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...Shleifer’s colleagues, at least, still think he hasn’t received a fair shake. “It’s just fucking politics,” one Harvard economics professor told FM last week. “Two million dollars for this? Please. Andrei owed them, at most, a letter of apology. And I think most of us here would agree with that...
...wednesday, 27 december: My first Boxing Day Test. The Barmy Army was going off. "Who ate all the pies?" they sang. Gee, they're hard on Pigeon. I got my baggy green presented by Richie Benaud, but he didn't even want to shake my hand. Benaud was wearing a pink tie. Beazley was right, the bloke's in the closet. And he'd know. No wonder Kimbo bought a house in Sydney. Punter won the toss. We scored 676 for 8 on a belter; Langer and Ponting put on 350 for the second wicket. Magilla and I didn...
...drinks and a game of rummy. "It was just like living in a cave," he says of the snugness provided by the shutters. "I didn't hear anything." As soon as Rita blows over he plans to hit the Key Biscayne golf course to collect golf balls that shake free of the palm trees during the storm. "The golf course after a hurricane comes alive," Brewster says. "All the birds, all the iguanas come out. It's magical...
...communal living provides learning experiences for everyone, even Forrest. "The other day I heard them arguing with each other in the stairway. It proves to me that same-sex couples are just as miserable as the rest of us," says King, laughing, as his wife and the Meehan-Hoos shake their heads in exasperation, like family. --With reporting by Amanda Bower / San Francisco
Still, the eight rows back from the sideline where last year’s seniors sit is more than enough to keep them out of the new guard’s hair. Even if the team mentality is tough to shake, this is not their team anymore—or at least not in the way it was last year...