This fall also marked the 60th anniversary of the Pirates' victory over the heavily favored Yankees in the 1960 World Series. Yes, Bill Mazeroski won Game 7 on Oct. 13 with his walk-off homer off Ralph Terry, but the Pirates' first championship in 35 years owed much more to the shared...
To close out the night – Iowa State got manhandled by Ole Miss, Maryland steals a game from Colorado State (I still say he traveled, but they will never call it while making a move to the rim), Sparty does Sparty things to keep things interesting and still find a way to win, and...
Who's the money for? 这是给谁的钱? 牛津词典 The people who called yesterday want to buy the house. 昨天打电话来的人想买这座房子。 牛津词典 The people (who) we met in France have sent us a card. 我们在法国结识的人给我们寄来了一张贺卡。 牛津词典 Mrs Smith, who has a lot of tea...
Yet among all the feats delivered, foes vanquished and eyebrows raised, it is impossible not want to pinch the collective cheek of the Oregon State Beavers and say, “Wudgie, wudgie, wudgie!” It’s been 39 years since the Beavers last won a game in the NCAA tourney, then they won ...
and they have lawyers who do this all the time (often badly, but still.) Normal people don’t do well trying to lawyer. After you hire a lawyer, listen to them and do what they say. They can often negotiate a very small settlement by making clear that you have counsel and won’t ...
I put it on a single speed cross bike and rode it gently for a bit before I rode it across Iowa on RAGBRAI that same year. Then I rode the shit out of it for a couple years as a bike messenger here in Seattle. I did nothing to the freewheel except ignore it, as I wore ...
combining Nigerian cultural traditions with a playful magic system that stretched across the globe. I loved that the author chose to have the magical system based entirely around theacquisition of knowledge. Some of the world building felt almost like a video game (in a good way), and I would...
Does anyone remember the line that the “war on terror” was just a bumper sticker? John McCain could simply clip off the last ten seconds of this ad and run it for the general election — no matter which Democrat won the nomination. I can’t wait for the pushback against Hillary for...
Trump won the day because he’s still in a margin-of-error election — after a week filled with talk of “garbage,” grievances and hell.
FIRST LOOK – STEVE KING HITS BACK ON SPENDING:“With Europe crumbling, Illinois and California on the brink, and debt crushing our economy, this isn’t the time to spend and tax us more,” the Iowa Republican says dir...