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- Papa Roach photo gallery #6
- December 13, 2000
- Bush reaches out to Democrats as he becomes president-elect
- December 13, 2000
- (Updated 9:16 p.m. Wednesday) President-elect Bush, preparing to enter the White House without an election majority, called upon the nation Wednesday night to “put politics behind us and work together” on Social Security, Medicare and tax relief after a difficult election.
- City blanketed by seven-inch snowfall, but KU finals will go on
- December 13, 2000
- By Dave Toplikar (Updated 4:15 p.m. Wednesday) A seven-inch snowfall blanketed Lawrence Wednesday, closing schools and making driving hazardous. However, Kansas University officials announced that finals will be held on Thursday.
- Dorothy Grammer
- December 13, 2000
- Parks Master Plan topic of public forum
- December 13, 2000
- Fred DeVictor, director of Lawrence Parks and Recreation, will discuss the Comprehensive Master Plan for the department and the future of the Lawrence Parks System at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Lawrence Senior Center, Eighth and Vermont.
- Gas costs whack districts
- Commodity marketing firm’s bankruptcy ‘going to hurt’ schools
- December 13, 2000
- By Scott Rothschild and Tim Carpenter Dozens of Kansas school districts, including Perry-Lecompton, are scrambling for money to pay their heating bills because of the bankruptcy of a Kansas City, Mo., natural gas marketer, officials said Tuesday.
- Ramirez bolts for Bosox
- Outfielder signs eight-year, $160 million deal
- December 13, 2000
- Pedro Martinez isn’t just the best pitcher in baseball. He’s also a pretty good recruiter.
- A-Rod discusses contract
- Leaving Seattle tough for shortstop
- December 13, 2000
- The last time Alex Rodriguez was at The Ballpark in Arlington, the Texas Rangers seemed to be an afterthought for the free agent shortstop.
- Royals, Rangers training complex could receive boost
- December 13, 2000
- An organization that develops publicly funded sports projects wants to contribute up to $26 million for a new Arizona stadium complex where the Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers would be able to move their spring training operations.
- Ratings for MNF improve slightly
- December 13, 2000
- A week after the second-lowest rating in “Monday Night Football” history, the Bills-Colts game fared only slightly better.
- Denver falls again
- Miami bumps Nuggets, 96-85
- December 13, 2000
- Disgruntled and distracted, the Denver Nuggets still weren’t very dangerous.
- Medical matters
- December 13, 2000
- Research halted on stroke drug Coffee may lower smoker’s cancer risk 40% of TB cases linked to immigrants Mini-strokes often a warning sign
- Roll over, Charles Dickens
- December 13, 2000
- Perhaps the most popular and malleable of Dickens’ stories, “A Christmas Carol” gets a campy update in “A Diva’s Christmas Carol” (8 p.m., VH1). Set in the glamorous world of music videos, “Carol” stars Vanessa Williams as Ebony, a cheap, mean-spirited singer who thinks nothing of making her employees work on Christmas for a dubious charity benefit concocted by her grasping accountant.
- Judiciary’s role in question
- December 13, 2000
- By George Will Washington Post Writers Group There was poetic justice the prosaic sort is being deliberated by the Supreme Court as this is written Tuesday afternoon in Monday’s oral argument. The court was dragged into a new centrality in American politics by liberals’ successful 1987 fight against the confirmation of Robert Bork.
- A warm feeling
- December 13, 2000
- J-W Editorials Those of us with a warm house to go home to need to reach out to those who aren’t so fortunate. After sliding through ice and snow, there’s nothing like heading to a warm house where you can close the door on all the bluster. You can have a cup of hot chocolate, maybe curl up by the fireplace, enjoy a nice meal and, later, snuggle under the covers in your warm bed.
- Papa Roach: Call the exterminator
- Papa Roach, Uptown Theater, Kansas City MO, 12/11/2000
- December 13, 2000
- By Michael Newman - Online Entertainment Manager See Dick mosh. Mosh Dick, mosh. See Jane crowd surf. Surf Jane, surf. See spot throw his hands in the ay-uh, like he jus’ don’t cay-uh. Woof spot, woof. See the singer swear and spit. Yawn critic, yawn.
