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...LOSER Norwegian Roald Amundsen beats Scott to the pole on Dec. 14, 1911. Scott makes it there a month later...
Surely our hunter-gatherer ancestors played games: "Race you to that carcass," perhaps, or "I'm a better spear thrower than you." The winner ate; the loser was tiger bait. Our Darwinian need for competition, short of war, ultimately diverted to sport. The Greeks stopped battles for their Olympics; the Romans hailed their gladiators; they also played a version of soccer. Ancient sportswriters recorded...
...self-deprecating guy who conceded the election in the most graceful speech of his life. But as Gore tries to make yet another first impression, you have to wonder about his stage managing. Last week he held a bipartisan conference alongside former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander, a two-time loser for the G.O.P. nomination. Then Gore ran an election academy in Nashville meant to train 25 young people to be good Democratic field operatives. He hoped it would come off like a civics lesson; others wondered if he was trying to keep his war paint fresh...
Nightlife, like military service, was segregated back then. One area in Koza was designated for blacks and another for whites. Today, while the party spots are still split by race--whites head toward bars, blacks congregate in hip-hop clubs--it's a mixed bunch that piles into the "loser cruisers," military-run buses for the poor sods stationed on remote camps that take them to bars on base like the Globe & Anchor. But the guys playing arcade games and pool are white; the ones on the dance floor are black...
...like the service itself, was segregated back then. One area in Koza was designated for blacks, and another for whites. Today, while the party spots are still split by race?whites heading toward bars, blacks congregating in hip-hop clubs?it's a mixed bunch that piles into the "loser cruisers," military-run buses for the poor sods stationed on remote camps that take them to bars on base like the Globe & Anchor. But the guys playing arcade games and pool are white; the ones on the dance floor are black...