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Selig, whose family owns the small-market Milwaukee Brewers, tried to narrow the revenue gap by charging rich clubs a tax and redistributing the wealth to the lesser ones. But last week the owners concluded they were throwing good money after bad. They are also worried that rising debt at some clubs could cause them to go bust. By chopping two welfare teams, owners hope to improve the chances for other stragglers...
...TOSHIBA PORTEGE 4000 Many lightweight laptops get that way by being stripped of cool features. Not this 4.5-lb. roadie, with its 750-MHz Pentium III, 256MB of RAM and 30GB hard drive, plus a combo DVD-drive/ CD-burner, built-in wireless networking and a long list of lesser perks. www.toshiba.com...
...stage, he is in absolute command. Gray deftly uses his steely and expressive baritone to give life to a character who is desire incarnate. Strutting, preening, cajoling, even begging, he radiates charisma, as well as a sad sort of desperation that the character is unaware he possesses. A lesser actor might be inclined to soften the character and play him as a pimp with a heart of gold. Gray, though, avoids all of the character’s traps, forging ahead with a portrayal that embraces greed in such a visceral sense that one cannot help but embrace...
...Only six of the eight, because Hoover finally went to the White House and mentioned the cooperation of Dasch and his roommate. Both received lesser sentences, and both wound up serving just a few years...
...first half of the concert—the planned concert, that is—showcased the pieces that appear in Night Songs, starting with a triad of love songs by the lesser-known Austrian composer Joseph Marx. Radiant in a green Gianfranco Ferre gown, Fleming began with a theatrical interpretation of Marx’s “Nocturne,” and concluded the section with a powerful, expressive “Pierrot Dandy.” Thibaduet’s interpretation of Liszt’s “Ballade No. 2 in B Minor...