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...uniquely American, but uniquely democratic as well. In the ancien regime, one guesses, men cheered for the favorites--a noble lord with a time machine would be a Duke fan. We moderns, however, are different. Even the old money types among us--our closest approximation of the landed gentry--root for the probable loser. These days, even the least democratic have democratic souls...
...sense of community is at the root of the small changes many vendors see in their lives, Anjaria says...
...thoroughly national pastime too. Those bats come from Kentucky and the balls are rubbed with Georgia mud and then shipped to ballparks in all 50 states, if you count the minor league. Folks in Lowell, Mass., and Laredo, Texas, have home teams as well as regional powers to root...
Last week the FBI joined the campaign to root out public corruption and civil rights abuses. The G-men assigned to the case have joined a crowd of other investigators--the civilian police commission, the Los Angeles district attorney's office, the police department's internal-affairs unit along with a special task force. Following in their wake: an army of private lawyers who have been flooded with calls from alleged Rampart victims. By the time all the civil rights lawsuits are resolved, Los Angeles could face hundreds of millions of dollars in liability. Mayor Richard Riordan has called...
...pride in the official governing body of Harvard College," as the council did. Encouraging students and faculty to dress alike for a week, something which to most of us sounds like a bad memory from high school, is not likely to focus discussion on the tough problems at the root of Harvard's fragmented student body. Instead, Spirit Week will only mean that the few card-carrying council representatives who troop to class in the prescribed attire will look pretty silly for a few days...