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...tough--or not tough. "What a joke," grumbles Congressman Ron Kind, a Wisconsin Democrat who led a failed bipartisan reform effort in the House. "You're eligible as long as you're breathing." Actually, that's not quite true. Since the vast majority of the cash goes to five row crops--corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and rice--more than 60% of our farmers receive no subsidies. And a recent Government Accountability Office report identified $1.1 billion of subsidies whose recipients were no longer breathing...
...Vegas had Liberace. Nashville, for more than a half-century, had Hall of Famer Porter Wagoner, the king of country glam. The Grand Ole Opry legend's blond pompadour and rhinestone suits made him a popular hitmaker (Green Green Grass of Home, Skid Row Joe) and influential ambassador, but he was best known for mentoring and performing with Dolly Parton, whom he launched on TV's syndicated 1960-79 Porter Wagoner Show. Last summer Wagoner made a national comeback with the critically acclaimed indie-album Wagonmaster. To promote it, he opened for rock's White Stripes, firing...
...know, there’s a massive fight in the courtyard, and all of a sudden I saw the police trying to break up the fight,” Whitfield said. “At this point, everybody was screaming because this was the second fight in a row. The police said, ‘everybody needs to get out of this courtyard,’ and people finally started listening and everybody started to run out of the main gate...
...from gaining the upper hand. It was difficult to play quickly on the ground as passes and touches went astray. As a result, both teams ended up resorting to the long ball. “It’s tiring to play under these conditions two weeks in a row,” Leone said. “Running out there on that mud is more than running out there on a flat surface.” Because of the conditions, Leone substituted liberally to keep fresh legs on the pitch. One of these substitutions, Merritt, made a huge impact...
...they rarely let him down.After a two-second loss to Stanford in last year’s championship four event, the Harvard entry defeated the Cardinal and all other collegiate competition yesterday, finishing the course with a time of 16:09.61. The Crimson placed fourth overall behind two U.S. Rowing boats and the Pennsylvania Athletic Club. Stanford finished fifth and was the second university crew to cross the line in a time of 16:47.56—almost 40 seconds behind Harvard.The Crimson started in the event on a staggered start, ahead of a U.S. Rowing boat composed...