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...Michael Jordan vs. Himself The wonder warrior led his Chicago Bulls to a three-peat N.B.A. title. He conquered Madison Avenue with his megawatt smile. He battled the press over inquiries into his high-stakes gambling. But after his father's murder this summer, Jordan decided he'd had enough of fighting. His retirement stunned the hoop world and left a vacancy for the top spot in sport stardom...
...Song of Jacob Zulu. Tug Yourgrau's play about the making of a black South African terrorist was raw but unforgettable in Eric Simonson's epic staging, brought to Broadway by Chicago's Steppenwolf troupe. K.Todd Freeman glowed in the title role, Zakes Mokae excelled as several elders, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the a cappella singing group, served gloriously as a modern Greek chorus...
...Rosty's Scandal House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski was beset with new questions about alleged improper financial dealings. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that the Democrat's payroll included ghost employees who either did not work for him or had not done so in years. The wife of a Chicago alderman, for instance, reportedly received a salary for five years after quitting her job in 1987. Rostenkowski is already under investigation by a federal grand jury for allegedly trading free stamps for cash at the House Post Office and allegedly using campaign funds and his office account...
...research project will be about the circumstances journalists are facing as the business of journalism goes through its current upheaval,” Carroll wrote in an e-mail. Upheaval is something familiar to Carroll. The Times had just been acquired by the Tribune Publishing Company of Chicago when he came on board in 2000. At the time, the paper was embroiled in a scandal over advertising from the newly opened Staples Center. “He took a demoralized newspaper and turned it into a paper that was winning multiple Pulitzer Prizes,” said Jones. But success...
...while, Fitzgerald approached every task, even his job as a janitor at Amherst, as if it were a mission. "I know this sounds like malarkey, but if he were not a prosecutor, he'd be a priest," says Richard Phelan, a Chicago lawyer and friend of Fitzgerald's. "He's totally and completely dedicated...