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My Rental! My Sublet! My Rental! My Sublet! (II)
More slop on the Faye Dunaway rent-control rumpus in Manhattan housing court: Actress Says She Can’t Be Evicted Because She Moved Out The day after court records revealed that Faye Dunaway would be joining the masses of New Yorkers braving housing court … Continue reading
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Tagged Faye Dunaway, Liam Dunaway O'Neill, Manhattan housing court, New York Times, rent control
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Dr. Ads Presents ‘The Baggies’
From the Wayback Machine: The good doctor hands out the least-coveted awards in the ad business. (Originally posted on SneakADtack.com)
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Tagged Adweek, American Express, Bud Bowl I, Dana Carvey, Dr. Ads, Gillette Atra Plus, Jon Lovitz, Stupor Bowl, The Baggies, Victor Kiam, Wayback Machine
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Mitt Romney’s ‘Secret Campaign Cash’
NBC News (via Mediaite) is reporting that a Boston-based “mystery company” gave a pro-Romney political committee a drive-by $1 million donation, then disappeared. A mystery company that pumped $1 million into a political committee backing Mitt Romney has been dissolved … Continue reading
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Tagged Cameron Casey, Mediaite, Mtt Romney, NBC News, Restore Our Future, Ropes & Gray, super-PAC, W Spann LLC
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Olbermann & Rich: Rupert Payboch
The Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider has been swamped with compare-and-contrast exercises lately (see here and here and here). Here’s another one: Keith Olbermann (in The Guardian) and Frank Rich (in New York) whacking their former employer Rupert Murdoch. … Continue reading
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Tagged Current TV, Fox Sports, Frank Rich, Keith Olbermann, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York, New York Post, Rupert Murdoch, The Guardian
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Chewing The Scenery So Hard They Need To Floss
From Terry Teachout’s About Last Night blog (via ArtsJournal): TT: Just because Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power, and Elsa Lanchester in the denouement of Witness for the Prosecution, Billy Wilder’s film version of Agatha Christie’s play: The hardworking staff loves … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Albert Haynesworth Edition II)
Today brings another compare and contrast exercise regarding the questionable character of new Patriot Albert Haynesworth (who’ll go on trial in Washington, D.C. later this month on a sexual abuse charge), and questionable judgment of the team in acquiring him. Bob Ryan’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Haynesworth, Bob Ryan, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Karen Guregian, Myra Kraft
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Albert Haynesworth Edition)
Compare and contrast in clear idiomatic English: Boston Herald Inside Track item on freshly minted New England Patriot Albert Haynesworth: NBC football analyst Cris Collinsworth likens the New England Patriots [team stats]’ re-education of new tackle and NFL badboy Albert Haynesworth to “The Taming of the Shrew!” The “Sunday Night … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Haynesworth, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Inside Track, Joan Vennochi
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My Rental! My Sublet! My Rental! My Sublet!
New York rent control politics are even more vicious than academic (because the stakes are so small) politics. In the Big Town, it’s only the apartments that are small. Latest case in point (via the New York Times): For Faye … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinatown, Faye Dunaway, Manhattan, New York Times, rent control
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Bob Ryan v. Jason Gay On Pats v. Jets
Compare and contrast in clear idiomatic English: Bob Ryan’s Boston Globe column on the New England Patriots-New York Jets rivalry: It rivals anything we’ve seen Excerpt: Now while we can’t see Coach Bill and Regal Rex wrestling at the 50 … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Belichick, Bob Ryan, Boston Globe, Charlie Sheen, Jason Gay, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Rex Ryan, Wall Street Journal
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Rick Perry Edition)
There’s so much money pouring into the 2012 presidential campaign, ads are now running for candidates who haven’t even entered the race. Exhibit $: Super PAC Jobs for Iowa has launched a two-week flight of TV spots promoting the presidential … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC News, Daily Caller, Jobs for Iowa, PolitiFact, Rick Perry
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