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...grew unnaturally bigger and the game became twisted into a perversion, its nuances and subtleties blasted away by the naked obsession with power. Baseball was reduced to the lowest common denominator: to whack the ball farther or to heave it faster. Baseball's inability and unwillingness to act made silent partners of Selig and his traditional rivals at the union, leaders Don Fehr and Orza. Neither side had the smarts or the stomach to make steroids a front-burner public issue...
...Maybe not, but what matters most to White House reporters is that Gibbs has the President's ear and can get to the Commander in Chief when an answer is needed. Though Gibbs' aides speak of him affectionately as a "silent killer" whose mood can turn from warm to ice-cold when his boss's motives are challenged, they add that he has been consciously trying to shift into a more press-friendly role at the White House, a move symbolized by his often open office door. "He's always been good with the stick," Axelrod jokes about Gibbs...
...University has pretty much given me the silent treatment,” he said. “I e-mailed every dean of the College and the University and no one would meet with...
...Movement representative Alyssa Aguilera ’09 pointed out, “As students, we can yell outside Holyoke Center, and we’re not going to get kicked out of Harvard.” But regardless of whether we shout at the Holyoke Center or show silent support with our rainbow ribbons, we must defend the rights of the whole community, a community that includes more than just students...
...strain of the virus earlier this year - a strong indication that the virus is very likely present in adjacent Guangdong province. But so far, Guangdong has reported no bird cases. Equally unusual is that after such a busy month of infections in China, reports of human cases have gone silent. "It's a surprise for me, since in January, the human cases, you have so many, but in February it suddenly stops," says Dr. Guan Yi, a virologist from the University of Hong Kong. (Read "Is Hong Kong's Bird-Flu Vaccine Failing...