Word: racketeering
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Monica agrees but can't really see what's in store for her after putting down the racket. "At this age, you know, I just have no idea. I'm still so young, just 25. I have no idea what's in the future. I just hope to enjoy the present...
...that's what I find so fascinating about Monica Seles. She idolizes Mother Theresa and Mandela because they've put so much of themselves into their lives and because "nobody like them exists anymore." When Monica puts down the racket, we'll understand why her comment is so ironic. In the world of tennis, she is our ambassador of reality...
...another obstacle hits her tomorrow and she has to put down the racket for good, I ask, would she have any regrets...
...ringleaders of the Yankees Suck racket disdain such imitations. "There's some fake Yankee-haters out there," one sneers. "They're imposters. They're out there to make a buck. We're out there to hate the Yankees...
...more, the campaign against soft money--which is given to the party rather than to specific candidates--is being aided by an unlikely new interest group, big donors. Corporate leaders are starting to balk at a system that many view as little more than a party-led protection racket. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International, which gave more than $225,000 in the '98 election cycle, mostly to the G.O.P., is likely to cease giving soft money this fall after a vote by its board of directors, predicts chairman Ed Kangas. Several other large companies are expected to do the same. About...