’s New Haven campus. “Shoes depicting the Yale logo could most likely be a good and profitable item,” said Ken Stewart, a Yale Bookstore employee, when asked about the venture yesterday. Yale senior Clayton Crooks emphasized that the shoes, which Campus Kings has said will sell for anywhere between $40 and $70, are affordable. Crooks said he believed that designer shoes without school logos tended to sell for more...
...imagine today’s superstars living such schedules? True, when Ken Griffey Jr. leaves to play for the Mariners this spring, he will leave behind his sprawling mansion in Windermere, Fla. (recently toured by Pablo S. Torre ’07), forced to content himself with a multi-million dollar condo overlooking Seattle. But, something in this sacrifice has been lost. When Griffey’s more arrogant brethren are turning down $25 million/year deals and wringing team owners for every penny before they agree to play the sport they treasure, it can be hard to identify respectable motives...