- Papa Roach photo gallery #4
- December 13, 2000
- Papa Roach photo gallery #2
- December 13, 2000
- Papa Roach photo gallery #3
- December 13, 2000
- MidAmerica coach takes administrative post
- December 13, 2000
- Mike Redwine, who this year coached MidAmerica Nazarene to its best football record ever, has taken an administrative job with the school.
- Grobe believes football can thrive at Wake
- December 13, 2000
- Jim Grobe was home watching Wake Forest’s basketball team beat Kansas by 31 points last week and started thinking about the football potential at the school.
- Graves selects CPA as revenue secretary
- December 13, 2000
- The state has a new chief tax collector, a former Yellow Freight Corp. executive who plans to bring his business perspective to the Department of Revenue.
- Allen, Elway shrine inductees
- Fourteen players, two coaches join College Hall of Fame
- December 13, 2000
- John Elway, Stanford’s 1982 All-America quarterback better known for his fourth-quarter comebacks and two Super Bowl wins with the Denver Broncos, led a group of 14 players and two coaches inducted into the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame on Tuesday night.
- Sabres’ Hasek blanks Boston
- Capitals extend unbeaten streak against Islanders to 18 games
- December 13, 2000
- Dominik Hasek got plenty of help from J.P. Dumont in recording his latest shutout.
- NCAA slaps UNLV with probation
- Bayno fired as coach of Runnin’ Rebels hours after penalty is handed down
- December 13, 2000
- Bill Bayno came to UNLV pledging to win games and run a clean program. He didn’t win enough, and when the NCAA placed its latest sanctions on the Runnin’ Rebels, Bayno was the first one to go.
- Jayhawks’ big men respond to challenge
- December 13, 2000
- By Andrew Hartsock Kansas’ pansies wanted to prove they weren’t shrinking violets. With KU coach Roy Williams’ post-Wake Forest derogatory remarks still ringing in their ears, the Jayhawks’ big men propelled No. 10 Kansas to a 75-69, come-from-behind victory over DePaul on Tuesday night at the United Center.
- Horoscopes
- December 13, 2000
- Daily Ticker
- December 13, 2000
- Treasury will be key appointment
- December 13, 2000
- By Robert Reno Newsday Moonshiners and dope smugglers will take more than casual interest in the appointment of the next secretary of the Treasury. This is because he allocates resources for the U.S. Customs Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
- Papa Roach photo gallery #5
- December 13, 2000
- Papa Roach photo gallery #7
- December 13, 2000
- Rider services
- December 13, 2000
- PGA makes dreams come true for kids
- Tuesday’s official opening of The First Tee of Jacksonville celebrated
- December 13, 2000
- Three years ago, PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem flew from New York to Detroit to Houston, laying the groundwork for a program called The First Tee that would make golf more accessible and affordable to inner-city kids.
- Spending on free agents tops $1 billion
- Out-of-control owners including $738.95 million spent over last four days hot topic at winter meetings
- December 13, 2000
- Players got rich. Owners got angry.
- Notoriety increases dangers
- Abortion provider listed on extremists’ Web site
- December 13, 2000
- By Erwin Seba A Lawrence physician in the investigative crosshairs of the state Board of Healing Arts is drawing the attention of some of the nation’s most virulent anti-abortion groups. That increases the risk of violence against Dr. Kristin Neuhaus, said the executive director of the National Abortion Federation, which represents abortion providers.
- Romanowski pleads innocent
- December 13, 2000
- Denver Broncos linebacker Bill Romanowski pleaded innocent at his arraignment Tuesday in a prescription-drug fraud case. A judge set his trial for May 1.
- Departure of leader hampers home team
- December 13, 2000
- By Andrew Hartsock When DePaul leader Bobby Simmons went to the bench with three and then four fouls in the second half, Blue Demons coach Pat Kennedy looked down at his bench and saw a void.
- Gibson learns what women want
- Age-old question poses new charming role for paradoxical actor
- December 13, 2000
- Mel Gibson has a way of scratching his neck and rubbing at his cheek as he speaks the kind of unconscious gestures that suggest mild discomfort. It could be wariness of the press, which scrutinizes his every utterance and move. Or maybe he’s not quite used to talking about the new persona he stakes out in “What Women Want.”
