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More irritating is the sidelining of the black characters, "Ol' Man River" notwithstanding. One especially grating moment involves a little exchange between Cap'n Andy, the proprietor of the Cotton Blossom, and the wise slave Queenie in which the latter, in response to Andy's grumbling that the balcony seats aren't selling, asks him "What about colored folks?" and launches into a ballyhoo aimed exclusively at said "colored folks." However, both Gretha Boston, who won a Tony award for her performance as Queenie, and Andre Solomon-Glover as Queenie's husband Joe, establish considerable presence that prevents their characters...
Pivotal rulings by Judge Richard Matsch stymied Jones on two of those strategies. A judge can exclude evidence if he believes it is prejudicial or irrelevant or simply too insubstantial, and on three occasions, Matsch refused to let Jones introduce material the latter dearly hoped to present. Matsch allowed the jury to see only a small part of a Justice Department report that harshly criticized the fbi forensics lab, which did crucial work in the Oklahoma City case; he forbade Jones to try to show that a worldwide conspiracy may have been responsible for the bombing; and he barred testimony...
Thoroughbred training and quarter-horse training are obviously a breed apart, but the latter requires a horse sense and work ethic that Baffert put to good use once he decided to run with the big boys. His first major success came with Thirty Slews, who won the Breeders' Cup Sprint in 1992. By 1995 he was the leading trainer at Santa Anita. At last year's Kentucky Derby, he saddled Cavonnier, who lost by a nose to Grindstone--trained by Lukas. "I actually thought we had the race won," says Baffert, "so when they posted the results, it felt like...
...Spanish fossils, though nearly twice as old, show a mix of modern and Neanderthal facial traits. According to the new genealogy, H. antecessor evolved in Africa and gave rise to H. heidelbergensis and another, still undiscovered species. The former begat Neanderthals; the latter led to modern H. sapiens. Not all paleoanthropologists are convinced. But if this theory holds up, the human family tree has just grown another branch...
Feaster's career achievements are nothing short of astounding. She is one of only four players to surpass the 1000-point and 500-rebound plateaus in their Harvard careers, and she accomplished the feat as a mere junior, reaching the latter mark during her sophomore campaign...