Word: evening
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...system of voting and the dual natures it presents by maintaining the Electoral College system. The frustration has been fierce from both the Bush and Gore camps, and our political parties are now entrenched in their positions about what should have been an objective administrative matter. To be sure, even Senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton has pledged support to a constitutional amendment abolishing the Electoral College...
Students also have a unique perspective on education, different from both administrators and teachers. They know why some teachers fail to motivate their students while other teachers seem able to encourage even the most reluctant learners to participate in class. They know ways that teachers and administrators can be more effective and efficient. To ignore this source of insight can do nothing but hurt communities trying to improve education...
...Because even if the Sox do reel in Mussina, the spending won't and can't end there. Last week there was talk that at the same time the Sox were pursuing Mussina, they were simultaneously talking with free agent lefthander Denny Neagle to bolster the staff even further. Adding a quality No. 3 starter like Neagle to the mix would be nice, but pitching wasn't the problem last year--run-production...
...even if Boston inks both Mussina and Neagle to deals, the Sox will still need a bat. The team cannot expect to field the same lineup again next year and simply hope that everyone has better seasons than they did in 2000. Recent acquisitions Dave Nillson and Chris Stynes were nice pickups, but they are platoon players at best and won't cut the mustard in the everyday lineup...
...moral of the story is that, given the urgency of the situation, none of us can afford to consider anything sacred anymore. Even Fenway is fair game these days. Fiscal demands have forced the Red Sox to install giant Coke bottles on the light towers above the Green Monster. And just this past September, the once-hallowed right field faade, which displays the team's five retired numbers, was forced to make way for a gigantically hideous Hood milk bottle...