Word: tuned
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...opportunity for the development of the law," says Jeffrey Morris, a law professor at the University of Dayton. "But if you're in the same district all the time, decisions are made, and then you're stuck with them. It arguably limits the ability of the law to fine-tune itself...
...After sophomore starter Anthony Nutter and lefty senior Ryan Watson got shelled to the tune of a combined 14 runs on 16 hits in just the first 4 1/3 innings, the Crimson desperately needed someone to take the ball, throw it over the plate, and get the team back on the bus as quickly as possible...
...Norworth still needed music to accompany his verse. He sought the help of his friend Albert von Tilzer, a Broadway songwriter and the creator of popular songs like "The Alcoholic Blues" and "I May Be Gone for a Long, Long Time," whose waltz-like melody made the tune complete. On May 2, 1908, the U.S. Copyright Office received two copies of their song - and most likely filed them away with the hundreds of other odes to baseball that had come before it. (Among the less popular: the largely forgotten "Baseball Polka," created by a Buffalo ballplayer.) "Take...
After Caray's death in 1998, the Cubs began inviting special guests to lead Cubs fans in an often excruciating attempt to carry on his legacy. Among the tune's most recent mutilators are racing star Danica Patrick, a northern Illinois native who rooted for the home team in 2006; the hoarse and possibly inebriated Eddie Vedder, who sounds like he's asking someone to buy him "some peanuts and crack;" and in an appalling lack of judgment by the Cubs front office, Ozzy Osbourne, who sang not a single word of the song correctly. Thankfully, no chickens were harmed...
...Honestly, I can’t say that we’ve had any more business through Twitter than any other advertising,” he said. “Twitter can be effective if you have many, many followers and they’re in tune to your company.”And although the service has provided a valuable new mode of informal communication, Welch said it is not going to replace their traditional print advertising anytime soon. The plus side?“It doesn’t cost us anything to tweet...