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Then trotted out a gimpy Carl Everett, the swaggering Red Sox outfielder who was pinch hitting as a final attempt to not only crack Mussina’s dominance, but also to salvage an otherwise disastrous and painful weekend for New England baseball fans...
...back, and sleeping on the bus. They survive on their faith in baseball. After several bad breaks, Noah gets persuaded to try a gimmick. They put a ringer from the Negro League in a costume and introduce him as the Golem of Jewish legend. Fishkin, the team's pinch-hitter, explains the legend: "a golem is a creature that man creates to be a companion, a protector or a servant. But only God can grant a creature a soul and inevitably golems become destroyers." And so, as it must, disaster befalls the team when it introduces the creature...
...That mentality dates back to colonial times. "Black people used to be looked down upon so now they see white people as better," says Peter Ngumo, 23, a Nairobi clothing salesman. "They believe being light is the only way they can be appreciated." West African mothers still pinch their babies' noses in the hope they will grow thinner and more European-looking. Modeling pageants still shun African shapes and stipulate slim hips. Add the influence of advertising and television and, "as much as a lot of people don't like to admit it, the belief that light skin is more...
...crisis conditions of rolling blackouts and exploding wholesale power prices have gotten less severe over the past few months. Nevertheless, California businesses and consumers are beginning to feel the pinch. Anecdotal reports have southern California consumer power bills 70-100 percent higher than they were at this time last year. A Los Angeles Times poll conducted in the last week of June showed that nearly half of Californians are disapproving of the way that Gov. Gray Davis has handled the crisis. There have not been any major blackouts so far this summer, and the state cut a deal...
...first big bash of the new semester. Like many of the revelers, junior Jason Lamberton straggled back to campus at dawn, as the trees blew in a cold wind. When he arrived, he recalls, "I saw the police cars lining up, and I had to rub my eyes and pinch myself. It was the same scene all over again." And it was again at Cogswell. The victim this time was Benjamin Varner. An incorrigibly curious freshman, Varner, 19, had once been limited by a teacher to a mere seven questions a day. Now he lay in his room, stabbed...