Word: nelsons
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...Brother, Where Art Thou? Starring: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman Director: Joel Coen Opens...
Running under the premise that pitching wins championships, he brought in stud young arms when he was forced to trade Randy Johnson. He has systematically improved his bullpen, most recently by signing Jeff Nelson from the Yankees. And he implemented some addition-by-subtraction by removing clubhouse cancer, Ken Griffey, Jr. Through it all, he kept the brilliant leadership of the colorful Lou Pinella...
...Fellowship began as a memorial to Michael C. Rockefeller, son of Nelson Rockefeller, who died while travelling to Papa New Guinea after graduation. It is given yearly to seniors with uncertain plans for the future...
...unilateral separation" on the Palestinians if Yasser Arafat declares statehood [WORLD, Nov. 6] reminds me of South Africa's semantic maneuvering to replace the word apartheid with words like "separate development." Of course, the Middle East and South African situations are totally different. But Barak and Arafat can follow Nelson Mandela's and F.W. de Klerk's example and not only talk but also work together and walk the whole mile of transformation to democracy without outside mediators. JAN MAARSCHALK Florida Hills, South Africa...
DIED. LARS-ERIK NELSON, 59, audacious columnist for the New York Daily News for nearly two decades, who also worked for the New York Review of Books, Reuters and Newsday; of an apparent stroke; in Washington. Nelson was an old-school journalist who never missed a deadline, but he had a fanciful streak--he taught himself to play guitar on a long flight back from Latin America with Henry Kissinger (later, he picked up the balalaika). He also spoke fluent Russian and used it to interview Soviet dignitaries during the cold war--and to nettle the English-only reporters...