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...entice the Patriots to Hartford, which only two years ago lost its NHL franchise, Gov. John G. Rowland had to commit $1 billion to a new convention center and stadium on its dilapidated waterfront. Meanwhile, the city--one of the nation's poorest--struggles to fund its schools. Hartford is not the only city with such skewed priorities. A new stadium is not a panacea for urban renewal. With so many more pressing needs, it is a wonder that cities continue to pay the ransoms demanded by team owners...
...norm for the telecommunications industry is about 25%, he points out. "People walk around this place feeling better about themselves and their jobs compared with workers in other companies I've seen, since they know they have someone like Paul to talk to if they need to," Rowland says...
...Pleasant Rowland, a former teacher and newscaster, launched American Girls 12 years ago in Middleton, Wis., precisely to offer girls an alternative to the unnaturally proportioned Barbie. Yet in July, Rowland sold her company to Barbie's corporate parent, Mattel, for $700 million--and a promise that American Girls would retain its separate identity...
...country's population. With 18 G.O.P. incumbents running this year, Republicans will at worst maintain their count of 32 governorships, and probably will pick up at least three more. And they'll do it in some improbable places. In Connecticut, which has recently leaned toward Democrats, incumbent John Rowland is running 40 points ahead of Barbara Kennelly, daughter of the state's most powerful Democratic don. Colorado may elect its first Republican Governor since 1970, and in Georgia businessman Guy Millner is poised to become the first Republican in the statehouse this century. G.O.P. gubernatorial candidates look unbeatable in seven...
Dongming Chen, a senior physicist at the Rowland Institute, who also studied at Harvard, agrees with Zhang's assessment...