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...administrator who has shown the greatest regard for students is, ironically, the only one who has faced as much vitriol as Pilbeam: HUDS Executive Director Ted A. Mayer. Mayer has been the target of student complaints because of HUDS’s menu changes following this winter’s massive increases in food costs...

Author: By Andrew D. Fine | Title: Tipping Point? Let’s Hope | 3/31/2008 | See Source »

...hockey, the sport still lacks a fan base in urban areas. And luring more blacks to hockey might be an impossible task. The sport hasn't been particularly kind to blacks. The game is littered with racial hostilities toward black players, from both fans and opposing players. While the vitriol isn't as vicious as it was in O'Ree's day, Coleman has heard the n-word on the ice; just five years ago, some slob threw a banana at ex-Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Kevin Weekes during a playoff game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Hockey Ever Get Its Tiger Woods? | 1/26/2008 | See Source »

...international trip as First Lady, to south Asia. She was extremely wary of us at first, but that didn't last very long, as the exotic sights and sounds overwhelmed us all. It was, I suspect, a turning point in Clinton's life. Back home, she had faced dangerous, vitriol-spewing crowds at the end of the health-care battle, but each time she stepped off the big plane with the grand words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA emblazoned on its side, the crowds were huge and adoring. And as she went from place to place, visiting local programs that helped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Hillary Learned to Trust Herself | 1/10/2008 | See Source »

...international trip as First Lady, to south Asia. She was extremely wary of us at first, but that didn't last very long, as the exotic sights and sounds overwhelmed us all. It was, I suspect, a turning point in Clinton's life. Back home, she had faced dangerous, vitriol-spewing crowds at the end of the health-care battle, but each time she stepped off the big plane with the grand words "United States of America" emblazoned on its side, the crowds were huge and adoring. And as she went from place to place, visiting local programs that helped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Hillary Learned to Trust Herself | 1/9/2008 | See Source »

...eventually burned him to a cinder. Obama's unspoken slogan was "Turn Down the Heat." The blogger Daily Kos endorsed Obama at first then, frustrated by the lack of fire, un-endorsed him. The far left wing of the Democratic Party may have to rethink the value of vitriol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Historic Victory | 1/4/2008 | See Source »

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