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...there is a distinction to be made between the greater world of college lacrosse and a single isolated incident that happened on a single isolated campus involving three single, isolated young men. Let’s be real, though: college lacrosse on the whole and the Duke lacrosse scandal aren’t mutually exclusive...
Let’s remember that there is a great sport underneath the exterior layer of the Duke scandal that most people don’t get to see. Let’s remember why it’s such a big story in the first place: because they were lacrosse players...
...Such a scandal became what it was because of the game, not the other way around. Let’s not forget what came first...
...worth remembering that off-year elections often aren't predictors of the outcome of the next presidential one. The 1994 Republican off-year sweep was followed by Bill Clinton's easy 1996 victory over Bob Dole. The 1986 Democratic take-back of the Senate and the 1987 Iran-contra scandal didn't prevent then Vice President George H.W. Bush from dismantling Michael Dukakis in 1988. 2006 was a bad year for the G.O.P...
...sure, fabric can't talk or cause a scandal or convulse the blogosphere. And maybe there is something fusty and old hat in caring too much about the provenance of a silk shantung or getting all weak-kneed about a suit made of cellophane-backed wool. But the art of couture glamour is ultimately about the connoisseurship of material, and there have always been designers who knew this and obsessively attended to the fabric of fashion...