- Collison confidence, scoring soars
- KU sophomore forward tallies career-high 23 in victory over Blue Demons
- December 13, 2000
- By Gary Bedore Nick Collison was a man possessed on Tuesday night. “I’m happy I could step up. The team needed me to step up,” the 6-foot-9 Collison said after scoring a career-high 23 points in the Jayhawks’ 75-69 victory over DePaul at the United Center.
- Local briefs
- December 13, 2000
- Many area games halted by closings Lions to play host to Miege tonight
- NBA Briefs
- December 13, 2000
- Thorpe to be activated, Coleman not far behind Snow has surgery Coles out 4-6 weeks Warriors activate Foyle
- McVeigh drops appeal, seeks execution date
- December 13, 2000
- Timothy McVeigh asked a federal judge to stop all appeals of his conviction in the Oklahoma City bombing and to set a date for his execution.
- Record Midwest storm heads East
- December 13, 2000
- Wind gusting as high as 80 mph grounded airline flights Tuesday and knocked down power lines from Ohio to Massachusetts, adding to the misery wreaked by the same storm that brought heavy snow to the Midwest.
- Divided Supreme Court clears path for Bush
- December 13, 2000
- A divided Supreme Court reversed a state court decision for recounts in Florida’s contested election Tuesday night, all but transforming George W. Bush into president-elect. Some Democrats urged Vice President Al Gore to give up his challenge in America’s overtime election.
- Family feels crushed by mother-in-law’s penchant for hugs
- December 13, 2000
- Arres spurs interesting case
- December 13, 2000
- By Philip Terzian Providence Journal All eyes were fastened on the Supreme Court last week for the obvious reason: The justices might have settled the legal struggle for the presidency, but, for various reasons, chose to slap the wrists of their brethren in Florida and prolong the agony.
- National Briefs
- December 13, 2000
- Egg labeling rules issued Train station shootout kills 1 High-speed trail sidelined Breast-feeding case in limbo Unruly passenger arrested
- Briefly
- December 13, 2000
- Medical clinic in LMH to relocate to Sixth Lawrence City Band gets into holiday spirit 31st Street developers defer planning request Allow enough time to mail cards, gifts
- Russell Crowe’s thorny personality is tough, but ‘it’s worth it’
- December 13, 2000
- The glory of “Gladiator” doesn’t seem to simply end at the movie’s success. Russell Crowe certainly climbed to the top, getting noted first after being in Curtis Hanson’s Oscar-winning “L.A. Confidential.”
- Select all-male group named Rock Hall inductees
- December 13, 2000
- Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, Aerosmith and Queen headline an all-male group of artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2001.
- UConn cruises past Massachusetts
- Georgetown starts 8-0 for first time since 1989-90 season
- December 13, 2000
- Jim Calhoun worried about a letdown that never materialized.
- Region briefs
- December 13, 2000
- Acid spill causes temporary alert New Year’s Eve robbery brings 11-year sentence Ousted sheriff ordered to trial Light-rail route wins backing Suspect admits having sex with 11-year-old
- ‘Songs of Bill Monroe’ tops 2000 bluegrass list
- December 13, 2000
- It’s that time again. Time to list the 10 best bluegrass albums of the year. And these are the best I’ve heard in 2000.
- Papa Roach photo gallery #1
- December 13, 2000
- Gore concedes to Bush
- December 13, 2000
- (Updated 9:23 p.m. Wednesday) Al Gore surrendered his epic, 36-day court battle for the highest prize of his life’s work in politics. “For the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession,” he said from the White House he cannot claim.
- Briefcase
- December 13, 2000
- IBM chief says industry demands easy access Farmland announces possible refinery sale KU professor joins business advisory panel Investors return to buying blue chips
- People
- December 13, 2000
- Capt. Kirk to abandon ship? Whoopi goes to jail Celebrate virginity Pooh characters need therapy
- National Briefs
- December 13, 2000
- County enacts smoking ban Authorities kill father who killed his children Tiger cub dies after surgery
- Briefs
- December 13, 2000
- Yanks don’t think A-Rod hurt chances with Jeter Charges dropped fans El Duquecito ready to try to join rotation
- Briefs
- December 13, 2000
- Woods renews contract with American Express SI names Woods Sportsman of Year
- Petition in Baldwin seeks vote on park
- December 13, 2000
- A Baldwin City Council candidate is collecting signatures on a petition to put a business park to a public vote in April.
