John Wooden on Winning
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“Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.”
–John Wooden
Movie Review: Manhattan (1979)
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Manhattan is Woody Allen’s towering shot to center field… only to be caught on the warning track. Allen nearly hits a homerun–like 1977’s Annie Hall–but ends with a disappointing out.
Like most of Allen’s movies, Manhattan deals with complicated romantic relationships peppered with infidelities and neuroses. But this time the plot includes statutory rape, as Allen’s 42-year-old protagonist romances Mariel Hemingway’s precocious 17-year-old. more»
Pre-Season Pac-10 Football Rankings
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ESPN’s Ted Miller has posted his pre-season Pac-10 football rankings:
No Free Lunch, Even for Royalty
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Stephen J. Dubner has a great post today on The New York Times‘ blog:
L. Gordon Crovitz writes in today’s Wall Street Journal about the dispute at the University of Chicago over whether to name its new institute after Milton Friedman. In making the point that the U. of C. strives to be resolutely apolitical, even in the awarding of honors, Crovitz includes this delicious anecdote:
The mayor of Chicago once asked the president of the university to give the visiting Queen of England an honorary degree. “We’re happy to consider it,” was the reputed reply. “Please send copies of her scholarly work.”
