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...illustrated at his beautiful funeral on Monday, Nov. 26. This service for Denny, held at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church in New York, was matched in grandeur—but unequalled in passion—perhaps only by the grandest of state funerals. Nearly a thousand people gathered there to manifest their high regard and sincere affection for Denny...
...These are among the thousand that surrendered yesterday, correct? Yeah 800. They're all here. There's wild rumors that this must have been a plan, in fact, to surrender and then try and take the fort from the inside. That's NA speculation...
...shift. Over the weekend, the President's man Karl Rove went to Hollywood to talk to producers about hearts and minds, and the propaganda reels that might be made--new stories, new heroes, new villains. It's not hard to imagine the movie treatments being hammered out on a thousand keyboards now: "It started as an ordinary September...
...thousand miles from ground zero, Houston Mayor Lee Brown tried to use the attack as a ticket to re-election. "Now is not the time for on-the-job training in the mayor's office," said Brown, who ran police departments in New York, Atlanta and Houston and served as Bill Clinton's drug czar before being elected mayor in 1997. But voters were more interested in knowing why he hadn't done more about gridlock and smog. Brown's credentials didn't keep him from a runoff with city councilman Orlando Sanchez, who was in rompers when Brown...
...zeal with which the Harvard fans, be they students or alumni, supported the team was as memorable as any fake punt or successful completion. To see generations of Crimson supporters tailgating, cheering or celebrating was heartwarming and uplifting. As the band played Ten Thousand Men of Harvard, alumni clad in deer-stalker coats and bow ties danced with undergraduates in crude Game T-shirts, united by their love of Harvard and pride in its achievements. Harvard College purports to be largely about bringing different groups together, combining their diverse backgrounds to create memorable new experiences. The scenes after The Game...