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Their personalities could not be any more different -- Colby Armstrong is so amiable, Michel Therrien so often gruff -- but their reunion likely couldn't have been more predictable. When Toronto bought out Armstrong's contract last summer, less than a month after Montreal hired Therrien as coach, it seemed preordained that they would end up together again, unless new Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin objected. Which he didn't, so Armstrong -- who had played for Therrien in Wilkes-Barre and with the Penguins -- signed with the Canadiens the first day he was eligible to do so. "I'm obviously comfortable with Michel," Armstrong said before Montreal's game against the Penguins Saturday night at the Bell Centre. "I've had him for a long time and know what he expects."
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Acclaimed British neo-realist filmmaker Ken Loach made his theatrical debut with this bleak kitchen-sink drama. Joy (Carol White) leads a life that makes her name seem like some sort of a cruel joke. Her husband Tom (John Bindon) is a second-rate burglar who shows neither her nor their infant child much affection. When Tom is jailed for theft, Joy is left on her own, until Tom's best friend Dave (Terence Stamp) invites her to stay with him. Dave is warm and caring in a way that Tom is not, and love begins to blossom between them. However, Dave also supports himself as a thief, and when he's arrested and put behind bars, Joy is left back where she started. Joy takes a job as a barmaid to support herself, and she is persuaded to pose nude for a photographer to bring in some extra money; she files for divorce from Tom and begins seeing other men. However, Tom wants to give their marriage another chance once he's released from prison, much to Joy's chagrin. Several clips with Terence Stamp were later used in The Limey (1999) to illustrate the earlier life of Stamp's character in that film. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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A Graham Greene novel was the basic source for the British psychological melodrama Across the Bridge. Rod Steiger plays Carl Schaffner, a prominent financier who has absconded with company funds. A genius at improvisation, he plans to elude the authorities by murdering Paul Scarff (Bill Nagy) and assuming the dead man's identity. Upon arriving in Mexico, however, Schaffner learns to his chagrin that Scarff was himself an even more notorious fugitive from justice. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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An average American family suffers from a grave and unexpected loss that forces its members to confront past issues in this all-star ensemble drama from acclaimed director Dennis Lee (Jesus Henry Christ). Julia Roberts stars as Lisa Taylor, the wife of a college professor, Charlie (Willem Dafoe), living in the Midwest. As the tale opens, the aging couple are proud parents of two grown and reasonably successful children, Michael (Ryan Reynolds) and Ryne (Shannon Lucio). Then tragedy strikes: not long after Michael arrives in town (visiting from Manhattan), Lisa perishes in a fatal car accident, leaving the family bereft of its matriarch. As the devastated Taylors feebly attempt to cope with their loss, tensions resurface that have long boiled beneath the surface between Charlie and Michael; meanwhile, Michael's estranged wife, Kelly (Carrie-Anne Moss), turns up at the funeral to pay her respects to Lisa and gradually begins making amends with Michael. When Michael announces to the family that he's planning to publish a memoir about his childhood, Lisa's younger sister, Jane (Emily Watson), grows horrified that it will unearth devastating long-buried skeletons from the family's past; moreover, it seems that prior to her death, Lisa was guarding one major secret of her own that lingers just out of view and threatens to destroy everyone's sense of familial security when it finally comes to light. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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Based on the play by Ivan Menchell, this drama concerns three friends, Doris (Olympia Dukakis), Lucille (Diane Ladd), and Esther (Ellen Burstyn). All three live in the same Jewish community in Pittsburgh, are in their mid-to-late 50s, and have become widows within the past few months. Once a week, they gather to visit their husbands' graves and meet at a deli afterward to talk about their lives. Doris remains fiercely devoted to her late husband and takes her responsibilities as a widow seriously. Lucille is eager to get her feet back in the waters of dating, partly as revenge against her late husband, who often cheated on her, and partly because she's very lonely by herself. Esther is also not used to being alone after 39 years of marriage, but she doesn't feel ready to start dating again, at least not until she meets Ben (Danny Aiello), a former cop turned cab driver who gradually but firmly eases his way into her life. Doris is appalled when she discovers that Esther is dating again and loudly protests that she's being disrespectful to her late husband, while Lucille is more than a bit jealous that Esther snagged a good man before she could. Jerry Orbach and Lee Richardson appear in a brief prologue sequence. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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erik_flannestad says on: July 30, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Damn it, I feel like, where's my straw?
But then I think about just how horrible the drinks are at Pat O'Brians…
Dood says on: July 30, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Don't worry Erik, we'll be sure to include in in next year's Hand Grenade photo shoot…
Marleigh says on: July 31, 2008 at 2:03 pm
What we need to do is get a bunch of those Hand Grendade cups and fill them up with something tasty. All the appearance of tourists without the crappy drinks!
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I'm definitely gathering us for frozen daiquiris at the 'Daquiri Dog' hole-in-the-wall about 1.5 blocks from Monteleone.
There's no comma, so I'm assuming it's, "With dog, or without?" when you order a daiquiri there.
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Not sure if this will ever end. Got another extension today from our buyers. Not their fault! After my husband got the loan several years ago, the bank changed it from residential to commercial without telling anyone, so now the buyers have to get a commercial loan. New close date is January 18th! Presenting this to our sellers in Colorado tomorrow and hopeful they will agree to it, if not I have NO idea what we will do........... | |||
We had somewhat of a similar situation once....I know this is hard to swallow....but first priority is SELLING your property.....if the sellers of the house you're interested in buying won't accept it, oh well. You've been trying so hard for so long to sell this property....get it sold and if you have to start over in CO, then so be it. Sorry you're going through this but seriously....don't lose this buyer. Just my honest opinion. j | ||||
Sorry to hear this, Nancy, but, as you say, it's not the fault of the buyers and hopefully January 18th will be the magic date! Fingers crossed that it does close then AND that the sellers in CO will be cooperative ~ keep us up-dated! | ||||
Oh, gee, Nancy----we are all there with you---just hang in there---sending best wishes and hugs | ||||
When I saw the title of the post I immediately thought "oh,NO. Not Nancy!" Was hoping no news meant you were busy moving. The buyers are still hanging in there. That is good news. It is hard not to be anxious but please try to take it easy. It will all work out. | ||||
Yes, stick it out with the buyers even if Colorado doesn't work out, but I think if the situation was explained well...your sellers there will go for it..understanding completely!! Even would be good if you got a letter from the lender (which is also your lender right?) explaining. Proof in the pudding! | ||||
Sellers signed the extension and we got a copy of the email from the lender saying he can make this work. Of course that is not the same as having contingencies removed, but it helps. Seems like things are moving forward, but after all this am feeling pretty cautious! Hope all of you have a WONDERFUL Christmas!!! | ||||
Well that is great, Nancy. It's okay to feel cautious. Sounds like you are handling this quite perfectly. Cheers to all the Realtors involved too... sounds like a good team in both states. | ||||
Nancy, still moving forward - that's good.... Now, all appendages are crossed for you.... | ||||
Totally keeping everything crossed for you. Keep us posted. | ||||
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So someday I am going to come on here and tell you we have closed. It is not going to be today. The loan committee was to meet today and confirm the loan and remove the contingency and close next Friday. Just got word the committee is now meeting on Monday. Have no idea what to think and we are both sick from stress. | ||||
Awe try to relax and not stress out..could be something as simple as someone was out sick. Just keep thinking positively and moving forward. | ||||
Ugh, not what we wanted to hear, Nancy. But, will think the best. Keep us in the loop. | ||||
oh my, you guys have really been put through the wringer----gee, hang in there, we can't wait to celebrate with you! | ||||
Nothing unusual. Stay with the flow. You are almost there. | ||||
Don't end up in the ER like I did...I wasn't able to finish packing up the house and hubby had to do it and he also had to direct all the movers...I wasn't sure I'd make it to closing, but I did. I know what you are going through...please take care...hugs | ||||
Nancy, January 18th has come and gone ~ any news? Still keeping everything crossed for you! | ||||
Sitting with IR waiting to hear, too. Everything is crossed. I want to know about the new home purchase, too. Not that I'm nosey or anything. | ||||
Me too, we are waiting to hear news Nancy. We are a rooting for you! | ||||
Maybe she hasn't hooked up her computer since the move? At least I hope it is good news of some sort. | ||||
So, Nancy, what's happening? You know we have your back regardless. Did the closing occur or are you back to square one? Good thoughts being sent your way.... | ||||
My third eye tells me they closed and are getting settled in their new house. They went through their current lender who is very familiar with the property. She will pop on her when we least expect it. Watch. | ||||
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Retired NBA star Jayson Williams will not be in a New Jersey courtroom Friday to enter a plea in the 2002 shooting death of a driver.