- City Commission Briefs
- December 13, 2000
- ‘Hero’ honored Lawrence named bicycle-friendly city Bid approved for construction work JLE center addition site plan approved Grant application for police radios OK’d
- Hurley services
- December 13, 2000
- Lester Warsop
- December 13, 2000
- Cecil McDiffett
- December 13, 2000
- William McNitt
- December 13, 2000
- Parent files for school board
- Candidate cites class size, quality issues
- December 13, 2000
- By Tim Carpenter A 39-year-old parent of two children in Lawrence public schools said he would run for a seat on the school board. Dale Vestal, site council president at Centennial School, 2145 La., said he would file in January for one of three seats up for grabs.
- O’Meara signs with Titleist
- New six-year deal believed to be worth about $10 million
- December 13, 2000
- Mark O’Meara was the first player to tout the benefits of multilayer golf balls when he began using the Strata in 1996. Now he is the latest player to endorse the Titleist Pro VI, signing a deal that gives him new clubs, a new ball and renewed enthusiasm.
- City street crews ready for big snow
- December 13, 2000
- By Mike Belt It can happen any day. A gray winter sky will open and dump several inches of snow on Lawrence. Tom Orzulak, manager of the Lawrence Public Works Department’s Street Division, knows what will happen next. It’s similar to what happened earlier this week when a winter storm brought sleet and ice to the area.
- KU employee group’s board balks at new budget proposal
- Unclassified workers leaders say they want more information on proposal
- December 13, 2000
- By Scott Rothschild The board of the Unclassified Professional Staff Assn. balked Tuesday at endorsing a push by Kansas University officials to change the way higher education is funded. Association board members said they wanted more information about the proposal, specifically how it would be carried out if approved by the Legislature, which starts its session next month.
- Secret evidence keeps Palestinian in jail for 3 years
- December 13, 2000
- Atty. Gen. Janet Reno blocked the release Tuesday of a Palestinian who has been jailed on secret evidence for three years without charges.
- World Briefs
- December 13, 2000
- Ethiopia, Eritrea sign peace treaty Gunfire disrupts mall shopping Outrage grows at ex-leader’s exile
- Pokemon banned in Turkey
- December 13, 2000
- Four-year-old Ferhat Altinbas said he was imitating his favorite flying Pokemon character when he leaped off the balcony of his family’s seventh-floor apartment in October in the southern Turkish city of Mersin.
- Aikman will miss Sunday game
- December 13, 2000
- Troy Aikman will not play Sunday. Beyond that, no one is saying.
- UNICEF pleads for health plan
- December 13, 2000
- UNICEF appealed Tuesday for countries to guarantee that children under 3 receive food, clean water and health care during the growth phase that is most critical to brain development.
- Chiefs’ Pro Bowl hopes in question
- Losing record could work against Kansas City players
- December 13, 2000
- Their 6-8 record probably won’t be the only source of disappointment this week for the Chiefs.
- BYU’s Pittman arrested
- December 13, 2000
- Jonathan Pittman, whose two catches keyed BYU’s winning touchdown drive against Utah last month, was arrested last weekend on suspicion of drunken driving.
- College briefs
- December 13, 2000
- 0Toledo assistant to replace Pinkel Ohio promotes Knorr to head coach Fort Hays coach quits Sterling selects Splitter
- Evolution backers leave board
- Holloway, Brown exit state office
- December 13, 2000
- Linda Holloway voted for new science testing standards that de-emphasized evolution as a member of the Kansas State Board of Education. Sonny Rundell voted against them.
- Familiar face brings halt to attempted robbery
- Suspect flees after he’s recognized
- December 13, 2000
- By Mike Belt Startled when he realized someone had recognized him, a man trying to rob a Lawrence fast-food restaurant early Sunday made his escape by crawling through the drive-through window.
- Humanities endowment helps KU scholars
- December 13, 2000
- Kansas University’s Hall Center and five of its scholars will receive grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- State tourism director takes new job
- December 13, 2000
- Just as Kansas is taking its first giant steps into the tourism industry, the state’s tourism director is leaving. Claudia Larkin has resigned from her post as director of the travel and tourism development division, effective Dec. 20, to take a job in private industry.
