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Even as he raised his gavel to open the hearings, Thompson knew that the committee's Democrats had found a way to steal the show. For weeks the man at the center of the scandal, former D.N.C. fund raiser John Huang, had refused to testify; so when Glenn disclosed in his opening statement that Huang might be willing to talk if he were granted some partial immunity, Republicans growled that it was "nothing more than an opening-day stunt." White House aides, who had been nervous that the retiring former astronaut might try to depart the Senate with a statesmanlike...
...bright, brisk spring afternoon last week, Bill Clinton threw out the first ball at the Cleveland Indians' opening-day game. But his pitch, high and over the plate, was more than the usual springtime rite. The President helped kick off the baseball season in Jacobs Field, a sleek, brand-new, $169 million stadium, a large chunk of which was financed by a 4.5 cents-a-pack local tax on cigarettes. Yet no one, no matter where they are sitting, is permitted to smoke in the open-air stands...
...couple of games have already been rescheduled: the men's lacrosse team will not kick off their season against traditional opening-day rival C.W. Post, but will open this weekend on the road at Cornell. And the women's lacrosse team had to cancel last night's game against Massachusetts--for obvious reasons...
...throw, you catch, and we'll sit down and talk about particulars later." The result was three hitless innings, and Seaver is rejuvenated at 39. Had the New York Mets not bungled and lost Seaver in the compensation draft, he would have been certain of his 15th opening-day start, leaving Walter Johnson in the dust. As it turns out, a surprising 19-year-old named Dwight Gooden could open for the Mets, while Seaver may have to follow behind several White Sox pitchers. But he seems unconcerned. A whole new league and audience await him. "I hope...
...Taft quickly shut off the only threat of an opening-day battle. Nineteen Senators, including four Republicans, had joined in an attempt to adopt an effective anti-filibuster rule. But neither Taft nor any other G.O.P. leader wanted to open the Republican 83rd Congress with a fight. On Taft's motion, the argument was put off until this week, with little chance that the 19, whose chief aim is to prevent Southerners from filibustering civil rights legislation to death, will get anywhere...