A judge has indefinitely delayed a hearing in Somerville in which Williams was expected to plead guilty. No reason was given.
A person with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press on Thursday that Williams would plead guilty to aggravated assault. The person wasn't authorized to talk about the case and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Williams has been awaiting a second trial for reckless manslaughter. He was acquitted of aggravated manslaughter in 2004 but convicted of covering up the shooting at his central New Jersey mansion.
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Major league baseball went from the depths of despair to the heights of joy, from disheartenment to jubilation, during the final decade of the twentieth century. Felipe Alou, coach of the Montreal Expos, said, "Sometimes, something has to almost die, like baseball did, for the miracle to take place." Greed and money nearly caused the downfall of the sport. Strikes and work stoppages were nothing new to professional sports, and baseball had experienced its share of both, befitting its rank as the eldest of major league athletic enterprises in the United States. But never before had a World Series been canceled, as it was in 1994 because of a 272-day strike by players that forced the cancellation of 920 games. The contest between owners and players focused on salary caps and revenue sharing. When baseball finally resumed, it did so amidst fan animosity directed at players, owners, and baseball in general.
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Salvation came, specifically, on 6 September 1995 at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, when Cal Ripken Jr., one of the most respected baseball veterans, broke Lou Gehrig's long-held, much-cherished record for consecutive games played. Everything came together to make his attempt to break the standard a media event of the first rank. Unlike a new record that pops up randomly (for example, six home...
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As in previous eras in college basketball, many of the same teams stood at the forefront of the sport in the 1990s. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships were won by the all-time victory leader, Kentucky (1996 and 1998), as well as numbers two and four on the list, North Carolina (1993) and Duke (1991 and 1992). Only Kansas, third in all-time victories, did not win a championship, although they were runner-up in 1991. The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), a national power in the 1960s under John Wooden, returned to championship form with an undefeated romp through March Madness in 1995. In 1990 the University of Nevada at Los Vegas (UNLV), with the third-best winning percentage (.726) in NCAA history, behind Kentucky (.765) and North Carolina (.740), finally won a national crown. The universities of Arkansas (1994), Arizona (1997), and Connecticut (1999) won the other three Division I-A championships of the decade.
The women's college basketball champion-ships were almost equally predictable. Tennessee (with the highest all-time wins) took four titles (1991, 1996, 1997, and 1998; runner-up in 1995). Stanford won twice (1990 and 1992). Other NCAA Division I-A champions included Texas Tech (1993), North Carolina (1994), Connecticut (1995), and Purdue (1999). The University of Tennessee...
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The sport of boxing, never tidy, was complicated and confusing during the 1990s. Much of what was not mystifying—for example, Mike Tyson biting off part of Evander Holyfield's ear during a 1997 bout—was deplorable. People began to compare professional boxing with professional wrestling, an image not helped when Tyson agreed to "referee" a wrestling match in Boston. The state of Washington broke another precedent when it sanctioned a boxing match between a man and woman—she won. It was a decade in which even boxing enthusiasts had a hard time finding positive things to say about their sport. Richard Hoffer, of Sports Illustrated, complained of the "forgettable seasons in boxing" and "unearned dollars for unexciting fights." In a fit of editorial pique, Hoffer wrote, "Holyfield zipped up to New York to meet Akinwande who had earned this title shot by … well, no one could say how." Tim Graham, writing for
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The 1990s was an exciting decade for college football despite off-field distractions and a complex system that left much to be desired in determining which team was actually the best in the land. Eleven different teams claimed national championships, including three won by the University of Nebraska (1994, 1995, and a shared title in 1997 with Michigan). Division I-A football was the only collegiate sport that had no officially sanctioned champion-ship. Other champions included Alabama (1992), Florida State (1993 and 1999), Florida (1996), and Tennessee (1998). Such title confusion (for example, Colorado and Georgia Tech shared the 1990 title, and Miami and Washington shared it in 1991) led to the eventual establishment of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). In 1998, though still without a playoff system, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) organized an intentional end-of-the-season game between the two top-ranked teams (as determined by a complicated system of poll rankings, computer ratings, and losses). Beginning in 1995, prior to the BCS, a Bowl Alliance Championship Game was played, but this system failed to include the Rose Bowl, which matched the champions from the Big Ten and Pac-10 conferences. Even the BCS system, however, did not guarantee that the best two teams would play for the championship, but it was an improvement on the old system....
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Any discussion of professional golf in the second half of the twentieth century has to pay attention to at least five things: the four major "Grand Slam" tournaments and Jack Nicklaus. Even in his sixth decade, Nicklaus dominated the news from the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) and the talk on golf courses everywhere. Though he did not win a "major" golf tournament during the 1990s, he kept things interesting and exciting in a variety of ways. He was on every all-sports all-century list (ninth athlete overall on the ESPN list, the top golfer listed) that came out. In 1998 he made the Augusta National exciting with a Sunday charge that had him only two strokes off the lead on the front nine on the final day of the tournament. He ended up in sixth place, only four strokes more than the winner. He added an occasional visit to the Senior Tour to his regular participation in the major championships. He won two U.S. Senior Opens (1991 and 1993) and finally, after 146 consecutive appearances in the major championships, declined to participate in the U.S. Open, a streak unlikely to be broken.
A New Star.
Yet, as Nicklaus's star began to dim, another player, Tiger Woods, seemed to challenge his status as the greatest golfer of the century. Indeed, no player other than Nicklaus had ever dominated the sport as Woods did...
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Southern Exposure.
Much to the consternation of Canadian fans, ice hockey moved south in the 1990s as six new National Hockey League (NHL) franchises played in the Sun Belt—the San Jose Sharks (1991), Tampa Bay Lightning (1992), Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993), Florida Panthers (1993), Nashville Predators (1998), and Atlanta Thrashers (1999). Only one traditional venue for hockey was added in the decade, the Ottawa Senators (1992). Having gained the Senators, Canada lost the Quebec Nordiques in 1995 when they became the Colorado Avalanche; at the same time the Winnipeg Jets moved to Arizona where they became the Phoenix Coyotes. Completing the southern migration of major league hockey was the relocation of the Hartford Whalers to Raleigh, North Carolina, to become the Carolina Hurricanes. In 1999 one of the southern teams even won the Stanley Cup, the symbol of league supremacy, when the Dallas Stars beat the Buffalo Sabres, four games to two. The southern orientation was the theme for minor league hockey as well. Delightfully named teams sprang up in surprising places where outdoor hockey was impossible: the Austin (Texas) Ice Bats, Waco (Texas) Wizards, Shreveport (Louisiana) Mudbugs, Monroe (Louisiana) Moccasins, Odessa (Texas) Jackalopes, San Antonio (Texas) Iguanas, and Louisiana Ice Gators. These "minor league" teams and arenas were not to be confused with the minor league baseball...
