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...change: birching, or beating with a birch rod, for crimes of violence against a person was still going strong in the 1970s, homosexuality was not legalized until 1992 and abortion has been permitted for mothers at risk only since 1995. Crime levels belong to '50s Britain, and even a minor mugging will make the front page of the local weekly newspapers...
...That's the day the euro is scheduled to be introduced for retail purchases. The transition to the new currency will surely go smoothly, though there is the potential for at least minor confusion and delay. Only after you spend some time examining the photograph do you realize that it's a gently absurd, tongue-in-cheek version of what could go wrong. But of course, spending time chuckling over this image is the whole point. At the bottom are the words "On Europe. On Time." Yes, that Time. Welcome to our new advertising campaign. The bakery scene...
...boyish superstar Ichiro (he goes by his given name) and fellow emigrant Tsuyoshi Shinjo, a dashing slugger joining the New York Mets, both perform as advertised, the exodus will only accelerate. (American players have been part of the Japanese baseball equation for years but only in the form of minor leaguers, benchwarmers and aging stars. Never has an American of top status been guilty of defection - and certainly no one like Ichiro who, with an exotic foot-in-the-air stance, has won an unprecedented seven-straight batting titles.) "It's a disaster in the making," says novelist and baseball...
...competition and increase overall per-game attendance. Another idea is expansion, as in a plan proposed by baseball columnist Jim Allen, which would take advantage of a number of new ballparks built around the country, courtesy of Liberal Democratic Party pork, to set up a broad system of professional minor league teams in small markets. Still another plan is a World Baseball Cup, like that of soccer, held once every four years. But all require conviction and/or money, commodities in short supply in recession-ridden Japan. Hiroshi Gondo, ex-manager of the Yokohama Bay Stars, is especially skeptical...
...front of Mass Hall every hour on the hour. It might be difficult to come up with cheers that can incorporate “Living Wage Now” into a suitable rhyme scheme, but I’m confident that a few diligent Harvard brains can overcome that minor hurdle (though a “brrrrr…it’s cold in here, there must be some Toros in the atmosphere” cheer would be such a welcome touch.) Hmmm, and now that I think about it, since the PSLM is upset that Harvard is stuck...