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...might be an overstatement to say that that the $50 billion for the arts has been the most contentious of the $759 billion the bill will apportion out, but it sure seems that way. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW] The Boston Globe called the NEA support “a lightning rod?? for criticism. Eric Cantor, a Republican from Virginia and the third-ranking GOP member of the house, has been (as one could expect) virulently opposed to the plan. His office released a statement condemning the plan, as it “uses taxpayer dollars on NEA programs instead...
...surprise that Alex Rodriguez has joined the list of great players who have taken steroids. While his figure has not attained the Herculean proportions of Jose Canseco or Barry Bonds, the sheer prevalence of steroid use in Major League Baseball that A-Rod and others have described makes A-Rod??s drug use more predictable than shocking. His tale is simply one more on a sordid list from an era inexorably tainted by the stain of performance-enhancing drugs...
...friends were not provided. This event is only the latest in a long tradition of bizarre world records in the Ivy League. For example, Harvard students held the record for the largest conductor’s baton until The University of Pennsylvania’s band debuted their own rod??over 15 feet long—at their homecoming game last October. And in 1972, a dedicated group of Harvard students set a record for the longest monopoly game, playing for 50 hours in a Currier House elevator. According to the maker of Monopoly, the current record...
Which only reminds me of how things break down in October, that most solemn of months. The balky shoulders of Cardinals third baseman Scott Rolen sag under the weight of October; so do Nomar’s hands, A-Rod??s mojo (what’s left of it, anyway), and the bags under my eyes. Eight o’clock start times, plus midterms...
...York Yankees have dominated the sports world recently with their trade for Alex Rodriguez, once again one-upping the Red Sox. The absorption of A-Rod??s contract means that the Yankees will pay over $220 million for their 2004 roster, after the luxury tax and revenue sharing...