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...parent clubs, meanwhile, only trade prospects for players. Sometimes the prospects turn out to be good players on these “minor league” teams. Tony Armas Jr. is a quality pitcher for Montreal. But once Armas’ contract is up, you know he will jump at the chance of actually playing for a “real” major league team...
...years, Murphy’s program has produced a number of NFL-caliber talents. Isaiah Kacyvenski ‘00 with the Seattle Seahawks, Chris Eitzmann ’00 with the New England Patriots and Matt Birk ’98—who signed a seven-year contract extension with the Minnesota Vikings this fall—are just...
...global war against AIDS is one of the most critical battles. Every day, thousands of people around the world contract HIV, with rates of infection highest in poor countries in Africa and Asia. In May 2000, the United States declared the global spread of AIDS a national security threat, citing regions where more than 20 percent of adults are infected with HIV and where millions of children will be orphaned by the disease. No society can sustain that kind of devastation, and the danger has only increased in the intervening year and a half. In addition to a human tragedy...
...years, Murphy’s program has produced a number of NFL-caliber talents. Isaiah Kacyvenski ‘00 with the Seattle Seahawks, Chris Eitzmann ’00 with the New England Patriots and Matt Birk ’98—who signed a seven-year contract extension with the Minnesota Vikings this fall—are just...
...separate the sheep from the goats, the cognoscenti from the provincials. We want anthrax because it would mean that someone, somewhere, thinks we are important enough to kill. The American preoccupation with fame isn’t dead; it’s just dormant. In peacetime, a book contract or bodyguard or a big pair of designer sunglasses trumpet an intriguing, even dangerous level of fame. In wartime, that same status is signaled by a white powder spilling from an envelope. We want to be possessed of a reputation that even enemies lurking outside the blue glow of American popular...