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...secure the rights for teams to void the contract of drug cheats before the last drug agreement was negotiated, about a year ago, the owners clearly took a weak position. They set themselves up to carry more steroid baggage than they may otherwise want. "From a management perspective, we prefer to have as many options to us as possible," says one American League team executive. These rules are on the books until December of 2011. At that time, maybe MLB's leadership will have more clout. But for now, enjoy Manny Being Manny again come July. Draped in Dodger blue...
...Harvard. How large of a role did Star Trek play in producing the final product?Max: One thing that was really exciting and appealing was that from the first time we met them, they were happy to let us do whatever we want. That’s what they prefer, and what we prefer. We have sought their advice, and usually what happens [is] they don’t tell us what to do, just make us feel comfortable making our own decisions. You know they’re like, “Make your own call, this is your...
...meeting with myself, and I said, Do we really need more white lobbyists with gray hair on TV?" But it's not clear that more diverse spokesmen or better tweets can woo a new generation to the GOP; support for gay rights is soaring, and polls show that voters prefer Democratic approaches to health care, education and the economy. "The outlook for Republicans is even worse than people think," says Ruy Teixeira, author of The Emerging Democratic Majority. "Their biggest problem is that they really believe what they believe...
...Foundation president Langdale said names of contributors will not be released because some donors prefer anonymity. He also would not disclose the exact total raised thus far. But other sources reported commitments totaling more than a third of the $300 million projected for the George W. Bush Presidential Center, which will include a museum and research institute to be built on a 25-acre parcel...
...have the funding to do it,” says Kroll. “And it’s not even that the fault is at the top. I think people like [Associate Dean for IT and FAS IT Chief Information Officer] Larry Levine would say that they would prefer not to outsource the mail, but the realities of the budget being what they are, it is the most efficient way to provide services that students are actually likely to use.”In an e-mail, Levine wrote that the decision to outsource e-mail was not based...