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...deserves credit for speaking his mind and refusing to pander to the union. It's just that he speaks his mind so badly. And despite the differences Gore and the union have had over trade, this was hardly the reception you'd expect party stalwarts to give a front runner so invincible that he's scared every Democrat except the former New Jersey Senator out of the race. Gore is rapidly locking up party support and endorsements (Senate minority leader Tom Daschle last week, House minority leader Dick Gephardt two weeks ago); his potential challenger from the left, Jesse Jackson...
That name recognition isn't all bad--it helped make George Walker Bush the front runner--but he knows it won't take him where he wants to go. And so, at a time when he isn't saying much of anything else, George W. is working hard to signal that he's his own man. This is a neat trick in a family and country that value loyalty but worship winners. Which is why just about every time the Governor sits down with a group of pilgrims to Austin, he makes an important safety announcement. "This is not going...
...PLAYERS: Sophomore goaltender Ali Brewer, runner-up for the Patty Kazmaier Award, is the best player on the team. Her .944 save percentage and miniscule 1.19 GAA easily led the nation. She posted 13 shutouts on the year, including a streak of five...
...grown increasingly littler and less Italian over the years, but New York's oldest pizzeria shows no signs of flagging. Located near the upper end of Mulberry Street, where the feel is more neighborhood and less theme park, Lombardi's serves the best pizza in the city (a close runner-up is Patsy Grimaldi's, just under the Brooklyn end of the Brooklyn Bridge). For $12.50, a large basic pie (mozzarella, cheese, basil) feeds two. If the weather's warm enough, ask to sit on the roof...
...team wrapped up another in a long line of Ivy League titles en route to a solid 12-2 season. It was the seventh Ivy title in Doyle's seven years. Harvard's only two losses on the season came to perennial foe Trinity College, whom the Crimson finished runner-up to for the National Nine-Man championships...