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Although Princeton was upset on Saturday by Brown, the Tigers defeated Yale yesterday afternoon and still rank an imposing second to the Quakers in league play...
...Correct invaders, his stories would at least have the intellectual weight of satire. Humor need not and probably should not concern itself with furthering any social agendas. But for The Book of Guys to champion humor, these stories would have to be funny. Keillor's humor consists chiefly of rank anachronism and clumsy juxtaposition: A Wild West cowboy buys a condo from a realtor; Dionysus hits 50, gets de-deified, and sees a therapist about his midlife crisis; Don Giovanni dispenses romantic advice from the Sportsman Bar, where he plays piano. Maybe these stories would be funnier if Keillor were...
...could host conventions and special events, in addition to the mediocre football team. With Boston's rich tradition and history and the plethora of colleges, universities, hospitals and research centers, the city is a natural location for conventions and events of all types. Boston's convention facilities, however, currently rank only 41st in the country...
...major tourist city, Boston ranks surprisingly low in convention space. According to the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau, Boston's convention facilities now rate 41st in the nation. And that rank is falling as other cities expand their meeting areas...
Though Yeltsin tried to keep him on, another top free-marketeer, Finance Minister Boris Fyodorov, resigned, saying he would not serve in a government that also retained the free-spending central-bank chief Viktor Gerashchenko. Three other reform ministers lost the rank of Deputy Prime Minister. Only one new economic thinker remained in the Cabinet: Anatoli Chubais, who heads the program that is successfully privatizing small businesses. "I see no tragedy in some people leaving the government," sniffed Chernomyrdin. "It is a natural process...