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...have come of age. As an interactive medium, one built around freedom of choice, video games are actually well suited to teach us about right and wrong. Tommy Vercetti is free to hijack that bus, but he must be prepared to live with the consequences, which may include being thrown in jail by Vice City's finest. Vercetti is equally free to give up his life of crime and become a taxi driver or a fireman or deliver pizzas for a living. It's up to you--he's as bad as you want him to be. He can even...
...final wild card is Louisiana. Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu is leading, but the state has a unique "open primary" on Election Day in which all candidates from all parties are thrown together on one ballot. (It's like Mardi Gras with debates.) If no one gets 50%--and there are nine candidates, three of whom are legitimate G.O.P. hopefuls--the top two finishers go to a run-off on Dec. 7, meaning that it's possible that the Senate could remain locked 49 to 49 to 1 until then. Just in case such a scenario plays out, both parties (having...
Against Dartmouth, Fitzpatrick lined up as a receiver several times during the game but never had a pass thrown...
...aren't involved to insist that justice is done," Rudetzki notes. "That requires courage, diligence and, alas, money." Despite sos Attentats' financial straits, it would be unwise to bet on the 54-year-old Rudetzki renouncing the war on terror she declared 17 years ago. In 1983, she was thrown into a seven-week coma when a bomb planted by unknown assailants exploded in a Paris restaurant. Despite 45 operations, Rudetzki is still partially paralyzed...
...Thrown to the wolves. Tossed into the fire. However one wants to say it, over the past three seasons, the freshmen on the Harvard hockey team have been thrust into pressure-packed situations early in their collegiate careers...