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...bill would hit uncooperative employers with felony charges. "This time they crossed the line," says the Florida Chamber's Mark Wilson of aggressive N.R.A. lobbyists. With a similar Oklahoma bill stalled in the courts, Florida G.O.P. lawmakers are torn between two of their best friends. Take the bill's sponsor, for instance. Dennis Baxley, who gets highest ratings from both the Chamber and the N.R.A., says, "It's very awkward...
...They should be grateful that they have an athlete who excels. Natalie D. Dunlap Lewiston, Maine, U.S. You said Miller believed "it's playing the game that counts." Maybe so, but one glance at Miller's ski clothing shows nearly a dozen logos from the corporate giants that sponsor him. That hardly makes him a "Rebel on the Edge," as your story's headline proclaimed. He looks more like a billboard on skis. Alice Kelly Boston Bode Miller may be an unorthodox member of the U.S. Olympic ski team, but I find his honesty and integrity refreshing. He must...
While the descriptions are repetitive and rather over-the-top, one conversation Willard has with an elderly female sponsor has a certain poetic brilliance. When the confused woman asks what the word “shag” means, Willard exclaims, “It’s the term we Limeys use. You know, bulls serve, stallions cover, dogs line, chickens tread, sheep tup, foxes clicket, and people shag, Agnes. They fucking shag...
...outside and play with your friends. I'll see you in four or five hours,'" he says. "That doesn't happen anymore in America. We've become a society that has to create environments in which kids can play." They certainly play hard at Jamarama, running from one sponsor-branded activity to another in the lobby and dancing in the aisles. "By the time you turn on the engine in the car, they've passed out," says DuFine. For many parents, that alone is worth the price of admission...
...Amidst those tensions, says Alvarez, the Citgo program is proof that Chavez?s revolution is still fond of Americans, if not their government. (Citgo, Chavez aides point out, is also a NASCAR sponsor.) "We?ll continue to support a people whose government is hostile to us," says Alvarez. "We have nothing against this country." Venezuelans and Americans might feel that way, but for the moment it seems that no amount of heating oil, no matter how deeply discounted, could thaw the enmity between their two governments...