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...years later, he wanted me to be in the presence of history. The hopes and fears of millions of African Americans were inextricably connected with every clutch hit, every stolen base, every acrobatic catch in Robinson's career. Not just Robinson but an entire race was coming to the plate--and he knew it. He stood up to the pressure with extraordinary grace and performed at a Hall of Fame level. His is surely one of the most remarkable and inspiring accomplishments in sports history, or just plain history...
...endorsement fees, was violating standards of decency by paying Indonesian workers only 30[cents] a day. His curt comment: "My job with Nike is to endorse the product. Their job is to be up on that." On the baseball field or off it, when Robinson came up to the plate, he took his best shot and knocked it out of the park. The superstar athletes who have taken his place, sadly, often strike...
...License plates have long been made by prisoners, but now they are also in the more questionable hands of artists. Standard-issue tags are competing with the burgeoning traffic of specialty plates. Drivers can flaunt their social conscience in all causes and colors. The fancy tags raise revenue, but what happens when you actually want to read the number on a plate? That has been a problem...
...California's cops say this design makes it nearly impossible to identify license information. Nevertheless, the mountainscape remains California's most popular specialty plate. More than 40,000 have been sold since 1993, raising more than $5.5 million. Half the revenue supports the Yosemite Fund...
...Benetton would embrace the colors of this plate. But after Arizona issued it in 1992, it was redesigned for clarity. The peaks paled to lilac, and the lettering was darkened. Plate sales remain brisk, raising in all more than $2 million for environmental education...