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The Olympics
Albertville, France: (1992).
The first Olympiad of the decade, and the first in the post-Cold War era, began with concern for the fragile alpine ecology of its venue. Competing athletes convened in Albertville, France, in 1992, only for the opening and closing ceremonies. Otherwise, they dispersed throughout the region for the games. That model, far less disruptive to the natural beauty of Winter Olympic venues, has been successfully adopted in each Olympiad since. The breakup of the Soviet Union and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall made an impact on the Olympics as countries such as Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia competed under their own flags for the first time since prior to World War II. Germany fielded one team instead of two, and some former Soviet athletes competed under the Unified Team name, though the flags of their separate republics were raised as individual winners stood on the victory stand. In the actual competition the U.S. team as a whole turned in a fairly "typical" performance, placing fifth in the number of gold medals captured with five, behind Germany (ten), the Unified Team (nine), Norway (nine), and Austria (six). The most interesting medals won by the Americans were in the showcase event of women's figure skating, where Kristi Yamaguchi, the favorite, won the gold, and Nancy Kerrigan won the bronze. Kerrigan's rise to prominence was to be the ice skating story of...
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Court Domination.
Pete Sampras practically owned Wimbledon during the 1990s. Sampras not only won six Wimbledon trophies (1993-1995, 1997-1999), he also won the Australian Open (1994, 1997) and U.S. Open (1990, 1993, 1995, 1996). Sports Illustrated called him the best male tennis player of the century, edging out Bill Tilden, whose glory years were in the 1920s. At the end of the decade Sampras had won sixty-one career titles and spent more weeks as the top-ranked player
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Headline Makers
Armstrong, Lance 1971-
Comeback Kid.
Lance Arm-strong was born 18 September 1971 in Plano, Texas. He started competing at an early age: he won the Iron Kids Triathlon at thir-teen and became a professional cyclist at age sixteen. Raised in a single-parent family by his mom, Linda, the young Texan achieved some significant athletic milestones before the age of twenty. Even prior to his graduation from high school, Armstrong qualified to train with the U.S. Olympic developmental team. His first great cycling achievement was winning the U.S. National Amateur Championship (1991). He competed in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona as an amateur. His career continued to thrive and in 1993 he won ten titles, including U.S. Pro Champion and World Champion, as well as one stage of the Tour de France. At the 1996 Olympics Arm-strong raced as a professional, when he was the highest-ranked cyclist in the world. Then Armstrong faced a foe more aggressive and deadly than any he would meet on a cycling course. In October 1996 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, which had spread to his lungs and brain. He was given a fifty-fifty chance of survival. Following surgeries to remove a testicle and...
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Gordon, Jeff 1971-
King of the Track.
Jeff Gordon was born 4 August 1971 in Vallejo, California. He was not an overnight phenomenon in the world of auto racing, but his direction, if not his destiny, was determined early. Young Gordon, encouraged by his stepfather John Bickford, raced go-carts and quarter-midgets as a five-year-old. A regular winner on the midget and open-wheel racing circuits as a teenager, Jeff made a natural transition at twenty to National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) racing. By then, in 1986, he and his family had moved to Pittsboro, Indiana, to be near the center of the racing world. He had already become the youngest driver ever to obtain a United States Auto Club (USAC) license and had gained valuable experience by driving every kind of competitive vehicle from dirt cars in Indiana to sprint cars in Australia, In 1990 he became the youngest Midget Series champion in USAC history. After a stint in Buck Baker's Driving School in North Carolina, Gordon earned the Busch Grand National Rookie of the Year honors in 1991, winning the pole position eleven times. He did not remain in the minor leagues of motor sports for long. In 1992...
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Hamm, Mia 1972-
An Early Star.
Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm was born in Selma, Alabama, on 17 March 1972, one of six siblings. Although most people had not heard of her until the end of the 1990s, when Women's World Cup Soccer finally received media attention in the United States, she dominated women's soccer from the end of the 1980s. She made the U.S. National Team at age fifteen in 1987 and played for Notre Dame High School in Wichita Falls, Texas. As a three-time collegiate All-American and two-time winner of the prestigious Hermann Award as the best female college soccer player (1992 and 1993), while leading the University of North Carolina Tar Heels to four straight National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships (1989-1993), Hamm was a familiar name and powerful force in women's soccer. She set the NCAA single-season record for points scored with ninety-seven goals. In 1994 UNC retired her number. She was honored as U.S. Soccer's Female Athlete of the Year each year from 1994 to 1998. On 17 December 1994 she married Christian Corey.
World-Class Athlete.
Hamm's career peaked as she...
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Jordan, Michael 1963-
Tar Heel Roots.
Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born 17 February 1963 in Brooklyn, New York, but he attended high school in Wilmington, North Carolina. His high school coach did not recognize Jordan as a budding basketball star, however, and he was cut from the team as a sophomore. Despite this shaky start, he was recruited by the University of North Carolina, leading them to the national championship as a freshman in 1982. Two years later he was named College Player of the Year (1984), winning both the Naismith and Wooden awards. After his junior season, he was drafted by the Chicago Bulls, the third overall pick in 1984.
Air Jordan.
There was something transcendent about Jordan's movements on the court, and he inspired commentary, even from jaded sports reporters, that bordered on adulation. After Jordan set a National Basketball Association (NBA) playoff record for most points scored in a game (63), Boston Celtic forward Larry Bird said, "That was God disguised as Michael Jordan." Having conquered every challenge available on the...
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Maddux, Greg 1966-
While the late 1990s may have been the era of the long ball, the personal domain of home-run kings such as Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, a quiet, humble, initially unimpressive pitcher became the dominant professional baseball player of the decade. His $57.5 million, five-year contract, begun in 1997, made him the highest-paid baseball player. Born 14 April 1966, in San Angelo, Texas, Gregory Allen Maddux began playing baseball when he was five years old. He attended high school in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1984. For two years he played in the minor leagues until he was called up by the parent club. Despite playing for the perennially cellar-dwelling club, in 1992 he won a Cy Young award, the symbol of the best pitcher in the National League (NL).
When he signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves in 1993, he proceeded to secure three more consecutive Cy Young awards (1993, 1994, 1995), making him the only person in the history to win four in a row. In the years after receiving these honors, Maddux registered ERAs (earned run averages) of 2.72, 2.20, and 2.22. His worst...
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Summitt, Pat 1952-
Tennessee Roots.
Patricia Head was born 14 June 1952 in Henrietta, Tennessee, and raised in a farming family. Summitt played basketball for the University of Tennessee at Martin and earned her degree in 1974. Among her accomplishments, she played on a Pan-American Games team and helped the U.S. women's basketball team (on which she served as a co-captain) win an Olympic silver medal in 1976. Summitt began her coaching career with the University of Tennessee Volunteers in 1974 as a twenty-two-year-old graduate assistant (only one year older than several of her players), who accepted the head position when the senior coach suddenly left the team. Her first team posted a 16-8 record, and she never looked back. She coached the U.S. women to their first gold medal in the 1984 Olympics.
A League of Her Own.
Arguably the best college Basketball coach in history, male or female, Summitt led the Lady Vols to six National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships—four during the 1990s (1991, 1996-1998). The three consecutive titles were a first for any women's basketball program. As 1999 concluded, her...
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Williams, Venus, 1980- and Williams, Serena 1981-
Ghetto Cinderellas.
