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Well, misery loves company. How can baseball be America's game if Chicago and Boston never stand a chance? They came oh so close only to be swatted down for thinking they could hold a lead and move on. At least we've learned again that baseball humbles, and breaks more hearts than any other game could even dream of doing. Has the consolation ''Wait till next year?'' ever rung more hollow? [click to continue]
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on an aspect of the Italian character. Who knows -- we might now better understand Columbus's urge to get away. Regardless, you can rest assured Luigi Barzini ( The Italians ) would find Rocca's writing tops. /p>******
p> In Deep Denial (posted 10/8/03 12:58 a.m.) br> It wasn't even close. Despite bias-media's best efforts, their tragic hero never had a chance, no matter how alcoholic his father was. In a state in which Democrats outregister Republicans by ten points, a Democrat governor has been ousted, less than a year after being re-elected. It's a huge, enormous humiliation for the forces of government, public virtue and the highest self-regard. So how did they respond? By pretending nothing untoward has happened to them and to predict great difficulties ahead for the Blob who'll replace Gray Davis. /p>If Gray Davis never displayed shame, why should they? ABC sent Peter Jennings to cover California these last days. His verdict as soon as polls closed? The recall was a defeat for Davis, but not a victory for Schwarzenegger. That's one way to demonstrate denial. Having nationalized the election by assigning it to Jennings ABC tried to use its "Nightline" program last night to claim the results will have no national effects. George Stephanopoulos said so himself. Host Ted Koppel outdid himself again, interviewing every Democrat under the sun about how gruesome a future Schwarzenegger faces without bothering to interview a single Republican -- unless that's what former Clinton adviser David Gergen can still pass himself off as. He delivered the soundbite of soundbites, declaring California will be to Schwarzenegger what Iraq turned out to be for Bush: easy to conquer, hard to rule. Just like that, ABC nationalized the election again.
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