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...financial incentive to select Chicago: U.S. media outlets would offer the organization millions of dollars in fees to broadcast a domestic Olympics. But it's still bad politics to risk alienating IOC voters. The USOC has undergone a management shake-up since the Beijing Games: former CEO Jim Scheer was pushed out and replaced by Stephanie Streeter, a four-year board member, on an interim basis. Right now, the USOC may need a leadership infusion. "You just sit back and wonder, Who is making the decisions?" says Ganis. "Is anyone thinking of the greater good? Why risk so much...
...Unlike some fandroids, Ackerman actually got married. His wife Wendayne, four years older than Forry, translated SF novels by the German authors Karl Herbert Scheer, Kurt Mahr and Walter Ernsting. She died in 1990 and is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, Calif., under the marker "Wife of Mr. Science Fiction." On his MySpace page, Forry wrote: "My life companion, Wendayne (the only one in the world) Ackerman, as the aftermath of a mugging in Italy, died some years ago, but not before translating 150 sci-fi novels from French & German, moonlighting while teaching for 20 years at university...
...talent agents angrily dividing up the town? (“We get fat kids!” “Great—we get freckles and lisps!” “Sassy black kids!” “Amputees!”) Creators/writers/stars Paul Scheer, Rob Heubel, and Aziz Ansari may not be household names yet, but keep your eye on these fellas.PUBLIC SCORN INDEX: 36%“The Maria Bamford Show” (SuperDeluxe.com)Updated periodicallySeason Two Premiere: Sept. 2Okay, this one isn’t technically a TV show, but bear with...
...Scheer, J.; Simons, L. S., Jr.; Slichter, C. P.; Smart, S. B., Jr.; Squibb, E. R., III; Steppacher, J. A.; Stevens, R. C.; Stuart, S. E. II; Summers...
...attention. Blaine instead gathers his audience with performances of little illusion or fanfare but much talent and extreme physical control. He's impressive and inspiring. I have even thought of him while in the throes of labor pains, deleriously wondering to myself, "What would David Blaine do?" AMY SCHEER Orange City, Iowa...