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...surprisingly, Enron had a disturbingly cozy relationship with a large number of politicians. Seventy-one members of the Senate received political contributions from the company, while Lay was the twelfth-highest contributor to President George W. Bush’s 2000 campaign. While no special favors appear to have been granted to Enron from the Bush Administration as the company was approaching bankruptcy, the decade-long deregulation of the energy market might be seen as the return on Enron’s investment in the campaign chests of various politicians...
Just examine the team. How is New England better this year than seasons past? Some point to the addition of Antoiwan Smith, a cast-off running back from Buffalo. Smith has been decent, but nothing special. He has rushed for 749 yards on 199 carries. Smith is twelfth in the NFL in total yardage but his 3.8 yards-per-carry average is not tremendous. Smith has also rushed for under 40 yards in a game five times this season...
...week earlier, Murphy had written a letter to Harvard’s fans thanking them for their support in the previous week’s competition against Penn. He likened the stadium presence to having a “twelfth man” on the field...
...Yesterday, Harvard’s twelfth man really was on the field in the closing seconds. By the game’s official end, so was the ten thousandth...
...excitement of the fans was evident to the team, which played in front of 51,634 rowdy spectators. Harvard Coach Tim Murphy likened the Harvard fans to a “twelfth man” while acknowledging them at the postgame press conference...