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...shell-shocked from that Broadway skyrocket known as "The Producers." The Mel Brooks musical based on his 1968 movie opened three weeks ago to the sort of rapturous reviews (and frenzy for tickets) that even Rodgers & Hammerstein would have envied. I don?t want to be the one to rain on this party (heck, that?s my quote - "A gift from the showbiz Gods!" - outside the St. James theater), but maybe a few cautionary words are in order, to try to bring everyone down to earth...
...Thoke and Abeles turned that season around. In an encore of their extra-inning duel from the previous year, Thoke and Zitarelli battled to a scoreless tie through four innings, as rain clouds loomed overhead...
...fifth, Abeles ended the deadlock with a crisp solo blast out of Niemand-Robinson field. That was all the scoring Harvard would need, as Thoke held the Big Red hitless through the duration of the game, which was cut short by rain in the sixth inning...
...take its course. The downside is that the group tends to bond and put backstabbing aside when real adversity hits - the upside is that this is supposedly a survivor show, and that bonding can be a dramatic weapon. The way the remaining group fixed bitterly on Colby when the rain washed away their camp while he was off eating stew and sipping crisp, refreshing, won't-fill-you-up-never-lets-you-down Bud Light - that's what this season has been all about, and when CBS has let the show run itself it's been just as good...
...Certainly coal has some positives. It is plentiful, accessible and cheaper to transport than gas or oil. Despite those benefits, coal was orphaned by the Clinton Administration as a sooty legacy of the Industrial Revolution, responsible for everything from acid rain to increasing incidence of asthma. And because of the high costs of pollution controls on coal-fired plants, utilities have turned to cleaner-burning natural gas for 90% of new plants. But by Cheney's estimate, the country will need at least 1,300 new electric-power plants over the next 20 years. And coal, which already generates more...