Word: sweeter
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Which makes what’s happening now, in his senior season, all the sweeter...
DIED. AL LOPEZ, 97, Hall of Fame catcher turned manager, known as El Seor for his genial, gentlemanly style; in Tampa, Fla. Few pennant victories have been sweeter than his American League wins in 1954, with the Cleveland Indians, and 1959, when he led the Chicago White Sox to their first World Series since 1919. The player whose teams so often finished second to the New York Yankees became the only manager whose teams finished ahead of them during the years...
...weighed down by attempting to touch on the more serious subject of southern segregation. While Tracy’s interactions with black classmate Seaweed J. Stubs are filled with elaborate dance sequences and songs with catchy choruses (like “The Blacker the Berry, the Sweeter the Juice”), the musical plays lightly with this painfully complex period in American history. Clichéd lines such as, “We’re not so different after all. We all just want to have fun!” and “We?...
...potential U.S. national-security risks, gets to work only after a deal is done. It won't move until it is clear that CNOOC is going to win Unocal. Banking sources say Chevron may well wait until shortly before the Aug. 10 Unocal shareholders' meeting before announcing a sweeter bid, hoping to end matters then and there. But Unocal's own investment bankers, Morgan Stanley, appraise Unocal's stock at between $55 and $68.25 per share?not that far from the $67 that CNOOC has already offered. Wall Street already views CNOOC's bid as rich. Increasing it will prompt...
Life has grown sweeter in Longzhao. Women who once made $10 a month can now take home $30 to $40, while their husbands earn similar paychecks building houses and factories, thanks to the construction boom, or working at jobs once limited to large collectives, like raising pigs and ducks. Liao's husband builds houses. With their combined income of $670 a year, they were able to buy a three-room duplex for $1,700. The collective chipped in about $300, and the couple will pay the balance over several years. Liao does not begrudge the debt, since it symbolizes better...