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...said she hopes that under Megan's leadership, the OFA will work to sponsor events that tie the arts to national issues...
...fate of the country's soccer league can be traced back to ex-President Suharto, who in 1966 encouraged the military to take command of Indonesia's sporting life. He believed the armed forces would be the best agent to encourage?and coerce?local and foreign businesses to sponsor domestic football. It didn't work: the National League has degenerated into a private club for retired generals and their cronies...
...when they can climb over fences of poorly secured pitches. But as long as the generals can entertain friends and snack on fried tofu (a spectator favorite) during matches, why should they change anything? Attendance has been flat, from about 700,000 in 1994 to 750,000 today. Longtime sponsor Adidas abandoned the league...
...will attend a cocktail party with Girl Bar members; the Sparks' June 14 game is designated "Gay Pride Kick-Off," also in connection with Girl Bar. The outreach is a far cry from 1999, when GWENN A. BALDWIN of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center paid about $16,000 to sponsor the Sparks but withdrew after the team's marketing staff objected to the words GAY AND LESBIAN FAMILIES on a billboard. While the folks in Los Angeles are receiving all the attention, the Miami Sol are scratching their heads at the fuss. The Sol team often appears at lesbian bars...
...perhaps as a third party candidate, against the President in 2004. No way, says McCain. But the two men certainly are acting like campaign opponents. The Arizona Senator votes with Democrats on a number of issues and practically every Democratic senator running for President has gotten him to co-sponsor a pet bill. Bush, for his part, keeps trying to preempt McCain - for example, endorsing a rival patient's bill of rights instead of the one the Senator is co-sponsoring. Senate Democrats have discussed among themselves the possibility of McCain switching sides, though no one has yet proffered...