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...seems stranger for sports to attempt to legislate sportsmanship when some already-accepted rituals are anything but sportsmanlike. Baseball's retaliatory beanball will prompt a warning and, if done repeatedly, an ejection, but it is still an established--nay, often expected--part of the game. And hockey...let's not even talk about hockey...
...event's burgeoning popularity and simultaneous anonymity within the sports world prompt an exploration of the state of ballroom dancing today. The inquiry is made especially interesting when done with an eye toward Harvard, whose athletics program is the most diverse in the nation...
...night before, aides said, but was pleased that Reno got there on her own. "Janet," he said, "I think you're right." And a few hours later in the Rose Garden, he began to prepare the nation. "I think [Elian] should be reunited," Clinton said, "and in as prompt and as orderly a way as possible...
...Mbeki's position has been privately greeted as something of a disaster by Clinton administration officials, who will receive the South African president on a state visit next month. In their official comments they avoided criticism of Mbeki so as not to prompt a further backlash, but the controversy is almost certain to provoke protests from U.S. AIDS activists and cast a cloud over Washington's relationship with its favorite new-generation African leader...
...hair may prompt you to write her off as a gimmick. Pink? As it turns out, this 20-year-old's music is better than her name. Pink offers up a fresh take on the genre of blue-eyed soul: she sings Aaliyah-style, hip-hop-fueled R. and B., with confidence and cool. Her lyrics are full of attitude, but her smooth, seductive vocals go down easy. Pink's future looks golden. Let's hope she doesn't dye her hair yellow to match...