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...want a pretty-boy receiver, like Harvard’s Corey Mazza, who appears in Sports Illustrated photo shoots but disappears in big games (two receptions vs. Yale last year). Instead, you have a throwback fullback (Joe Fuccillo) who wears a cowboy collar behind his long hair and passes up touches for a chance to punch people in the mouth – who, in this golden age of the wide-open spread offense, still uses a fullback...
...times forgot to even dock it for the evening. The issue is especially prevalent among younger demographics who hardly need another gadget. When you already have to worry about two cell phones, a Blackberry, and an iPod, who’s really going to give their pager throwback any attention?But in the end, the biggest problem for radio when it comes to counting people is getting numbers that actually matter. PPMs may provide an accurate description of what a listener’s exposure to various radio stations are, but it’s attention and not exposure that?...
...overflowing at every match with jubilant black supporters and our rugby stadium crowds are predominantly white? The average black South African doesn't particularly like rugby, while the average white South African has enough rugby mania in his blood to stop a charging elephant. This is not a sinister throwback to the "Afrikaner Broederbond." We as a country glow with pride when our players, black or white, do us proud on the sports field. Paul de Villiers, PIETERMARITZBURG, SOUTH AFRICA...
Viewed from washington, Latin American politics can sometimes seem like a throwback to an earlier age, as if the U.S. were watching a meeting of a Che Guevara fan club. Leftist, anti-Yanqui sentiments, thought to have faded with the 20th century, have made a comeback, embodied by leaders like Venezuela's radical Hugo Chàvez, Brazil's former union boss Luiz Inàcio Lula da Silva and Bolivia's socialist Evo Morales. Never mind coming to terms with these leaders--the U.S. finds it hard even to talk with them. An interpreter would be useful...
...central to the marketing of the bookstore as community-builder. More traditional bookstores, such as the Harvard Bookstore, use author readings and book club suggestions to create a sense of community. My favorite bookstore in Boston, Commonwealth Books, lacks any such accoutrements. It’s a throwback to a time when bookstores did nothing but sell books. The branch by Boston Common is housed in a creaky building with multiple floors of small nooks, all overflowing with used books and distressed leather armchairs. Its Web site a is no-nonsense list of new stock and pictures of the store...