Word: saban
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...South Florida fretted about its schools, sprawl and spiraling costs of living half as much as it agonized over its Miami Dolphins, the place might actually be the paradise it claims to be. But for now, it's loudly gnashing its sun-baked teeth at Nick Saban, the oily Dolphins coach who bolted for the University of Alabama this week after telling Miami fans over and over that he would do no such thing...
...real victims of "crises" like the Saban saga, especially here in the football-addled South, aren't cities like Miami but rather universities like Alabama. I'm certainly a huge college football fan; and while you'd be na?ve to suggest that the Division I game was an honest enterprise when I was growing up, you'd be equally innocent not to worry that in the 21st century, money - especially the salaries being lavished on coaches like Saban - may extinguish the few embers of higher-education integrity still left glowing on the university gridiron. Alabama is so desperate to return...
...discontent among American voters about the way the war and occupation have been prosecuted. "I have a hard time believing this [verdict] will radically change people's minds," said Kenneth Pollack, an NSC staffer in the Clinton White House and now Director of Research at the Brooking Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy. "I think most people realize that Iraq is a pretty violent place, and any surge in violence is unlikely to shift many people's view...
...congressional source tells TIME that the lobbbying for Harman has included a phone call several months ago from entertainment industry billionaire and major Democratic party contributor Haim Saban. A Saban spokeswoman said he could not be reached for comment. A phone call pushing for a particular member's committee assignment might be unwelcome, but it would not normally be illegal on its own. And it is unclear whether Saban - who made much of his fortune with the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers children's franchise - knew that lobbying Pelosi might be viewed by others as part of a larger alleged plan...
...Saban has donated at least $3,000 to Harman's campaign, according to Federal Election Commission records, and the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, which he sponsors at the prestigious Brookings Institution, boasts Harman among its biggest fans. "When the Saban Center talks, I listen," Harman said at a Saban Center briefing in February on U.S. strategy in Iraq. Harman quipped that, in order to attend the session at Brookings, she had to "blow off" a senior intelligence official's appearance before a House committee...