In spite of her youth, only nineteen at the end of 1999, Venus Williams had been a high profile tennis player for several years. At six-feet-one-inch, 167 pounds, with 1,800 beads in her braided hair, she was physically stunning and hard to miss, even off the court. For at least half a decade, she was in the limelight of women's tennis, the topic of conversation and controversy, and the subject, with her father Richard and her sister Serena, of an award-winning article, "On Planet Venus," written by Linda Robertson in 1997. The glare on Venus shielded and shadowed younger sister Serena until, after winning the U.S. Open in 1999 at age seven-teen, Serena, all of five-feet-ten-inches and 145 pounds, could no longer be hidden. The children of a hard-driving parent, Richard Williams, who had a master plan for the success of his daughters, the sisters were programmed for excellence since early childhood. Venus and Serena each...
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Woods, Tiger 1975-
"Tyger! Tyger! Burning Bright."
Even in his twenties, Tiger Woods promised to become the best golfer who ever played the game. His performance at times was stellar; however, great golfers have to prove themselves over decades of play and Woods had only begun his professional career in the late 1990s. He could not have demonstrated the prowess yet of great golfers such as Jack Nicklaus and Ben Hogan. Nicklaus, after all, tied for sixth in the 1998 Masters, at age fifty-eight, while Woods, in his golfing prime in the same tournament, tied for eighth. Still, what Woods did on the golf course was unprecedented and breathed far wider interest in a sport that was in danger of becoming staid. Born Eldrick Woods on 30 December 1975, to an African American father and Thai mother, Woods's early years were the stuff of legend. He appeared on the Mike Douglas television show to demonstrate his golfmg prowess at age two and was featured in Golf Digest at age five. He won Optimist International Junior Tournaments six times (from age eight to fifteen). In an emotional speech, his father offered his Tiger as a gift to the world with portentous and ominous...
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People in the News
Andre Agassi won two U.S. Opens (1994, 1999) and a total of five major championships in men's tennis, just the fifth man to win individual titles in all four majors during their career. He also won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games.
Davey Allison won the Daytona 500 and Winston 500 in 1992. Allison drove to victory in eleven Winston Cup races from 1991 to 1993, before he died after a helicopter crash in 1993.
Bonnie Blair won two Olympic gold medals as a speed skater at Lillehammer, Norway, and was named Associated Press (AP) Woman Athlete of the Year in 1994. She also won two gold medals two years earlier in Albertville, France.
Barry Bonds was the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1990; he stole at least thirty bases and hit at least thirty home runs five times during the decade, matching his father's mark (Bobby Bonds, 1968—1981).
In 1994 Ken Burns wrote and produced the television program Baseball, for Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
On 10 July 1999 Brandi Chastain was not the most famous member of the U.S. Women's World Cup soccer team—until she kicked the winning goal.
In 1997 Roger Clemens won his fourth American League Cy Young award.
Cynthia Cooper led the...
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Major League Baseball World Series—Cincinnati Reds (National League), 4 vs. Oakland Athletics (American League), 0
Super Bowl XXIV—San Francisco 49ers, 55 vs. Denver Broncos, 10
National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Champion—Georgia Tech and Colorado, cochampions
Heisman Trophy, Collegiate Football—Ty Detmer (BYU)
Indianapolis 500, Automobile Racing—Arie Luyendyk
Daytona 500, Automobile Racing—Derrike Cope
National Basketball Association Championship—Detroit Pistons, 4 vs. Portland Trailblazers, 1
National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball Champion, Men—UNLV, 103 vs. Duke, 73
National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball Champion, Women—Stanford, 88, vs. Auburn, 81
National Hockey League Stanley Cup—Edmonton Oilers, 4 vs. Boston Red Wings, 1
Kentucky Derby, Horse Racing—Unbridled (Craig Perret, jockey)
Ladies' Professional Golf Association Championship—Beth Daniel
U.S. Open Golf Championship—Hale Irwin
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Joe Adcock, 71, first baseman for the Milwaukee Braves, established major league record for total bases (18) in a game with four home runs and a double (31 July 1954), 3 May 1999.
Lionel Aldridge, 56, defensive lineman and star (1963-1971) with three Green Bay Packers championship teams (1965-1967), advocate for those with psychiatric problems, 12 February 1998.
George Allen, 78, football coach for the Los Angeles Rams (1966-1970) and Washington Redskins (1971-1977), 31 December 1990.
Mel Allen, 83, "Voice of the Yankees"; he and Red Barber were the first two broadcasters inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame, 16 June 1996.
Davey Allison, 32, stock car racer, 13 July 1993.
Lyle Martin Alzado, 43, defensive lineman for the Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, and Oakland Raiders, 1977 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, 14 May 1992.
Andre the Giant (Andre Rousimoff), 46, professional wrestler, 29 January 1993.
Lucius B. "Luke" Appling Jr., 83, Hall of Fame shortstop with the Chicago White Sox, twice led the league in hitting (1936, 1943), 3 January 1991.
Eddie Arcaro, 81, only jockey to win the Triple Crown twice (1941, 1948), 14 November 1997.
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Hank Aaron with Lonnie Wheeler, I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story (New York: HarperCollins, 1991).
Jeff Benedict and Dan Yaeger, Pros and Cons: The Criminals Who Play in the NFL (New York: Warner, 1998).
Larry Bird with Jackie MacMullan, Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love (New York: Warner, 1999).
Bill Bradley, Values of the Game (New York: Artisan, 1998).
John Feinstein, A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour (Boston: Little, Brown, 1995).
Steve Fireovid and Mark Winegardner, The 26th Man: One Minor League Pitchers Pursuit of a Dream (New York: Macmillan, 1996).
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997).
David Halberstam, October 1964 (New York: Villard, 1994).
Scott Hamilton, Landing It: My Life On And Off The Ice (New York: Kensington, 1999).
Robert J. Higgs, God in the Stadium: Sports & Religion in America (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1995).
Roger Kahn, A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey & the Roaring '20s (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1999).
Ken Kesey with Ken Babbs, Last Go...
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Important Events in Sports, 1990–1999
- On January 1, the University of Miami (Florida) Hurricanes claim the college football national championship with a 33-25 win over the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in the Sugar Bowl.
- On January 15, Joe Montana sets the National Football League (NFL) record for postseason touchdowns with numbers thirty and thirty-one, breaking Terry Bradshaw's record.
- On February 16, the NFL allows college juniors to become eligible for the draft by renouncing their remaining college eligibility.
- On June 10, Jack Nicklaus wins the Seniors Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) tournament.
- On June 11, forty-three year old Nolan Ryan, of the Texas Rangers, pitches his sixth no-hit game, a major league baseball record, against the Oakland Athletics.
- On July 17, the Minnesota Twins become the first major league baseball team to record two triple plays in one game.
- On August 1, Nolan Ryan wins his three hundredth game, beating the Milwaukee Brewers, 11-3.
- On August 17, Carlton Fisk, of the Chicago White Sox, hits his 329th home run as a catcher, a major league baseball record. He ends his career in 1993 with 376 home runs.
- On October 25, Evander Holyfield knocks out James "Buster" Douglas in the third round to become the...