- Baldwin waits on applying for grants
- Water line relocation project postponed, officials say
- December 13, 2000
- City officials won’t use the results of a recent wage survey of Baldwin residents to apply for state grants yet.
- Area briefs
- December 13, 2000
- Eudora loses natural gas supply for two hours KU sets final exams Health department offers flu vaccines to public Deadline for ACT test will be early next month Douglas County gets new highway trooper
- Confusion puts trial in jeopardy
- December 13, 2000
- By Mike Belt Confusion whether two brothers charged in a Lawrence shooting case would be getting speedy trials led to their release from jail Friday. Now, officials aren’t certain of their whereabouts and have issued fresh warrants for their arrests.
- On the record
- December 13, 2000
- Court risks stain of political decision
- Law scholars fear justices lost veil of impartiality after partisan split
- December 13, 2000
- The Supreme Court ruling in Bush vs. Gore may be remembered by history as the case that changed the place of the court in modern political life.
- Nuggets skip practice
- Report says players protested way Issel treated LaFrentz
- December 13, 2000
- Denver Nuggets players said Tuesday they skipped practice the previous day because of fatigue from a long road trip, not because of anger over the coaching of Dan Issel.
- Sideline
- December 13, 2000
- OU’s Stoops coach of year Texas gives Brown raise
- Vote urged on Mississippi flag
- December 13, 2000
- A state commission Tuesday recommended that Mississippi hold an election next year and vote to get rid of the Confederate symbol in the state’s flag.
- Youth violence blamed partially on media
- December 13, 2000
- The entertainment industry took another hit Tuesday this time from a group of health care professionals who concluded in a study that television shows, movies, music, video games and the Internet are contributing to youth violence in America.
- California sues 18 school districts
- December 13, 2000
- California sued 18 of its school districts Tuesday to force them to fix allegedly shoddy classrooms, issue textbooks and hire credentialed teachers as required under state law.
- Fatal crash of Osprey grounds aircraft, raises doubt
- December 13, 2000
- The Marine Corps grounded all eight of its high-tech MV-22 Osprey aircraft Tuesday after a fiery crash in North Carolina that killed four Marines including the service’s most experienced Osprey pilot. The accident raised new doubts about the future of the tilt-rotor plane.
- Natural gas price rise prompts questions
- Consumer advocate asks for investigation
- December 13, 2000
- By Tom Meagher and Mark Fagan For at least one Lawrence family, the choice is between staying warm and celebrating Christmas with gifts. They’re choosing heat over gifts. “We are panicked,” said Jean Ann Pike, director of the Social Service League at 905 R.I. “Someone told me today, ‘We have our choice between Christmas presents and gas.’ They decided they’d stay warm this year and skip Christmas.”
- Only 2 per house, city says
- Commissioners also agree to require landlords to register their properties
- December 13, 2000
- By Joel Mathis The Lawrence City Commission tried to douse one burning issue Tuesday night, but it may have fanned the flames of another new controversy. Commissioners voted 4-1 to change city zoning codes so that no more than two unrelated people can live in the same home in single-family neighborhoods. Then, in a surprise move, the commission directed city staff members to prepare an ordinance requiring Lawrence landlords to register their properties.
- KU refuses to fold
- Jayhawks rally in second half to avoid fall against DePaul
- December 13, 2000
- By Gary Bedore Things looked as bleak as a slush-stained Chicago sidestreet for Kansas at halftime on Tuesday night. The Jayhawks, who were blown out by 31 points last Thursday at Wake Forest, trailed DePaul by nine points, 42-33. Led by inside players Collison (career-high 23 points), Eric Chenowith and Drew Gooden, the Jayhawks outscored the Blue Demons, 42-27, the final half.
- No. 19 Xavier stumbles at Cincinnati, 75-59
- December 13, 2000
- Freshman guard Valerie King scored a season-high 26 points, 12 on three-pointers, to help Cincinnati beat No. 19 Xavier.
- Former deputy sentenced for vehicular homicide
- December 13, 2000
- A former Kiowa County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to one year in jail for causing his friend’s death in a car accident. Mark Koehn, 35, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in October for a traffic accident last year in which he struck Charles Holt II, 29, with his patrol car.
