Word: instead
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...issue is that I want people to get my skills, what I do, instead of something I have no control over, being African American," he said. "It's only important if you say it's important. I don't say that I'm a black artist, I say, 'I'm an artist and I know that I'm black...
...teaches a course on the subject and surely has more to say about it than me, but it seems to me the American story in miniature. Mixing the dust of the base-paths with the grass of the outfield might just conjure up some sort of urban farm, where instead of rotten apples hit with a stick we have formalized it to a cork-and-rubber ball and perfectly-honed bats...
...know I speak with the logic of an enthused lemming nearing the cliff of Opening Day. Why have newscasts been filled with footage of players playing catch and stretching at spring training, instead of hockey or basketball highlights? Because spring training is the proof that there is a new life coming in April, a new passion to grip us from Opening Day to the playoffs and World Series, a life to live between the foul lines...
...supporters to push for the Justice Department's prosecution of the officers on civil rights charges. Giuliani contended that the case did not warrant such a trial, and some observers said the verdict got Giuliani out of a tight spot, since now he can defend the entire jury system instead of just the police...
...This is a great change for me," said a Regis-less KATHIE LEE GIFFORD, subbing last week for David Letterman. "I get to sit in for a cranky overpaid prima donna instead of sitting next to one." But seriously. Gifford's patter was interrupted by a lingerie-throwing heckler who instructed the free-and-easy Gifford to "put on a bra!" She did, retorting, "Put on a jockstrap...