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...about the dirty cop bust in Boston the other day, or the protests of Boston’s biotechnology conference being staged by radical groups. I could have even scrutinized Peter J. Gomes’ deliciously supercilious photograph—replete with puffed chest, disdainful scowl, and gleaming white pocket square—in the recent New York Times article, “Matters of Faith Find a New Prominence on Campus.” Although in light of the proposed, anti-bullying legislation being debated in the Massachusetts State House, perhaps it is wise that I learn to temper...
...months leading up to the super welterweight (154-pound) clash, motor-mouthed "Pretty Boy" Mayweather - who outside the ring carries $30,000 in pocket money and decorates himself with $1 million in diamond-encrusted jewelry - embraced the role of Iago, continuously woofing at his opponent. Seeking to irritate De La Hoya and fire up the partisan crowd, Mayweather came into the arena cheekily wearing a white sombrero and the red and green colors of Mexico on his trunks; his corner men wore T-shirts emblazoned with the words "Mayweather Loves Mexico." Meanwhile De La Hoya, the "Golden Boy" the superstar...
...come back.” HARVARD 4, DARTMOUTH 0 The Big Green could not find an answer for Perlman in game one. The rookie threw a seven-inning complete-game three-hitter, facing only two batters over the minimum. “Perlman put [Dartmouth] in his back pocket,” Walsh said. “It was an outstanding effort.” Perlman had a perfect game broken up with two outs in the fourth when Wright snuck a seeing-eye single past a diving Stoeckel. But senior catcher Andrew Casey threw a strike to second base...
...double the NBA's. While income from TV rights in the NFL is split evenly between all 32 teams, half of domestic rights in the Premier League are divided according to the number of times a team is aired and its final league position. The result: the top club pockets almost twice the amount that the bottom team does - and only the top few clubs access money-spinning European club competition the following season. In the U.S. there are mechanisms such as salary caps in place to ensure a competitive balance, but there's no sign of anything like that...
...faulty levees. For now the project is funded by universities and private foundations. But eventually, Palleroni hopes to create a viable business in which locally built furniture - all made from recycled wood - would be sold nationwide, providing jobs for local residents who will make each piece by hand and pocket the profits. He's also teaming up this summer with Brad Guy, a researcher at the Hamer Center for Community Design at Pennsylvania State University and co-author of the new book Unbuilding: Salvaging the Architectural Treasures of Unwanted Houses, to launch a home rebuilding program in East Biloxi...