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...deluding myself. I was beginning to think in the same self-justifying terms that have long reduced those within the circle of privilege to writing off—and to leaving unchanged—the minor injustices around them. I had astonished myself by my willingness to toss out principled objections for the sake of self-advancement. Could I really be so thoroughly spineless...
...Presidential candidate John Edwards, who recently came to campaign with Shuler - think this is one seat they can win against an incumbent Republican. With the Iraq war and political scandals cutting into Taylor's popularity, Charlie Cook, publisher of the respected Cook Political Report, has called the race a "toss-up," when he had previously described it as "leaning Republican...
Also coming along, thanks to two independent teams of researchers, is the genome of the closest relative of all: the Neanderthal. Ancestors of Neanderthals first appeared some 500,000 years ago, and for a long time it was a toss-up whether that lineage would outlive our own species, at least in Europe and western Asia--or whether, bizarre as it seems today, they would both survive indefinitely. The Neanderthals held out for hundreds of thousands of years. A discovery published online by Nature last month suggests Neanderthals may have made their last stand in Gibraltar, on the southern...
...What they did is they threw the ball much better than they had in previous games.”Murphy was referring to Threatt’s success throwing the ball early in the game. Threatt was 3-for-3 for 81 yards, including a 62-yard touchdown toss. He finished the game 19-for-30 for 293 yards, but was sacked seven times for a total loss of 56 yards.TRICK OR TREATBoth teams used trick plays early and often Saturday, and often to great effect. Harvard’s pivotal second-quarter drive that closed a 17-point deficit...
...Green Day kicked off Monday's game with a joint performance that included a mashed-up "House of the Rising Sun," with "Superdome" substituting for the titular brothel, and a version of the U2 hit "Beautiful Day." Former president George H.W. Bush was on hand for the opening coin toss, and New Orleans rhythm and blues singer Irma Thomas, backed by Allan Toussaint on piano, turned in a rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner," the final lines drowned out by deafening cheers...