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...speaker proposed a toast. Towards the end of it he said something to the effect of “And may our grandchildren be above average as well!” There was laughing and cheering at that comment, but all I could do was look up and shake my head. The statement seemed to endorse the preservation of a power structure that has been in place for centuries, a power structure that does not include people of color. The comment may have been made with the best intentions, but it stung nonetheless...
...Corso brazenly puts on a silly Quaker hat and tells you that Harvard’s defense won’t be up to the challenge and that Penn will win the Ivy title, well, you need only shake your head, repeat what you’ve just read, and feed him his own medicine...
Well, at least I didn’t have to suffer through the acrobatics of Warren Moon and Kevin Bass the whole time I lived in Houston. The Rockets won it all twice, and the Dream Shake became a national phenomenon. The Astros separated themselves from the rest of the Central in the late ’90s, and the Killer B’s became regular playoff contenders (who inevitably choked in the first round, but that’s not the point). The heinous Bud Adams left town with the Oilers in tow, and we have a brand...
...Shake the place up a little bit. You’ve joined a revolutionary fight here—it’s the same here as in any other country,” she said. “The number of women elected tomorrow will be woefully small—we have to keep hold of the ground that we have gained...
That's because pharmaceutical companies are trying to shake their reputation for inveigling their way onto doctors' prescription pads and into patients' wallets. An industry trade group recommended in April that its members stop promoting drugs at golf outings, ski trips, luaus and anything else that goes beyond bringing cold cuts to a sales pitch. And the drugmakers were just a step ahead of regulators. On Oct. 3, the Federal Government published draft guidelines on how drug reps should interact with physicians and hinted at tougher enforcement of anti-kickback laws...