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...took a particular kind of character to walk into that environment and attempt to turn it around. It's hard to imagine anyone could have done it better than Tony Snow, who died early Saturday after a second battle with colon cancer...
...Snow was unabashed in his defense of the Administration but managed to be respectful, even helpful, to the reporters on the beat. His experience as a Fox News broadcaster and radio personality was obvious; his quick wit and verbal dexterity made him fun to spar with, but his precision with language, and with the complicated details of policy, made him remarkably effective. But the clincher for a skeptical media was his disarming honesty. When he didn't know an answer, he said the rarest words in Washington - "I don't know." When he made a mistake he made a point...
...just modesty that's making Disney cautious; it's history. Praise for Disney classics like Dumbo and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - and contemporary hits like The Lion King and Pixar's Finding Nemo - didn't convince the Academy that those animated films deserved to be considered alongside live-action ones. That's because animated features enjoy scant support from the largest branch of the 6,000 film-industry pros who select the Best Picture candidates every year: actors. "Actors tend to vote for live-action performances," says Variety columnist Anne Thompson. "Lord of the Rings got to Best...
...polo, players are handicapped from -2 to 10 based on ability, with only the best of the best receiving a 10. Nobody on either side of the field boasted a mark above -1 other than Snow and Ashby...
...after that final Harvard goal that the tides turned, giving the fans the nailbiting finish that never should have been. Although the Crimson hardly outshined the Bulldogs overall on paper, the presence of three-goaler Snow was enough to give Harvard a significant advantage...