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...SPARE THE ROD, KEEP YOUR...
Alongside a cow pasture in 1636, what would one day be a world-renowned institution—Harvard College—was born. Things got off to a shaky start. The school’s first leader, Master Nathaniel Eaton, neither spared the rod nor spoiled the child. In fact, he beat a child severely...
ENTERED REHAB. Gavin Newsom, 39, popular San Francisco mayor who became a national lightning rod in 2004 when he "legalized" same-sex marriage and presided over dozens of weddings before the state supreme court voided the unions; in the wake of reports that he had had an affair with the wife of one of his aides and his admission of alcohol abuse; in San Francisco. Though some officials called for his resignation, many declared Newsom--who is being treated as an outpatient--courageous and offered support, albeit cautiously. One member of the city's board of supervisors said...
...road, past piles of tires burning in a cold rain, the taxi met Israeli army jeeps highballing in the other direction, toward the shabab, the Palestinian youths with stones. The soldiers were driving fast, as they do in the territories, their radio antennas whipping like a fly-fisherman's rod with a trout on the line. The soldiers' weapons bristled from the sides of the jeeps, and they wore heavy, stone-proof hard plastic helmets with wraparound clear visors that hid their faces -- a space- alien effect. ''We should go back to see what happens,'' the passenger said, unthinkingly...
...Later, he strolls through half a century of great players. Hoad and Rod Laver, of course ... John McEnroe possessed an unrivaled finesse, but Cooper couldn't forgive him his antics. Pete Sampras was probably "the best grass-court player of all time." The clear favorite to win in Melbourne is Federer, whom Cooper can see eventually passing Sampras' record majors tally of 14: "If he maintains his motivation he could end up as the greatest player of all time . . . he hasn't got a weakness." With only two majors, Pat Rafter doesn't qualify as a great, but Cooper marvels...