Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...19th century English writer Lord Acton believed that historians should be hanging judges, exercising their right to condemn the sins of the past. By this stern standard, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen has done his job with a pen in one hand, a noose in the other...
Books? Publishing insiders say a high-profile candidate could command an advance of $300,000 and more. What's a high-profile candidate? One with controversial positions and some success among angry voters. Publisher Judith Regan, whose celebrity authors include Rush Limbaugh, Howard Stern and O.J. prosecutor Chris Darden, sums up the field, "When I look at Lamar Alexander, I don't say, 'Aaah, book.' When I look at Steve Forbes and Pat Buchanan, I say, 'Aaaah, book...
...also question whether anti-Semitism, while prevalent in pre-Hitler Germany, was as viciously eliminationist as the author argues." Elson notes that the 19th century English writer Lord Acton believed that historians should be hanging judges, exercising their right to condemn the sins of the past. "By this stern standard, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen has done his job with a pen in one hand, a noose in the other...
This is what I suspect Stern told Abdul-Rauf when they met on Wednesday, a meeting after which the player decided to stand for the anthem and return to the Nuggets' active roster. The only inexplicable aspect of the entire affair is that the NBA let the issue get out of hand at all. With an incredible record for resolving potential work-stoppages, contract disputes and controversies of all kinds, it's amazing that the NBA allowed the Abdul-Rauf's affair to evolve, if only briefly, into a scandal...
...Perhaps Stern and company haven't been satisfied with the ratings in response to the recent Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson revivals. It couldn't hurt their image to come down on the side of patriotism. Nor could it hurt ticket sales. One of the few things sports fans appreciate as much as a good game is an elaborate show of national pride...