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...appear at the podium last July 26 for the anniversary of the launching of his communist revolution. In December he released a letter saying he didn't want to "cling to power," which analysts like Latell called his de facto resignation. In his statement today, released in the wee hours of the morning to the government mouthpiece, Granma, Fidel acknowledged his deteriorating health and announced that while his "desire was always to complete my duty until my last breath...I will not aspire to nor accept - I repeat - I will not aspire to nor accept the office of President...
...there was something just a wee bit creepy about the mass messianism - "We are the ones we've been waiting for" - of the Super Tuesday speech and the recent turn of the Obama campaign. "This time can be different because this campaign for the presidency of the United States of America is different. It's different not because of me. It's different because of you." That is not just maddeningly vague but also disingenuous: the campaign is entirely about Obama and his ability to inspire. Rather than focusing on any specific issue or cause - other than an amorphous desire...
...1950s, had its Dodgers. The team reached the World Series five times from 1941 to '53 but always lost to the Yankees, hence their slogan: Wait 'til next year. That changed in 1955, when pitcher Johnny Podres, an unknown on a team that included Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese, took Brooklyn to its first and only World Series win. By holding off the Yankees with his fastball and signature change-up, Podres earned the nickname "Mr. Clutch" and won the first ever World Series Most Valuable Player...
...would spend, sometimes, into the wee hours,” she added...
LABOR LINK Studies have shown that people who work through the wee hours may have a greater risk of developing prostate and breast cancer. Scientists think the culprit could be a lack of melatonin, a tumor-suppressing hormone that is normally produced at night...