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When police arrived at the scene, Pedro Barbosa was holding a gun to his head. He later fatally shot himself...
...American Football League and head of the National Rifle Association; at a hospital near his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. Dubbed "America's No. 1 Ace" on the cover of LIFE magazine for shooting down 26 fighters and bombers in the battle for guadalcanal, he later drew controversy as a gun supporter. in 1990 he told TIME, "All guns are good guns...
...character. On the other hand, CBS's Queens Supreme (Fridays, 10 p.m. E.T.), starring former West Wing regular Oliver Platt as a colorful, politically embattled judge, has humor and character to a fault. No lack of excitement here: in the three episodes sent to critics, Platt has a gun pointed at him three times and sings show tunes twice. All this action and some snappy dialogue bring the dry legal issues to life, but between the relentlessly quirky plots and Platt's hammy performance, you'll soon wish somebody would kill them again. Looking for a legacy, President Bartlet? Better...
CORREA: Should somebody hold a gun to the auto industry's head and force higher fuel-efficiency standards? Actually, in the short run that is usually the right answer. But if you are thinking about a real shift, then probably not. Would you like to be the world's best sailmaker in 1880 and predicate your company on that? You'd probably win the next two years' worth of orders. You have to be the best at the game today, and you have to be clairvoyant enough to know the game in the future...
...Peter Brand posted the Columbia Spectator’s account of the Harvard men’s team’s 14-13 upset of Columbia on Nov. 24. In the article, Columbia whined about equipment failure and personnel and offered Pat Riley-esque reflections on what happens when gun machines meet knives. You learn from competitors even when you haven’t faced any for a while...