Word: mickey
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...That's what makes the Kennedy School great. It's a mixture of academics who have real political experiences," said Mickey Edwards, lecturer in public policy and a former U.S. representative from Oklahoma...
...behind Super Mario 64 is a shaggy-haired, banjo-playing Japanese artist who rides a bicycle to work, wears a Mickey Mouse tie and chills out by plucking bluegrass tunes on his Dobro guitar...
...Lally Weymouth, daughter of Washington Post matriarch Katharine Graham); and wise guys like Michael Lewis, who filed fascinating dispatches from the campaign trail, including information on his own body odor; and Jacob Weisberg, probably the most brilliant young fogy to pass through the magazine since Michael Kinsley; and Mickey Kaus, author of a book on welfare reform and a worthy Kinsley successor as the TRB columnist. Margaret Talbot, executive editor since 1995, might be the best contender if it weren't for her boss's Groucho Marx-like problem: Would he give the job to someone who already works there...
Never mind that Yankee Stadium is far more accessible by both car and subway than the new stadium would be, never mind that the neighborhood is actually quite safe on game days, never mind that 2 million fans a year can still imagine Mickey Mantle gliding across the outfield. The wish list of one megalomaniac seems to take precedence over the welfare of millions. Instead of giving the billion to George, why not sprinkle some of it over the school system and some of it over the Bronx, and renew New York City? As it is, Yankee Stadium...
...take so long for the Scooter to get the recognition he deserved? He lacked the heroic grace of a Joe Dimaggio or the majestic bat of a Mickey Mantle...