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...gamer,” Vance said. “Every time he goes out we expect to get the win.”In the third, Harvard looked poised for a big inning. Freshman Dillon O’Neill led off with a single, Vance drew a walk, and junior Matt Rogers reached on another single. With the bases loaded, three Crimson mashers approached the plate, but nobody could drive in any runs. The inning ended after a strikeout and two fielder’s choices.“The biggest disappointment was in the first game when...
...months ago I passed through the central Taiwan city of Taichung and had dinner with its refreshingly down-to-earth Mayor Jason Hu, a former Foreign Minister. Later that Saturday night, Hu, sans entourage, and I took an impromptu walk in a park in a gentrified neighborhood bustling with trendy new shops and eateries. While we strolled, grown-ups came up to shake Hu's hand, embrace him and wish him well, and children jostled to have their pictures taken with him. The atmosphere was jovial - it was clear that Taichung's citizens were very fond of Hizzoner. That...
...politician to know he cannot be a change agent all by himself. There are myriad ways he can stumble. His pledge to improve people's livelihoods will be hard to fulfill. On cross-strait initiatives, he requires Beijing to go along, and, within his own party, he has to walk a tightrope between competing factions. But Ma should be able to lean on the KMT-controlled legislature and, in a bid to heal the island's divisions between the two main parties and between mainlanders and Taiwanese, he has reached out to the DPP, acknowledging its contribution to Taiwan...
After the woman with the 11 coffees drives away--running a recognized brand apparently doesn't mean you get recognized--we head inside and walk through the store with Harry Roberts. Roberts helped Schultz build Starbucks from 1987 to '96 and heeded the call to return as chief creative officer. The three of us stand and look at the area by the cash register--a clutter of CDs, breath mints, chocolate-covered graham crackers, chewing gum and trail mixes. "There's no story," Roberts says. Schultz adds, "We're selling a lot, but the point is to take a step...
...that, sometimes I wish I could just walk through a garden or a forest and be happy. But no, when I do I want to take a picture, then I want to write a poem. Sometimes I wish I could just relax, and appreciate life without wanting to continually transform all the good that I see into something else. But I think that's why I've always talked about the blessing and curse of being an artist - you have this special gift, but on the other hand you're never satisfied. The only time I have respite is when...