Editorial on A-Rod contract outrage and baseball spending
The piece denounces a $252 million base contract for Alex Rodriguez and compares it to art and luxury gems while arguing it threatens baseball’s future. It criticizes owners and players for profligacy, cites teams like Kansas City losing money, and warns who pays when small markets go broke.
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USA Today
Texas Rangers
A-Rod
A-Lot
Rodriguez
St. Kitts and Nevis
Kansas City Royals
New York Yankees
Atlanta Braves
Kansas City
Royals
Rodriguezes
Bush rises to challenge in historic election victory
David Shribman of The Boston Globe analyzes George W. Bush s stunning ascent from Texas governor to president elect. He defeated Gore through late court battles in Florida and a tight national contest, promising a unifying, reform minded leadership amid a divided electorate and wary markets.
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
State House
White House
Philadelphia
Clinton
Rutherford B. Hayes
America
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Boston Globe
Monica Lewinsky
Dan Quayle
Gore gains legitimacy in defeat
Gore emerges with a fragile legitimacy after the Supreme Court decision, argued here to have spared voters from a full Florida recount. The piece contrasts Gore’s stance with Bush’s media treatment and questions the fairness and clarity of the election outcome.
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Gore
Antonin Scalia
Scalia
Florida
Bush
Supreme Court
Albert Gore
Britain
Public Forum: Dread zoning debate and school testing thoughts
The writer praises city commissioners action on unrelated residents in single family zones and questions returning zoning for the Dread Neighborhood. A second letter argues for careful testing reforms in schools and praises Pinckney School craft programs that teach care for the elderly. Mary Siegrist notes Journal-World letters policy.
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John Hamm
Lawrence
Journal-World
Lworld
Dean Waggoner rejects Oregon University presidency offer
The Journal-World reports Kansas University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean George Waggoner declined the offer to be president of the University of Oregon at Eugene. Eugene officials say he was their top prospect for weeks and they have shifted to another candidate.
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The
Journal- World
George Waggoner
Kansas University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Oregon University At
Eugene
Waggoner
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