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...best example is the NBA, which owes its success to two dynasties after the merger between the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America. The Lakers in their Minnesota form and the Celtics in with their Bill Russell face ruled basketball with the first three-peat and only eight-peat, respectively, and made the NBA a legit league. The Showtime Lakers of the 80s continued the “Magic” until Jordan’s Bulls took the reins...
...magazine. It could certainly qualify as one of the 50 most-difficult-to-reach restaurants. On the northwestern tip of the island, it is a six-hour drive from Edinburgh; for the last leg of the journey, gastronomic pilgrims must navigate an undulating single-lane road across a spongy peat bog. It's well worth the trip. Spear's cooking, which draws foodies from across Britain, is deceptively simple, starting with appetizers like langoustine salad and partan bree (crab soup), both made from meltingly sweet local shellfish. Entrées include flash-sautéed Skye scallops, citrus-roast halibut...
...have recognized it for the sturdy rampart it is, have smiled wryly as it, undented, has deflected disappointment. Expect little, and you cannot be disappointed. With our generation, a hard cynicism has replaced the gee-whiz ingenuousness that characterized American generations past as surely as carbon is pressed from peat into coal. What danger could there be in protective cynicism...
...wants you to believe, there isn’t too much excitement when you look at this year’s playoffs. The two-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers seem poised to be only the fifth team in the league’s history to three-peat, with the indomitable Shaquille O’Neal close to joining the pantheon of truly elite basketball players such as Russell, Chamberlain, West, Bird, Magic, and Jordan...
...remain untouched. But non-smokers easily forget that the burden of cigarette taxes falls disproportionately on the poor. If other major factors are taken into account, the lower a person’s income, the more likely that person smokes. According to a study by the consulting firm KPMG Peat Marwick, smokers earning less than $30,000 will pay more than half of the price incresases created by the cigarette tax. Less than 1 percent will be paid by smokers with annual incomes over $100,000. For that reason, a tax on tobacco is probably the most regressive...