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...biggest games, though, are still AIDS fundraisers. Once a month, people pack the 800-seat Durham Armory in North Carolina for family-friendly, alcohol-free drag bingo nights led by BVD (bingo-verifying diva) Mary K. Mart. The crowd is about half gay and half straight, and on a typical night, $10,000 is raised for the Alliance of AIDS Services-Carolina. In 2002, when the Alliance ran its first game, "we thought that if we got a hundred people and a thousand dollars, it would be a miracle," says John Paul Womble, director of development. The event sold...
...ridiculous things he might have said? Washington’s struggles are mirrored by Barry’s, and his example should be more cautionary than funny.Though no longer mayor, Barry is still riding high in D.C. Despite repeated drug and legal troubles in recent years, he has a seat on the city council. Back in the early ’90s, when he was first released from prison, Barry ran for a council seat before returning to the mayor’s office. According to Wikipedia, his first post-incarceration campaign slogan...
...starting line of the race course is about three kilometers away from the boathouse,” said senior four seat Mansour Benkreira, “so you have to leave the boat house about 45 minutes before the start of your race. So we didn’t know what the results of the other races were while we were warming up on the water.” [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...speed we can get out of this boat,” Adomanis said. CORRECTION: The April 30 sports article "Lights Return Trophy-Heavy" contained several errors. First, it incorrectly identified the the Vogel Cup as the "Volger Cup." Second, senior Mansour Benkreira, who is described as the varsity four-seat in the article, is in fact the varsity two-seat. Finally, varsity coxswain Mark Adomanis is quoted in the story as saying, "It goes way back to the start of Olympic rowing." In fact, Adomanis stated that the tradition hearkened back to the start of collegiate rowing...
...During President Bush's State of the Union speech on January 20, 2004, Chalabi was given a seat of honor in the gallery near the First Lady. In March he appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes blaming U.S. intelligence for not doing a good enough job checking out the fl awed information his organization was peddling...