- District to drop Indian mascots
- December 13, 2000
- The Hiawatha school board has voted to stop the use of American Indian mascots at the three schools in the district. The board voted 4-3 Monday night to approve a committee’s recommendation that the high school, junior high and elementary drop the Redskins, Warriors and Braves mascots respectively.
- Day with A-Rod’s riches full of surprises
- With $69,041 available a day, new Ranger Alex Rodriguez has plenty of spending options
- December 13, 2000
- Alex Rodriguez signed a contract with the Texas Rangers that will pay him $252 million over 10 years, which comes out to $25.2million a year. But what is $25.2 million? What’s the difference between $25.2 million and $17.4 million and $33.3 million? Who can relate to $25.2 million?
- ‘Renegades’ may be last effort for Rage
- December 13, 2000
- Playing outside the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles just before a riot exploded, Rage Against the Machine was at its musical and politically charged peak in August.
- Ayala shot in left shoulder
- Boxer allegedly broke into home of acquaintance
- December 13, 2000
- Tony Ayala Jr., whose once-promising boxing career was cut short by a rape conviction, was shot early Tuesday after he allegedly broke into a home.
- GM phasing out Oldsmobile
- U.S. automaker announces production cutbacks, job cuts
- December 13, 2000
- The Oldsmobile is coming to the end of the road. General Motors Corp. said Tuesday that the oldest brand name in U.S. automotive history would be retired during the next few years. GM executives admitted they had failed to erase the stodgy image of a brand that once was synonymous with American prosperity and dependability.
- Co-op gets OK to sell into future
- Farmers can buy next year’s supplies now
- December 13, 2000
- By Mark Fagan Farmers can go ahead and buy next year’s supplies now at Farmers Cooperative Assn., a judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Flannagan, who is overseeing the Lawrence-based co-op’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, approved the formation of a special account to hold money for farmers interested in buying seed, herbicides, fertilizers and other products for next year’s harvest.
- Chamber to assess labor pool
- December 13, 2000
- By Mark Fagan Before they can go out touting Lawrence as a great place to locate or expand a business, officials at the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce want to have a firm grasp of the area’s hottest commodity.
- Here they are
- December 13, 2000
- This is the fourth season that the Mexican Hass variety of avocados has been allowed to be imported to the United States from Mexico, but only to 19 states. This Hass variety is from the Michoacan region of Mexico.
- Trend starts with a tea
- December 13, 2000
- Chai latte is so five minutes ago compared with this drink. Trendy Southern California is drinking in the latest Asian fad: bubble tea.
- Going nuts over the holidays
- December 13, 2000
- The turkeys, cakes and pies served during the holidays can bring guilt and larger waistlines. That often leads to New Year vows to diet and exercise. But all holiday foods needn’t evoke images of clogged arteries, heart attacks and unbridled adiposity.
- Log on
- Traditional holiday dessert takes time, but it’s worth it
- December 13, 2000
- By Gwyn Mellinger The yule log is the most widely recognized Christmas dinner dessert to come out of the European tradition, but most people regard it as being too complicated to make at home. For that reason, most people who serve a yule log buy it at a bakery and may pay $50 or more for a 10-inch cake.
- Don’t tempt guests to overeat
- December 13, 2000
- By Susan Krumm How can I make my holiday entertaining a little healthier for my guests, as well as myself? In the past, offering rich foods to guests in lavish abundance and coaxing people to stuff themselves has been a hallmark of hospitality. To eat more, in turn, was an expression of appreciation and affection.
- Work cookies
- Bring the holiday spirit to those you see the most
- December 13, 2000
- In the world of work, the spirit of Christmas sometimes arrives on a platter. Those who believe it’s a bah-humbug world aren’t fortunate enough to work with Geri Gehl or Susan Hutton. This time of year, the women spend hours upon hours at home, baking and decorating delicate Christmas cookies to share with co-workers.
- Healing must follow decision
- December 13, 2000
- By E.R. Shipp New York Daily News Nobody likes to lose whether the prize is the presidency of the United States or of the sixth grade. And when you see the other person winning whether it’s the lottery or the boss’s admiration you can’t help but feel a twinge of jealousy even if the other person is as close to you as a lover. And if you factor in the fact that the other guy got ahead because somebody didn’t follow the rules, then you’re mad.
- JROTC backer
- December 13, 2000
- Rejected votes
- December 13, 2000
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