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The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership will honor U.S. Sen. John W. Warner '53, R-Alexandria, at its annual Spring Gala in April. Warner, 80, has served in the Senate since 1978. He is retiring this year, at the end of his fifth term. More
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The larger issue is why anyone thought “one and done” was a good idea in the first place. It’s counterproductive for the N.B.A., which wants more mature and better-behaved players (the N.B.A.’s commissioner, David Stern, first proposed making players wait until they were age 20 or two years out of high school before they could enter the draft). Nor is it in the interest of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, which wants to promote the idea of the “student athlete” and improve its graduation rates.
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Jules Verne, in his 1874 novel The Mysterious Island, described hydrogen as an "inexhaustible source of heat and light." 132 years later, Wired News was invited to test-drive the BMW's new Hydrogen 7 with its innovative hydrogen-combustion engine.
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The 210-lawyer McKee Nelson has been able to do what most Washington firms have not: build a New York outpost that is the equal of, if not superior to, the home office -- in only five years. Legal Times explores the firm's success with founding partner and managing partner William Nelson'72. More
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[T]here has been an ongoing "conversation" in the black community and beyond, about black people's use of the N-word among themselves, and in rap music. It's been a staple topic in the media, in call-in radio shows and on panels for several years. But at times it has been hard to glean much purpose in this conversation.
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Jackson is a stand-up comedian and a deputy chief in the Minneapolis Fire Department. He's 46 and has been a professional comedian and firefighter for more than 20 years. He grew up knowing the negative power of nigger. But from Richard Pryor he learned the word could be funny. Like a lot of other African Americans his age, he began to change his mind when Pryor did.
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