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Posted: Sun Sep 2nd, 2007 03:39 am |
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ole Member
It's a gross misrepresentation to hold that slaves didn't know what liberty was. They'd watched their masters at liberty all their lives. They knew that liberty meant working for themselves and doing without. They knew that they would be required to work harder for themselves than they would have to for the master. They knew that with liberty their families wouldn't be torn apart. They knew. ole |
Posted: Sun Sep 2nd, 2007 03:39 am |
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susansweet Member
Javal it was all the big words you used. They are confusing . Johan good list of books to read. I can't believe than anyone would think slaves did not want to be free. Look at all the slaves that followed the Drinking Gourd North to Freedom. Susan |
Posted: Mon Sep 3rd, 2007 03:05 am |
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CleburneFan Member
As someone who lived in Africa, I see something Liberty is forgetting. Many slaves did indeed know what freedom was. They WERE free in Africa before they were taken captive and shipped to the Americas. Surely they did not easily forget what was so brutally stolen from them. Last edited on Wed Sep 5th, 2007 01:18 am by CleburneFan |
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Posted: Tue Sep 4th, 2007 08:56 pm |
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younglobo Member
ok I have some southern views on this forum as most know , but a slave not wanting or understanding his freedom come on thats like i dont know.... a duck that dosn't waddle. Javal.... maybe slavery should become one of those unmentionable topics, seems it has caused a very heated discussion(especially when the reciepiant is a new member ) course it is one of the major reasons for the war so might be a bad idea to ban the subject. I sure wouldnt want to be in a former slaves position. IE... living conditions, work hours, status ect and not look at my white conterparts and want what they had . Yikes .. think David said it best in his first post. |
Posted: Tue Sep 4th, 2007 10:28 pm |
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javal1 Grumpy Geezer
YB, I understand your point, but no, for now I won't ban the subject. As for your other point, I'm aware liberty is a new member. But no one should expect to join a discussion board and as a first post state that slaves didn't desrve liberty because they had never experienced it. And I would point out that, the way I read it anyway, he wasn't saying "according to 19th-century" standards - it certainly sounded as if he was saying that he believed that now - in the 21st century. That to me is disturbing. My point is that if you join for the sole purpose of being controversial, don't expect to be treated with kid's gloves. Thanks for your input. |
Posted: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 01:59 am |
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PvtClewell Member
To me, the question of slavery is pretty much black and white (yikes. Did I just say that?) But I'm not being flippant here. The definition of a slave, according to Websters Unabridged Dictionary, is "...a human being who is owned and wholly subject to the will of another, as by capture, purchase or birth." Digest every word of that definition. Having said that, it is totally inconceivable to me, whether I live in the 21st century or in the 19th century, whether I'm black or white, that any human being, much less antebellum African Americans, would find happiness in that particular condition and "love" their masters. It's bondage, clear and simple. Liberty, if the slaves loved truly their masters, then there should have been no need for the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. How do you explain the nearly 100,000 blacks who sought freedom via the Underground Railroad? Why did 180,000 blacks — many of them former slaves themselves — fight for the Union to secure the freedom of their brothers in bondage? "Love," indeed. Are you not paying attention to your American history, or are you just revising it? As for Sherman, you must understand that his march was a military expedition. His was an army of invasion, not an army of liberation, and thus was not prepared to accept and care for huge numbers of refugees. This is especially true while deep in Confederate territory when he could expect to be engaged in combat at any moment. What do you do with noncombatants then? Perhaps another view of Sherman is that his march across Georgia and into the Carolinas may have actually shortened the war, thus ultimately saving lives. States' rights? What states' right are you referring to? It must be the one to maintain slavery and export it to the territories. One of the best single-sentence descriptions I've seen to explain the Civil War comes from an editor of one of the monthly Civil War publications you can find on any newstand. He noted that "the Civil War was about secession, and secession was about slavery." I don't think it gets any more succinct than that. |
Posted: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 02:59 am |
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ole Member
What an excellent series of posts. I am most gratified to see that even our staunchest CSA sympathizers don't use the "slaves were better off" argument. Fan brought up a point that isn't often mentioned: A few slaves, especially the older ones, were snatched from freedom in Africa. (And don't believe for a minute that they were savages. They may well have been more civilized than our own aboriginal people in that they lived in permanent villages and survived by farming.....an agrarian economy. Is that ironic, or what?) Given the tradition of oral history, those born in this country certainly heard tales of the old country; the work and the play; the communities and the families; and, perhaps, the occasional conflict with a neighboring people. And the freedom. Bama also brought up a good point. There were some freedmen who returned to the certainty of a slave existence rather than face the uncertainty of making a go of it in a hostile world. (Sound at all familiar?) Slave states also had rules governing the humane treatment of slaves. Without enforcement, they held about the same weight of current laws that are unenforced and ignored. But, although off-topic, the capper was: "the Civil War was about secession, and secession was about slavery." I don't think it gets any more succinct than that. Bravo, guys and gals! It is such discourse that makes coming here coming home. ole |
Posted: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 03:08 am |
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Texas Defender Member
PVT Clewell- Slavery was certainly the catalyst issue that propelled north and south into war. The Founding Fathers could not resolve the slavery issue in the 18th century because the southern states were needed to help get the Constitution ratified. The issue was left to fester for more than half a century as positions on both sides gradually hardened. Many foresaw the conflict as inevitable. Some sought to buy time by various compromises. Many, no doubt, didn't want to think about it at all. As the 19th century progressed, the cultural differences between north and south grew more profound. The north became less agricultural , and more industrial. Great immigrations came into the country due to wars and other conditions in Europe. Most of these immigrants flooded into the northern states raising northern population levels more significantly than southern ones. The north became more urban, and less and less like the south. As time passed, the attitudes of people in the two regions diverged more and more. You could say that the two regions developed different mindsets. (Or at least more different than they had had originally). By 1860, many influential southerners viewed the northern region as attempting to destroy the: "peculiar institution" that they felt was vital to their economic interests. Some were willing to accept restrictions on expansion to the territories, and others were not. Most did not believe Mr. Lincoln's statements that he would not interfere with the institution where it already existed. They believed that there was no longer any benefit to them in the : "marriage" that they had with the northern region. To them, it was time for a : "divorce." The Civil War was indeed about secession, which southerners believed that they had a Constitutional right to do. I'll even agree that secession had much to do with slavery. But it was only part of a larger argument. The main question behind it all was how much authority the Constitution gave the federal government over the states. It can be said in general that northerners were more inclined to favor a stronger central government, while southerners tended to favor stronger state governments. I would venture to say that even in the middle of the 19th century, if asked where they were from, more southerners would name their state, rather than saying that they were: "Americans." Many felt no kinship to a faraway national government that they thought did not represent their interests. I have lived for many years in both the north and the south. I would maintain that even today, more than 140 years after the Civil War ended, that there is still a divergence in thought between most in the north and most in the south. One has only to look at the electoral maps of the last two presidential elections, and that of the Election of 1860 to see similarities. The question of secession has been settled by force of arms. One could even say that one reason that the Confederacy lost is that they were like eleven little feudal kingdoms. Sometimes they fought each other almost as ferociously as they did the yankees. But even today many in the south still resent the central government, which they feel is attempting to exercise more and more control over their lives. The question of the extent of the authority of the federal government over the states was not settled in 1787. It was not settled in 1860. It wasn't even settled in 1865. It continues even now. No longer will opposing armies attempt to resolve it. Instead there will be posturing and pontificating politicians doing battle in Washington DC. I suspect that it will always be so. |
Posted: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 03:26 am |
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PvtClewell Member
TD (could that also stand for 'Touchdown?') I occasionally think about of some of some those things you mentioned. I guess it's why our form of democracy is sometimes characterized as an ongoing experiment. Hey, don't they occasionally try to secede in Vermont, too? It's not just the south... |
Posted: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 03:31 am |
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Texas Defender Member
PVT Clewell- I hope that you aren't implying that there are lots of saps in Vermont. |
Posted: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 03:31 am |
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susansweet Member
Joe I spent some time reading all the blogs associated with Liberty. SHE is a member of a fundamentalist church in Michigan area it seems from what I gleamed. I finally hit the right website. One of preachers used the Bible to justify the Confederate flag. Read that posting and you can see where she got her information. Reading blog after blog and digging deeper and deeper it got pretty scary that there are groups like this still out there . I salute all of you my friends for your knowledge and strength and great post on this issue. Susan Last edited on Wed Sep 5th, 2007 04:30 pm by susansweet |
