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...notice, the other side of Drew Gellert—the side his teammates knew was on full display during each and every timeout. While Sullivan consulted with his assistants and diagrammed the next play, Gellert was shouting at the top of his lungs to his huddled teammates, a towel clenched furiously in his fist...
...renowned American linguistics professor and longtime thorn in the side of U.S. policymakers. Tas avoided conviction and a year in prison, observers agree, mainly because Chomsky had flown into Istanbul to stand by his side, prompting the prosecutor - in the glare of negative publicity - to throw in the towel...
...CNBC did with business news--treated it as ESPN treats sports, with conflict, a little jocularity, NFL-style graphics and rooting interests. Traditional, detached TV news tells you the news is interesting. Fox News tells you the news rocks. Thus the clubhouse, good-times atmosphere at Fox, from the towel-snapping, frat-house yuks of morning show Fox & Friends to the anchors who, after learning of Fox's ratings win, taunted CNN with the glee of a point guard who just sank a three...
...favorite cheer was probably the one involving an old alum who frequents Duke home games. There’s this guy (he’s probably in his 50s) who brings a white towel to every game and sits directly opposite and in plain view of the student section. At certain times, the students will break out with chants of “CRA-ZY TOWEL-GUY (clap, clap, clap-clap-clap) CRA-ZY TOWEL-GUY” to which he responds by popping out of his seat and going crazy with his towel. It is a thing of beauty...
...Arafat could die tomorrow. Or be forced to throw in the towel and head back to Tunisia and oblivion. And the basic terms for securing peace between Israel and the Palestinians would remain unchanged. If anything, there are sound reasons to be believe the resulting power struggle among rival Palestinian factions would, if anything, make achieving a peace agreement even more difficult...