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Menick’s hiring is part of a slew of coaching changes made by the Fordham football program. Rams Head coach Dave Clawson hired or promoted six assistant coaches yesterday...
Like its namesake, Seabiscuit has been a prolific sire: its success has bred a Seattle Slew of horse books. If you have read the story of Seabiscuit's unlikely rise, you will appreciate the utter foolhardiness of James Squires, who, when he lost his job as the editor of the Chicago Tribune, blew his golden parachute on a tiny horse farm in the green heart of Kentucky. In Horse of a Different Color (PublicAffairs; 320 pages; $26), Squires tells the story of how, as a relative amateur, he bred an undersize gray foal who made his way through the maze...
...Prime Minister and whose Our Ukraine bloc is way ahead in the polls. Yuschenko promises that "We'll build a Ukraine that we won't be ashamed of." The hidden agenda in the elections, Ukrainian observers say, is Kuchma's political survival. The President and his supporters reject the slew of allegations laid against him - from illegal arms sales through murder and massive corruption - describing them as the work of hostile Western governments, enemies at home or the likes of financier George Soros. But they clearly worry him. To strengthen his position - and ensure he is not prosecuted when...
McGahern is one of Ireland’s most prominent contemporary writers, claiming an accompanying slew of awards and visiting fellowships. Most of his novels unfold in Irish villages, the sort of quiet rural places where one generation stays and tends the farm while the children leave to make a life in a faraway city. Don’t expect quaintness though: the villages are as modern-minded as Dublin or London. There is a lot of “post-” to the small lakeside village of By the Lake: post-World War II, post-migration, post...
Finally, the moment of dismissal is upon her. Elana reiterates how much she has enjoyed her dates. “This has been four hours of wonderfulness!” she gushes to both guys. But her mind is made up—Nick is dismissed amid a slew of apologies. Even if Brendan was the nominal winner, however, the real winners’ circle includes Elana and Nick—who got to drink on FM’s dime and had a good time—as well as voyueristic fans of contrived, antagonistic dating everywhere...