Posted: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 06:27 am |
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Fuller E Pluribus Unum
Taken from the well known slavery song "Oh Freedom" And before I'd be a slave, I'd be buried in my grave and go home to my Lord and be free Later in May of this year some remains of two USCT soldiers were buried in a reinterment ceremony on the grounds near the Corinth Interpretive Center in Mississippi. Calcav is a Ranger there and he had the honor of helping with the ceremony and the burial. There were several hundred spectators for the event but he said the most stirring part of the day is when several USCT reenactors stood around the graves and sang the song I mentioned above after the crowds had dissipated. The only word that comes to mind really is Reverence. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness... Pursuit means to chase, strive towards, seek to attain. I think the happiness we feel is taken for granted. |
Posted: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 08:23 am |
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Kentucky_Orphan Member
Even among northern statesman, the idea to rid the Americas of slavery was a minority opinion at the constitutional convention. Both north and south viewed it as a sort of neccessary evil, and later it morphed it a necessary good in the southern states. The southern states, other than this attitude change towards slavery (albeit negligible seeing that the belief in the institution of slavery was still present) the south changed very little-in fact it can be argued that their worldview and how they percieved the country, as well as their attitudes toward the role of government, were closer to that of the founding fathers than that of the northern states. Even the strongest proponents of a strong Federal government in the late 18th century would probably agree more with the south than the north in terms of the role of government. Of course, saying that, they would probably be simply appalled of how our government operates today. The idea that the south alone was to blame for slavery and the conflict is lazy, naive, a regional-centric biggotry and ignorant. All of America was to blame, and 600,000 people died in a struggle that began to settle that wrong. In the great scheme of things was the war about slavery? Absolutely! Was it the reason that most individual soldiers north or south took up a rifle and stood in the firing line in combat ? No. Did some slaves develop attachments to masters that treated them well? Yes.Did slaves want to remain in bondage? Of course not! All slaves wanted freedom-regardless of how else they were treated in addition to having their freedom denied. Some of it off-topic a bit I know,and I apoligize for, but felt compelled to add my opinion to this ever-morphing thread. |
Posted: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 03:25 pm |
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calcav Member
I'll even agree that secession had much to do with slavery. But it was only part of a larger argument. The main question behind it all was how much authority the Constitution gave the federal government over the states. TD, Can you elaborate on that statement and maybe support it with some documentation or other facts. I would agree that the debate over the Constitutional authority of the federal government was at the heart of the matter but only so far as its authority in matters of slavery and "personal property". I live in Mississippi and this state made it very clear what their resons for secceeding were: In the momentous step which our State has taken of dissolving its connection with the government of which we so long formed a part, it is but just that we should declare the prominent reasons which have induced our course. Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the product which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth. These products are peculiar to the climate verging on the tropical regions, and by an imperious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun. These products have become necessities of the world, and a blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization. That blow has been long aimed at the institution, and was at the point of reaching its consummation. There was no choice left us but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a dissolution of the Union, whose principles had been subverted to work out our ruin. Fuller, Being a part of the internemnt ceremony was one of the memorable moments of my Park Service career. The USCT soldier we buried, though an unknown, was undoubtably recruited into the 1st or 2nd Alabama Infantry of African Descent (later designated the 55th and 110th USCT). These regiments were raised from the population of the Corinth Contraband Camp, a community of runaway slaves organized on the east side of town. This information runs contrary to the postings of our friend "Liberty". Imagine a contented slave running away from bondage to an unknown future and then taking up arms and uniform to secure liberty for others. One such slave does not put too much of kink in her theory; but 180,000 does. |
Posted: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 03:30 pm |
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ole Member
Doggone it, TD and Orphan! You guys are no fun. Leaving me nothing to argue about....grumble, mutter, grumble, grouse. ole |
Posted: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 04:27 pm |
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David White Member
TD:It can be said in general that northerners were more inclined to favor a stronger central government, while southerners tended to favor stronger state governments. I would venture to say that even in the middle of the 19th century, if asked where they were from, more southerners would name their state, rather than saying that they were: "Americans." Many felt no kinship to a faraway national government that they thought did not represent their interests. I would tend to argue the other way and it was the fact that the central government was not strong enough for southern tastes that led to seccession more than any state supremacy on certain matters. Look at the Declarations of Seccession and it is a list of grievances against the Federal government and northern states for not enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act and protecting the institution of slavery. Other complaints were about the Federal govenrment not protecting the citizens from terrorists like John Brown and in our state not protecting the citizens from the Commanche. Other grievances included not protecting southerner's right of sojourn in northern states with their slaves and the Federal/northern govenrments not getting their abolitionists under control. In one case, there was even a complaint that Maine was allowing free blacks to vote in their elections (that was certainly not very state's rights loving of them was it?) There was actually a very good essay on this point on this website a few years ago. I looked for it to post it but can't find it. Perhaps Javal knows where it is and can post a link. Last edited on Thu Sep 6th, 2007 04:11 pm by David White |
Posted: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 05:09 pm |
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ole Member
I would tend to argue the other way and it was the fact that the central government was not strong enough for southern tastes that led to seccession more than any state supremacy on certain matters. You are so right, David! But I think the examples you give are specific rather than general. It does remain a puzzle that the sectionalism is purported to have developed (aside from the slavery issue) over centralizing federal power, while the contemporary complaints were that the abhorrent power was not being used to favor southern interests. I generally figure that the "federal power struggle" position is whitewash. The disaffection between south and north was societal, but the idea that it was political is putting lipstick on the pig. The disaffection, in my mind, was based primarily on the diverging lifestyles of -- not industrial vs agrarian -- but progressive vs status quo. I have no other word in my immediate vocabulary other than "aristocracy." There was, in the small but politically powerful, planter class, an elitism that felt itself above or otherwise superior to the government and constitution. When push came to shove, and my way or the highway, that miniscule part of the entire south chose the highway. And that minority managed to pull off a rebellion of catastrophic proportions. Nothing noble about it. A double-handful of elitists managed to plunge a nation into civil war. Dang! The soapbox just collapsed. As does this post. ole |
Posted: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 06:08 pm |
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Texas Defender Member
Calcav, The original question was whether some concept of union of the former colonies predated the states, or if the country was simply a confederation of sovereign states. Thomas Jefferson emphasized states rights and a right to revolution. Southerners in general saw the federal government as having limited powers, and the states and people having the balance, as per the Tenth Amendment. You could call it a : "Strict Constitutionalist" view. In the early days of the Republic, the southern states held their own in terms of political power, but as the 19th century progressed, this began to change. As southerners saw it, the Congress began to favor northern interests at the expense of the south. To them, the gradual loss of political power meant the loss of economic power. Then, as now, money made the world go around. Southerners saw federal tariffs and restrictions on their property (cotton and other raw materials) as being unfair. Certainly, slavery was part of this equation- as an economic, rather than as a moral issue. (To southerners, at least). Southerners saw themselves as the: "Conservatives," trying to preserve traditional rights and values. They saw the federal government as being oppressive, in a way similar to the British government before the Revolutionary War. That is why some referred to the war as the: "Second War for Independence." Rather than go into greater detail on these complex issues, I'm sending a link to an essay that I mostly agree with. A Jeffersonian View of the Civil War Your attention is particularly invited to the statements given by John C. Calhoun citing the southern view , and by the NEW YORK EVENING POST editorial giving the northern view. This is followed up by statements from Charles Dickens and Karl Marx. My view is that the regions had become two separate worlds. If the Union was to be preserved, as Mr. Lincoln said, we had to become: "All one thing, or all the other." The northern position prevailed at the point of a bayonet, but I would argue that even after all this time, we are not: "all one thing." To some lesser degree, the conflict continues. |
Posted: Wed Sep 5th, 2007 07:26 pm |
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Albert Sailhorst Member
WOW! Y'all make some very good points! I am of the belief that the War tested the Constitutionality of secession, with slavery as the catalyst. Has anyone noticed that "liberty" has yet to further join in the discussion? Albert Sailhorst, Scott's Battery |
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we have been to this restaurant a few times. this visit was by far our best so far. good food and very good service
Wonderful service and good food. Waiter even validated our parking ticket.
