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...Democracy is bigger than any one person.' WILLIAM C. THOMPSON JR., New York City comptroller, decrying the prospect that Mayor Michael Bloomberg will push for a change in city law to run for a third term. Thompson plans to run for mayor...
...draft pick, it was a pretty big deal to get invited because they only invite guys they think are worth trying to develop,” Haviland says. “It signified going from the 33rd round to them actually thinking of me as a prospect. It was a pretty exciting...
...Arizona, the goal is to fill in the gaps in the righty’s repertoire: bring up the velocity on his fastball and develop a definitive third pitch. A’s coaches greeted their low-A prospect by telling him that he couldn’t use his curveball or his splitter as long as he was there. Only fastballs and cutters were allowed...
...Well, prospective lawyers, you can kiss that “A” in Civil Procedure goodbye. Last week, Harvard Law School (HLS) announced that it would eliminate letter grades by the fall of 2009, adopting an “honors pass/pass/low pass/fail” grading system like those already in place at Stanford and Yale. The change no doubt comes as a relief for incoming 1Ls daunted by the prospect of competition with some of the brightest—and most cutthroat—students in the nation. But beyond merely assuaging freshman fears, the switch to pass/fail...
...cohorts. Fueled by fears that the cache of weapons could make its way to al-Qaeda-linked insurgents, the U.S. sent warships to encircle the anchored vessel as an international fleet hurried to join them. In his interview with the Times, Ali seemed cheerfully fatalistic about the prospect of tangling with the world's naval superpowers: "We know you only die once." Rumors flew that three pirates had already perished during a shootout stemming from a disagreement over whether to surrender, but the pirate spokesman dismissed the claim. He said the marauders onboard would withstand the siege, and didn...