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...general election, his campaign uneasily straddles two Britains. One is the sunny, upbeat land shown in Labour's emotive TV broadcasts: unemployment, inflation and interest rates all at 25-year lows; real incomes and primary-school test scores rising; crime falling. But there is another Britain, of shabby hospitals, underpaid teachers, overcrowded schools and 7 million adults who are functionally illiterate...
...more important, the job has to change. No more underpaid punching bag. Cash some of Dick Cheney's stock options and get someone of Summitt's stature, change the title from administrator to president of the FAA, and simultaneously put through the paperwork that allows her to overrule the "real" President on any aviation matter. And make the FAA president's job comparable to a Supreme Court Justice. Yes, a life term. (Don't worry, there isn't actually anyone who would stay that long). Then tell Summitt she can go back to hoops as soon as Newark Airport goes...
...teams of the Central and Pacific leagues draw more than 22 million fans a year. But because of a compliant union, which refuses to strike (that would disrupt social harmony, or wa), and restrictions that keep neutral salary arbiters and sports agents at arm's length, players are underpaid and underrepresented. They are expected to endure brutal workouts, which include dawn-to-dusk training camps held in the freezing cold, and to obey petty rules that are more befitting a military academy. During this off-season, after several traffic violations, 20-year-old pitching standout Daisuke Matsuzaka of the Seibu...
...Texas's governor pursued the presidency, endless newspaper and magazine articles detailed the conditions of the state's public defense system. National newspapers recounted stories of defense lawyers missing court dates, forgetting to visit their clients, even falling asleep during death penalty trials because they were alternately lazy, underpaid or caught up in a system of cronyism with judges. The election's exposure led many Texans, appalled by the conditions in their own state, to start asking questions...
...intriguing as EZ Streets' (or even NYPD Blue's). We've seen O'Neill's bulldog lawman too often, as well as the hackneyed Noo-Yawk elements: the title, the waterfront scenes, the fast-talking thugs constantly declaring their ethnicity, swearing, spouting colorful cliches or all three ("Kiss my underpaid Irish ass!"). The dank, moody tone is dead-on, though, and a strong cast includes the welcome David Strathairn as the stressed-out head of the FBI force. It's hardly the cure-all for Thursdays-at-10 malaise, but this Apple at least has a chance of keeping...