Word: bronx
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...storied American institution of a different sort, the Bronx Bombers bear many parallels to our eminent university. The Yankees just entered a self-declared “transition period” after concluding a seventh consecutive season without a world championship. Harvard, meanwhile, has struggled to define its new undergraduate curriculum and has not seen the top of its own league’s standings (at least in U.S. News and World Report) in a couple of years. Annual student satisfaction surveys unerringly place it near-bottom compared to peer schools. It bears asking, then: Have we and the Yanks...
...dyed-in-the-wool Red Sox fan, the other a Bronx bomber since birth; when it comes to Major League Baseball, we don’t agree on much. During the postseason, metaphorical fists fly as we gloat over our respective teams’ accomplishments and argue over who is the more valuable player: Mike Lowell or Derek Jeter, Mickey Mantle or Teddy Ballgame. But there is one thing we can agree on; we both nominate Manny Ramirez and Jonathan Papelbon for 2008 Class Day Speakers...
...this hip-hop diva is rumored to be pregnant. But the Bronx-born entertainer also has a new album, and El Cantante, in which she co-stars with hubby Marc Anthony, comes out on dvd Oct. 30. Jennifer Lopez will now take your questions...
...grew up in the Bronx. Are you a Yankees fan? -Kevin Gray, Bow, N.H.I don't really like baseball. I have family members that are Mets fans and others that are Yankees fans, so whoever wants to go to the game, I go with...
...sophomore in high school, and this article captured perfectly my hopes for this country and its citizens. I was in a state of euphoria as I read about some of the programs I had visited during a Civicweek in the Bronx, N.Y., co-sponsored by the Civic Education Project and Northwestern University. I fell in love with City Year, Teach for America and the Harlem Children's Zone during that amazing, eye-opening week. I hope that our national leaders will integrate service opportunities into our government and thus boost national pride...