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...million for five years. And Minnesota-Twin-for-a-year Morris, 36, whose won-lost record for the past four seasons is 54-57, rented his right arm to the Toronto Blue Jays; the two-year deal is worth $10.85 million. That's about $1,500 a pitch, for those of you who couldn't afford a pocket calculator this Christmas. (But these are still middle-income entertainers. TV's Bill Cosby earned $60 million...
...million for five years. And Minnesota-Twin-for-a-year Morris, 36, whose won-lost record for the past four seasons is 54-57, rented his right arm to the Toronto Blue Jays; the two-year deal is worth $10.85 million. That's about $1,500 a pitch, for those of you who couldn't afford a pocket calculator this Christmas. (But these are still middle-income entertainers. TV's Bill Cosby earned $60 million...
...legislature, to work out some kind of compromise between the new commonwealth and his Union of Sovereign States, but was blocked when legislators from the commonwealth republics refused to attend. The Soviet President huddled with army commanders to appeal for military support a day before Yeltsin made a comparable pitch to a similar group of officers. Some generals interviewed on British television found Yeltsin more impressive, and subordinate officers voiced Russian variations of the Western proverb that he who pays the piper calls the tune. That can only mean Yeltsin: the Gorbachev government is flat broke and has only those...
...types from shows like A Current Affair and Hard Copy, have converged on this drowsy resort. Local TV news shows, with their marvelous ability to manufacture hysteria, pump images out to the heartland every night, creating the inaccurate impression that the trial is a drama conducted at a fever pitch and that the media coverage is a "zoo." A zoo it may be, but one with very small, very docile animals...
...black and maintained a black presence on the high court, "so much the better." That would seem to be Bush's attitude toward racial code. When his campaign harps on Willie Horton, Bush believes he is only making a point about crime. If some voters find the pitch more persuasive because Horton is black -- well, so much the better...