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Just as the computer chip brought about a computer revolution and the creation of an entire region devoted to its research and promotion--Silicon Valley--novel research in genetics has established Cambridge as a type of genetic playground...
Politically, however, the law makes perfect sense. It lets lawmakers take a stance against an issue without the challenge of really accomplishing anything. And whether the issue is underage drinking, education or pornography, the Internet has become the politician's new playground for useless, if not harmful, legislation...
About 100 yds. from the wall of Westside Middle School's gym is Cole Hill, an elevation surrounded by gravel and blacktop roads. It was near here that Mitch and Drew found a site to park the van. They had a clear view of the school's playground, enclosed by chain-link fence, a few hundred feet up the road. Three feet of sage grass, kudzu vines and an array of sapling oaks, sweet gums and acorn trees provided cover. For Mitch and Drew, the spot was perfect...
...stinky head" generate ongoing hysteria. We quickly adapted to most aspects of our temporary home: Cheerios, cheese sandwiches and jokes about excretory functions served us well. We watched Bambi, played hide-and-go-seek in the dark hallways of the aquarium and got to be veloceraptors in prehistoric playground battles. But ultimately, daily rituals like the ingenious game "rise-and-shine" (played prior to 7 a.m.) sent us packing...
...plays exactly the way my team did, with a few new wrinkles and some better athletes. My coach was the ornery philosopher Pete Carril. Princeton's current coach, Bill Carmody, apprenticed under Carril for 14 years. Carril saw the 94-ft. by 54-ft. hard court as a moral playground where the cardinal virtue was unselfishness. The embodiment of unselfishness was the assist, the small act of grace of giving up the ball to a teammate who has a better shot. Check out the box score of a Princeton game: the team gets two-thirds of its baskets off assists...