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...players publicly for their misdemeanors on the pitch. Perhaps the most telling influence on Ferguson was his father Alex, who supported his early career as a player with his presence but never his congratulations - even when he'd scored four goals. "He was a born winner and a bad loser," says a former fellow striker. Ferguson won a reputation for belligerence and the nickname "razor elbows" for the barely legal style with which he created the time and space he needed to fire a shot on goal. A champion of "the beautiful game" as a manager, Ferguson was never...
...because Groban wraps his baritone around a hybrid of opera and pop, sings in English, Spanish and Italian and, when he performs, is not afraid to look and act like Michael Bolton. If DJs were indifferent, viewers clamored for information after Groban appeared on Ally McBeal playing a loser with pipes of gold. Last week, after he was profiled on ABC's 20/20, sales rocketed, sending the CD into the Top 10. "I'm not performing for the classical crowd or the Britney crowd," says Groban. "I'm performing for people who like all different kinds of music." And watch...
Trashing the environment is a sure vote loser, so the Administration frequently tries to paint itself green, and sometimes ends up saying one thing and doing another. At his confirmation hearings, Attorney General John Ashcroft pledged to enforce another Clinton-era policy--the "roadless rule," which protected 58.5 million acres of national forest land from development. At the very end of his term, Clinton passed the rule, leaving it for the Bush Administration to put into action. And Bush has kept it on the books. But when logging companies challenged the measure in court, the defense put up by Ashcroft...
...that situation. I felt less then as a human being." He finds it incomprehensible that anybody would want to be him. His own yearning to be someone else has only recently "leveled off into just a feeling of missing something," he says. But his youthful days as a loser served him well. They have given his misfits the stamp of humanity. "I guess I don't think of them as misfits," he says. "I'm interested in people outside looking in, I guess because that's maybe how I feel." What's the best revenge for getting beaten...
Harvard’s bid to bounce back in the nightcap against Villanova was cut short as the game was called after five innings with the Wildcats up 2-0. The Crimson only managed one hit off the Villanova starter. Guy was the tough-luck loser...