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YANKEE Defined
From the Dutch "Jan-Kees" etc. Jan= short for: Johannes (=John), Kees= short for Cornelis (=Cornelius). All three names were very common in those days (and still are): Jan, Kees and Jan-Kees.
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Tackling myths about Jesus, Judaism
Published November 21, 2008, 11:12 pm, Boston Globe
Amy-Jill Levine is not given to cliches, but the one about the road to hell and good intentions cropped up in a talk she gave last week. Levine used the old saw to summarize her point: Liberal, tolerant Christians are defaming Jews and Judaism.
Letters to the editor
Published November 21, 2008, 3:14 am, The Rockingham News
Thank you for allowing me the honor of serving you for two more years. Please remember I am here for all of you. When the phone rings, or a letter or e-mail arrives, I don't ask you what party you belong to, or "did you vote for me?" Come to think of it,...
The Warmup
Published November 21, 2008, 1:39 am, Montreal Gazette
Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun, on tomorrow night's other jersey retiree: "Wendel Clark gazed up at the banners hanging from the rafters at the Air Canada Centre, but he still couldn't fathom the fact that on Saturday night, his name, likeness and number will be among them. "I'm speech-less," he said, after spending an afternoon at the ACC, just being Wendel Clark, and after spending most of ...
FAMOUS FOES
Published November 21, 2008, 1:08 am, Newsday
George Steinbrenner publicly battled with many during his tenure as The Boss. Here are six notables:
ONE-OF-A-KIND EXITS STAGE
Published November 21, 2008, 12:28 am, New York Post
MAYBE it won't ever again be possible to be the way George Steinbrenner was once upon a time, when he managed to be the biggest, brightest, brassiest star in the New York sporting universe without ever shedding his sports jacket, when every time he...
Mussina calls it a career after 1st 20 win season
Published November 21, 2008, 12:16 am, The Citizen of Laconia
AP photo Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina waves to the crowd as he leaves the field during the seventh inning against the White Sox last September at Yankee Stadium.
Death Of Conn. Girl Prompts Window Blind Recall
Published November 20, 2008, 4:22 pm, WCBS-TV New York
About 677,300 IKEA and Green Mountain Vista window blinds and shades were recalled in the United States on Thursday after a young child choked to death. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said a 1-year-old girl from Greenwich, Conn., died in April when she got caught in the inner cord of a set of IKEA Roman blinds over her playpen.
Nicaragua: Betrayal of the revolution
Published November 20, 2008, 4:03 pm, Independent
In March 1983, a few days before the arrival of Pope John Paul II in Nicaragua, Father Bismarck Carvallo sinned. Never at peace with his vows of chastity, he succumbed to the allure of a comely Sandinista intelligence agent who invited him at night into her home. He did not know she was a plant of the revolutionary government, whose left-wing doctrine the Catholic Church denounced as heretical, ...
Child's Death Prompts Roman Blinds Recall
Published November 20, 2008, 9:11 am, WCVB Boston
A child's strangulation death prompts the recall of Roman blinds sold exclusively at IKEA. Another near-strangulation prompts an alert on shades made by Green Mountain Vista Inc.
Strangulation Concerns Prompt Two Recalls
Published November 20, 2008, 7:54 am, WSAV Savannah
Blind recalls have been issued by two manufacturers due to concerns about children strangulation.
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Fri Nov 21
- Collector Completes Upper Deck Yankee Stadium Legacy Collection: Tommy Baxter, a 36-year-old precast concrete specialist from Little Rock, Ark., has accomplished something no one else in the world has been able to do: put together Upper Deck?s gigantic, 6,661-card Yankee Stadium Legacy Collection.
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- Bats: Behind Scenes at New Yankee Stadium: Beat writers got an early look at the Yankees' new home five months before opening day.
Thu Nov 13
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Tue Nov 11
- Cisco details tech plans for new Yankee Stadium: Cisco Systems is helping the New York Yankees turn their new stadium into a cutting edge facility for the 21st century baseball fan.
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