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Still, some companies continue to range outside their industries. Ford Motor last week agreed to acquire San Francisco-based First Nationwide Financial, owner of the ninth-largest U.S. savings and loan, for nearly $500 million in cash. The purchase will expand Ford's credit business, which now includes financing the purchase of new cars. General Motors and Chrysler are also increasing their lending activity...
...Look at those two games this way: The Yanks won one, we won one, both were decided in the ninth, and there were subplots. The question of whether Pavano is better than Clement is yet unanswered and certainly not important at this point. Whether any of these new relievers is the goods is not yet important. Whether Manny is moving his feet too much is unimportant. Manny will be fine. A-Rod's error that was so crucial to the Bosox win? It was sweet, but I can't imagine our bete noire will be booting the ball in September...
...Another reflection: The calendar said April 11, 2005 but the day, as it unfolded in Fenway, belonged as firmly to 2004 as Ronald Reagan's funeral, Shrek2, the Presidential election and the moment that Dave Roberts stole second base in the ninth inning of Game Four. Roberts said as much, afterwards, in explaining his presence on Monday: "This is the last hurrah for all of us. This is something I don't want to forget." Roberts, a half-season Sox, plays for San Diego now, but had elected to be in Beantown rather than in Chicago on Monday, helping...
Knowles and sophomore Samantha Fink finished second in the A-division, with one win. Freshmen Max Chalfin and Alicia Harley took ninth in the B-division, retiring from one race after the finish...
Teeming, you ask? But it’s only three out of 27 skaters—surely a team that is one-ninth Jewish can’t be considered “teeming with Jews...