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...there more to McCain than his plainspoken realism in foreign affairs? To become the natural alternative to Bush, McCain will have to compete on domestic turf, and here his favorite issues have earned him more bruises than badges of honor. He's known mostly for his unsuccessful efforts to reform the nation's campaign-finance laws and to curtail teenage smoking, both of which infuriated party leaders and rankled many of McCain's colleagues. And the Senator's long battle against pork-barrel spending has earned him few friends on Capitol Hill. "I don't believe I'm going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The McCain Moment | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

...real problem here is that the Cuban government isn't willing to accept the consequences of playing an away game. When they're the home team, you play on their home turf. Any baseball team that crumples under fan heckling isn't strong enough to play the game. If Castro thinks his baseball team is tough enough to beat the Orioles, maybe they're tough enough to hear what the fans have...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Editorial Notebook: Hey, Batter, Batter | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...real problem here is that the Cuban government isn't willing to accept the consequences of playing an away game. When they're the home team, you play on their home turf. Any baseball team that crumples under fan heckling isn't strong enough to play the game. If Castro thinks his baseball team is tough enough to beat the Orioles, maybe they're tough enough to hear what the fans have...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Hey, Batter, Batter | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...balls, including the game-winning hit,landed in Harvard outfielders' gloves and thenfell out as the players stumbled to the turf. Moreimportantly, with a very strong wind blowing infrom right field, two hits--off the bats ofMcKendry and Abeles--caromed off the fence inright, just inches short of being home runs, and abase runner was thrown out on each...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Softball Splits as Cornell Clinches Ivy | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...POISONING YOUR TURF? You don't want chemicals spewed into your backyard, do you? The Scorecard www.scorecard.org features interactive maps that enable you to home in on the companies you should be concerned about. Simply enter your ZIP code...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLICK HERE: The Web's Wild World | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

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