Great seafood, excellent and very attentive service. Everyone treats you like they truly appreciate your business and want you to return.
Our server was very friendly and attentive. She took the time to go through the magical dining menu. The place itself is very nice and relaxing. Would definitely come back here
We loved the wine that was suggested to us! The quiet booth table requested was very nice! Food way good and in timely manner. Service was good but could have been better... felt like our server had a lot on his "plate." Also they have a good little happy hour, we'll have to remember for future visits.
The services at Oceanaire sea food room was outstanding. and they Food is fantastic, they have an great raw bar, and there fish are fresh every day. Oceanaire would be great for adversity or birthdays, or a nice night out with friends and family
three of us had all seafood dishes and were tasty and good. One of us had surf and turf and while the lobster tail was good and done well, the steak was very tough. However, the manager did not charge for the steak and they made it right. We went as part of the Orlando September Dining Month which is a very good way to experience some of Orlando's better restaurants at a more affordable price. All in all I can recommend the restaurant but stay away from the steak.
This was a great spot for a light fare and good selections of drinks including virgin drinks! The happy hour choices were great and the best was the bread pudding!!!! Yum yum!!!!
Never having been here before, my expectations were not high - was I wrong! Attentive wait staff, good pace to the dinner, and exceptional food. We will certainly return even if it is not a special occasion!
If you look up the term ``good service`` in the dictionary a picture of Oceanaire will appear. From the welcome greeting at the door, we were treated with great warmth and courtesy, and a team of service that I have never seen beat. A great variety of Oysters and the chance to pick and choose any combination is my idea of fun. The seafood `stew` is huge, I could not finish it all. The bread is addictive and desserts are so well done that they are really worth the extra time in the gym. The kitchen also does anything you need to please, including taking an amazing lobster risotto offered on one dish to put as the side on another when requested. We had a great evening and this branch of the chain get`s my vote as the best service anywhere.
Food on the magical dining menu was very good. Food could use more seasoning but still was pretty good.
Our server was excellent...very attentive and on top of the situation all night. The food was very good, including two types of seafood and a steak. Even the sour cream mashed potatoes were really good. Overall, a very nice evening.
Went to try out restaurant for Magical Dining to see if we would go back for dinner sometime. The steak was underseasoned and the lobster was tough. They were out of 2 wine choices for my friend and I. The "Sour Cream" Mashed Potatoes were a disappointment. It was like a baked potato that they mashed with a spoon and put a dollop of sour cream on top. The dessert was good.
Like everything about this restaurant. Food, service, location.
Food was terrific. Our waiter, Scott Miller, was outstanding and truly made the experience more pleasurable.
My husband and I went for date night origially planning to use the Magical Dining menu but the regular menu wasn't much different in price with more selections. We had the calamari which was fantastic, I had the Triggerfish with lobster risotto and my husband has the black & blue swordfish which has a nice spice to it. Our server Scott was wonderful, very knowledgeable & personable.
The Magical Dining menu choices were varied. The buffalo shrimp were EXCELLENT! Filet with blue cheese butter wasn't of the highest quality to be given at Magical Dining if you'd like repeat business. The same goes for the grouper which was fishy and overcooked. The dessert choices could have definitely been better. However, our server, Jose provided excellent table side service.
Treated some great friends to Magical Dining and it was our first visit - we loved it. Thanks for giving us a reason to return again.
We went for the Orlando Magical Dining menu and were not disappointed. The chowder, shrimp and salad were wonderful. And a menu that has surf and turf included for $33 wins with me. Dessert was wonderful too - or at least what we could finish of it.
Took some clients to dinner at the Orlando Oceanaire Room. This was my second visit to an Oceanaire restaurant and I was, as always, impressed with the food, atmosphere, service and menu selections. The server, Cuppono (sp), was very professional and was helpful with everything.
We went on a Tuesday with 4 people. There was a convention in town with a large group and we didn't have very great service since our waiter waited on them. They should realize that we are locals that MAY come back. The food was very good and the Orlando Magical Dining made it a reasonable value. The cream lobster soup soup and the ice cream sundae desert was the best part
The restaurant was absolutely beautiful! Food was great. Service felt a little rushed.
We liked Oceanaire. My only negative is we were still eating our salad when the main course was presented. Normally in a restaurant that is supposed to be a bit more upscale they try and pace your food and not rush you through your meal. I was quite surprised when we weren't finished with our first course and they brought the second out.
Both the food and the service were Amazing! Crab cakes were to die for along with the creamed corn, spinach salad and bread pudding. Our waitress was also delightful. Very friendly, knowledgeable and right there with a recommendation. Again, just a tremendous experience.
Great ambiance. The waiter was very helpful explaining the menu items. The quality of the food was excellent.
We went to this restaurant twice while at a convention in Orlando. The first time we ate outside, had a great waiter, and great food. The second time we ate inside, which was not as nice, and had a server who seemed rushed, and who rushed us. The food was still great. We had the poke for an appetizer which was more like a tartar -- not as spicy as you typically find with poke. It was delicious! Oysters are pricey but if you love oysters, they are over the top. Fresh and briny -- some of the best I have had. Great place for great seafood.
Excellent food and service - we always eat here when we travel to Orlando. this is one of our favorites.
My husband and I enjoyed a delicious dinner at the Orlando Oceanaire restaurant. Very friendly and efficient service from arrival to the end of our meal. All staff appear to work together to provide top notch service. The best crab cakes and the sea bass was wonderful. I would definitely recommend the Oceanaire.
Ok,but nothing special. They rushed us to turn the table . Food portions were adequate
We decided to dine here for date night. I'm really glad we did. The food delicious and our server, Richie, was awesome. I guess the next we decide to go back to we will take the kids.
If you want seafood, this is the place. Close to the convention center and area hotels, this is conveniently located. Food and service were great. Noise level made it a bit difficult to carry on a conversation at the table, but the noisiest restaurants are also generally the best ones.
Nice place good selection of food and wine, Service very good. Saying all that it is overpriced especially wine,I expect high prices just not 4 times retail
The Orlando restaurant scene is packed with good places. If you are willing to deal with the traffic and lack of parking this place is worth the effort. Fresh food with interesting preparations. You can eat light there but it's hard. We had a good time.
Great food. Service left a lot to be desired, which was surprising.
If you can get past the ordeal of the I-Drive environment, you will be richly rewarded for your efforts here. Fresh is the essential ingredient being offered here. All and any of the best the waters have to offer can be found here. Properly prepared to your taste with attentive, efficient service. Somewhat noisy but the cuisine more than compensates.
