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...Marine Band has played at the inauguration of every President since Thomas Jefferson (he gave it the name "the President's own"), and both George Washington and Adams earlier heard it perform. In 1848, when a wagon hauling the 24,500-lb. cornerstone of the Washington Monument broke through a bridge, the Marine Band hurried to the site and, by that day's accounts, played "spirited melodies" to inspire the workmen...
Although Fine and Weis are careful to point out the flaws of scapegoating, they too jump on the blame band wagon. Ostensibly, a cause for this economic hardship is required in their analysis; they attribute it as "demonic" legislation passed by congress. But an egregious analytical flaw creeps in. The authors never explicitly detail the legislation or explore how it splintered the inner city. As a result, it becomes unsatisfying to read hundreds of pages of inner city problems and receive only casual reference to what caused them...
Pepsi, a longtime NASCAR sponsor, has in fact redirected its race against Coke by hitching its wagon to Gordon, hoping it can emulate his ability to win coming from behind. "They said all the right things," notes Gordon of the Pepsi switch. "They've really got behind me and done exactly what they said they were going to do." After ceding its "official soft drink of NASCAR" status to Coke this year, the company has essentially said, We'll take Gordon, you take the rest. "He's an exciting new-generation athlete who matches up with Pepsi's personality," effuses...
Cambridge police squad cars are not generally used for arrest or transport as they are not equipped with partitions. Only in an emergency when the wagon is busy will a car bring someone to the station, and then an officer will also sit in the back...
...physically get his hand near the paper. After he has signed and the two have walked off down the street, we climb back in the car. But as we drive off, we see the two men head back to the shelter, so the officers radio for the wagon to come pick them...