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...broken helmet, and kept playing, again suffering another concussion and losing the ability to walk for six months) and a 5’8”, 320-pound center who brought his gorgeous blond boyfriend to every team social event. There was a former Iowan schoolboy football star whose penchant for career ending hits was equaled only by his pathological desire for sex (which he sought from the lovely ladies of certain Glasgow neighborhoods), an NFL Europe veteran who’d played for the Chicago bears, a British sprinting champion and the best quarterback in Britain, whose...
...Democratic penchant for sidestepping military matters makes Kerry’s all-out focus on his Vietnam record all the more interesting. Only a year ago, in the midst of Howard Dean’s fifteen minutes of fame, the likelihood that the eventual Democratic presidential nominee would be a decorated soldier seemed remote. Indeed, the spectacle of tens of thousands of passionate leftist Democrats cheering someone’s Vietnam service as “noble” seemed a sight about as likely as Dick Cheney attending a MoveOn.org block party. One is tempted to ask people when...
What concerns analysts like Prudential's Michael Bruynesteyn is that Chrysler's mix of all-new or redesigned vehicles will be meager next year compared with that of rising rivals such as Honda and Nissan. And Chrysler has shown a penchant for resorting to costly incentives at the first whiff of sagging sales. Looking ahead, Zetsche says, "profitability is our No. 1 guiding principle," even if that means accepting a smaller share of the market. As for Gilles, he's hard at work on the next generation of Chrysler minivans. He won't breathe a word about their design...
...service, returning in the evenings to an empty house. In his free time, he keeps an eye on his elderly parents, loves a good trivia night, and has drinks every Friday evening with longstanding colleagues. Sporting interests? You bet: orienteering and rogaining, activities that allow him to indulge his penchant for jogging in garish training apparel. That's Creaser's regular life. But for about a fortnight in the middle of every year this acute, vital 52-year-old breaks out, leaving the Canberra winter to join a team of scientists on the annual dig at Riversleigh, Australia's most...
...Vegas casino operators are placing their biggest bets on China, where the Middle Kingdom's age-old penchant for gambling is dovetailing with the world's fastest-growing economy. Chinese millionaires are being minted every day, and the World Trade Organization predicts that the country's booming middle class will encompass half a billion people by 2014. "And frankly," says MGM Mirage CEO Terry Lanni, "there's not much to do with that money there to enjoy yourself...