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...Jordan's comeback falls as flat as Magic Johnson's talk show, Russell may edge back into serious contention for the unofficial greatest NBA player ever. The field is muddled, but Jordan, who isn't the greatest scorer (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), rebounder (Wilt Chamberlain), floor leader (Magic Johnson) or winner (Russell) is considered the best ever because he blended those skills better than anyone...
...down with the opposition, they urged, and forge a consensus on how to deal with Pyong-yang. Above all, step back from the day-to-day fray of party politics and act presidential. Otherwise, they warned, his presidency could unravel. "I told him: 'You are the Nobel Prize winner,'" recalls Park Jong Wha, a Presbyterian minister. "'You should focus on becoming an elder statesman. You should be like South Africa's Nelson Mandela...
...original stars before my next visit home. When I got to the front of the line and saw what was available, I happily snatched up a seat for tick, tick,… BOOM!, an off-Broadway musical written by the late Jonathan Larson, a Tony and Pulitzer-prize winner for RENT. I had read much about the show and was excited to see a piece that Larson had written for himself to perform as a one-man show; its original title was 30/90 and it told of his anxiety at turning 30 in 1990. This production, directed by Scott...
...percent. The seven-candidate Democratic primary received far more media attention during the campaign, however, both for the fireworks among Lynch (who received 40 percent of the vote), Jacques (28 percent), State Sen. Brian Joyce (16 percent) and State Sen. Marc Pacheco (14 percent), and because its winner is expected to triumph in the heavily Democratic district’s November general election. The winner of that contest will take over the seat formerly held by beloved Congressman J. Joseph Moakley, Jr., who died of leukemia last spring...
True to the spirit of Chaudhuri’s comment, the race seems to be shaping up in traditional fashion: in Boston, the winner is often the candidate with the right address—which is not in the suburbs...