Delicious dinner, loved the black and blue scallops. There were 4 of us, we each had different entrees and all were great. Definitely will return on our next visit to Orlando.
We went on a Sunday and enjoyed fresh, delicious oysters, giant stone crab claws, sweet lobster, well-prepared grouper and a bit of filet. The drinks are prepared with fresh ingredients and a healthy pour. Service was top-notch from the moment we walked in and sat at the bar until the moment we left our table and walked out the door. I live in Orlando and nothing compares, not Fishbones (I'm referring to the uniquely-appointed Lake Mary location, not the Bonefish chain), not Cityfish. Oceanaire was top notch Vegas-elite quality food.
Nice restaurant, excellent service but the food is WAY overpriced. Food is of good quality but lacks flavor and $99 for La cart rab legs is ridiculous. Menu is not clear that when you order an ontree that is all you get. Veggies, potatoes, rice or anything you want to go with that is all extra. Food is pretty bland. Crab appetizer, a small piece of fish, 2 crab legs, 2 desserts and drinking water, no sides, no salads, no soup, no drinks, etc. Came to over $250.
My husband and I celebrated our 5th anniversary at The Oceannaire, and from the moment I made the reservation the service was impeccable! We were seated in a romantic crescent-shaped booth and our waiter did a fabulous job recommending food and wine. They even had special menus made up that said "HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY" across the top..... we took those home as a keepsake. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone who enjoys seafood, and it's especially wonderful for special occasions!
My wife says she had the best fish dinner she's ever had... it was a wahoo special. I had triple-tail "angry" style and it was excellent! The preparation and the service were both fantastic. Highly recommend as this makes a great romantic dinner or a family dinner.
Great place for a group dinner. Service was good and food was very good. There was a enough time in between courses for business talk.
The selection of fine seafood was absolutely wonderful. We dined a second night while in the area. The only negative I can add is on the menu please add a description of what the "added extras" are when trying to make a decision based on your palate , I did not want to keep asking the server what each added flavor name was. The seafood chef was awesome . The server Nathan AWESOME !!! Thank you again Nathan "The Pharmacy" was an excellent suggestion for a night cap.
The Oceanaire is one of the best of the best.. The food is great and the service exceeds expectations which are high.
We discovered Oceanaire almost by accident several years ago on a visit to Orlando and now we wouldn't come to Orlando without having dinner there. Great variety of seafood prepared in a variety of ways. Terrific, friendly, knowledgable service. Nothing not to like!
Delicious fish, delicious (and creative) desserts. Friendly wait staff -- extremely attentive to our needs. The staff made good recommendations and answered our numerous questions. The gingerbread gelato was amazing - don't let them talk you into 3 flavors together, just get the gingerbread and that's it.
We had an excellent dinner the other night. Service was excellent and prompt. Seafood was very fresh and cooked well.
We've been to other fine restaurants such as Ocean Prime and Bern's Steakhouse in Tampa. The Oceanaire was no disappointment! Superb food and highly knowledgeable and humble servers. The hurricane oysters are the tastiest! Everything tastes like it was just caught from the ocean. I took my girlfriend for our one year anniversary; the restaurant printed 'happy 1 year' on our menus, gave us a signed card, and dessert was free. I highly recommend this place. Let them know if you are celebrating anything. You will pay a premium to dine here but it is worth every penny.
Dined here on December 5, 2013. Food was great and a wide selection on choices. The mixed grill was excellent. Philip our waiter was informative about the menu. Definitely a recommendation.
Had a wonderful anniversary (and birthday) dinner at Oceanaire. Our waiter Mike was very attentive and helpful. Food was fabulous and service was excellent. All in all, a wonderful experience.
We returned to Oceanaire after our first visit last month because of our great experience last time. We were not disappointed! Great fresh fish prepared perfectly. Delicious salad and we had a wonderful waiter named Michael. My advice is Go to Oceanaire!


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If you're not really a dessert person, then today's column may not be for you.
Let's start spooning out some sugar by beginning in Sycamore Station. I wondered how long it would take to for someone to snag Woof Boutique & Barkery's former digs there. Answer? Not long.
Local insurance agent Jaime Shannon plans to open a bakery in the spot on Sycamore Dairy Road across the street from CarMax. She is calling the place Sweet Tooth and is hoping to open in early March.
Shannon said that part of town seems hungry for treats such as brownies, cupcakes, candy and coffee. She has a good friend who will work her fondant magic there, and Shannon is interviewing additional bakers.
Confession time: I would have completely missed the small sign on the door of the future Sweet Tooth if another mother had not pointed it out while I was wrangling my 2-year-old out of her beloved Little Gym. Plus - and I'm going to blame this on sharp little fingers trying to pry themselves free of mine - I could have sworn the sign said Sweet "Treats."
It doesn't. I'm glad, because that would have been confusing.
There's already Steve's Sweet Treats Bakery, which opened two years ago off Ramsey Street near Methodist University. There's the unrelated Crystal's Sweet Treats, a Hope Mills bakery that opened last summer in Stoney Point Center. And there's still a "coming soon" sign for SweeTreats Ice Cream & Coffee House hanging on what used to be Baskin-Robbins on Owen Drive Extension.
That last one was expected to be open by now. But Pauline Harger, who planned to open the Fayetteville franchise of the small, Highlands-based SweeTreats chain, died in November at age 81.
Harger and her husband opened North Carolina's first Baskin-Robbins in 1969, and for a long time her family ran several locations until leaving the Baskin-Robbins business last year. According to Harger's obituary, attempting to open SweeTreats was her "effort to remain an active part of the community in which she was most happy."
Her daughter, Roberta Harger Quigley, said this week that plans are still in the works for a SweeTreats on Owen Drive and that people can expect to see it open in the not-too-distant future.
In other sweet news, one look at the SweetFrog Raeford Road Facebook page tells me some of you are getting a little frantic about when that frozen yogurt shop will open on Good Middling Road near Lowe's. The page's first "coming soon" status update went up in August. The shop's owners (who also operate SweetFrog on Sycamore Dairy Road) are now shooting to open the new one Friday.
Ouch. I'm getting a sugar headache. Let's move on.
Hey, did you know that Bonefish Grill doesn't refer to its wait staff as "servers" but instead calls them "anglers?" That's a rather random tidbit of information, isn't it? It would be a lot less random if I had, say, confirmation that the restaurant chain was getting close to settling on - or may have actually picked - a place to drop anchor in Fayetteville. Alas, I just (hint) don't (hint) have (hint, hint, hint) such official confirmation to share.
The city issued about $4 million worth of building permits last week to Cross Creek Mall. I was hoping the massive stacks of building plans turned in to obtain those permits might offer clues to the identities of the tenants that will be joining the big names already announced for the mall's planned 46,000-square-foot expansion.
Previously announced new names include Chico's, Loft, White House Black Market and Men's Wearhouse.
But the plans and permits, so far, are just for building shells. Upfit drawings, which would be more telling, have yet to be submitted. And mall officials are not yet sharing other names. Standing by.
Anstead's Tobacco Co. opened Friday in its new spot on McPherson Church Road across from Mellow Mushroom.
"We overshot our estimated opening date a little bit," said owner Wayne Anstead via email. "But we've finally got the place ready, and it looks sharp."
Y'all do like you some Trader Joe's, don't you? In one of the completely unscientific, but sometimes fun and sometimes telling, online polls posted on fayobserver.com, readers were asked which major grocery chain they'd most like to see move to Fayetteville. TJ's edged out Whole Foods. Publix was in the middle. Piggly Wiggly was last, but not by much. Had the no-frills stalwart pulled a few more fans, it would have pushed fancy Fresh Market to last.
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