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...sport as a whole. The feelings that come while you’re on top of that horse are layered—and they compound, Scalise says. The thrill of being taken from one end of the field to another in seconds, the feeling of hot horse skin underneath white jeans, the vulnerability of depending on another living thing besides oneself—in the end, losing doesn’t really seem to matter all that much, and it would be difficult to not see other players as one comrades...
...community members called racially charged, the Cambridge Public School Committee chose as its new superintendent an outsider—Jeffrey M. Young, head of Newton Public Schools—over longtime Cambridge resident and Interim Superintendent Carolyn L. Turk. The school committee voted 5-2 for Young, who is white, in a public meeting last night, with only Mayor E. Denise Simmons and Alfred F. Fantini supporting Turk, who is black. The decision marks the end of a nationwide search that began in December, one month after former Superintendent Thomas D. Fowler-Finn’s early departure. The choice...
...wasn't until the 1970s that the song found its current exalted status as baseball's alternative anthem, thanks to Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Caray, then an announcer at Comiskey Park, home of the Chicago White Sox. Sitting in his booth, Caray would often sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" with nearby fans. One day, then-owner Bill Veeck noticed the impromptu choir. The following game, he outfitted Caray's booth with a secret microphone, and a tradition was born. Caray eventually moved to Wrigley Field with the Chicago Cubs, bringing his seventh-inning singing with...
...couples arriving at the White House with their children ready for the Easter Egg Roll on April 13 should be easy enough to spot. They'll be the ones wearing enormous smiles - and not just because the Obama Administration has put out an inclusive welcome sign for the annual romp on the South Lawn. The couples will likely still be celebrating the past week's major victories in the war over marriage rights...
...every nationally prominent Democrat - from Hillary Clinton to Joe Biden - Obama has favored civil unions while opposing gay marriage. Although he has promised to work for the repeal of DOMA and to end the ban on gays serving openly in the military, these are not priorities in the Obama White House. As a result, any momentum gay-rights activists may be enjoying now is unlikely to be sustained...