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Is On-Field Ability All That Matters?(deciding if Halls of Fame should judge professional athletes on their playing abilities only or should their private lives be considered also)
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ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants was one of the fiercest competitors who ever played. His ability to rush quarterbacks and crush the run revolutionized how linebackers play in the NFL.
It was for his football skills that Taylor was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on January 30. But some say that Taylor's life off the field made him unworthy of the honor. Taylor has had repeated run-ins with the law on tax-evasion, child-support, and drug charges.
Taylor's critics argue that sports Halls of Fame are for heroes and that ...
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Kent Displays and Kent State University Again Prevail in Global Patent Dispute.
PR Newswire
; KENT, Ohio, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- After a protracted international legal battle, one of the basic liquid crystal patents held by Kent State University and licensed by Kent Displays has withstood a legal challenge by several parties across...
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Kent won't get red carpet treatment in S.F.
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune
; ...homecoming, but San Francisco never felt like home to Jeff Kent. Kent spent six seasons with the Giants, earning millions upon...Hall of Fame. It was the most satisfying six years of Kent's baseball career, an era that was tumultuous and productive...
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Kent State U. name change causes confusion
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...Mike Rasinski University Wire 05-04-1999 (Daily Kent Stater) (U-WIRE) KENT, Ohio -- As the seconds slowly ticked off the clock...the giant scoreboard hanging above the court, the Kent State basketball team was warming up for its big...
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Kent State not alone in dropping ACC games
News Wire article from: University Wire
; Carrie Garzich University Wire 02-11-1999 (Daily Kent Stater) (U-WIRE) KENT, Ohio -- Kent State dropped the University of North Carolina from its 1999 football schedule, and while UNC isn...
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Kent receives another honor.(Sports)(Basketball: Oregon coach chosen to lead the USA Junior World team.)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...JOHN CONRAD Register-Guard Sports Editor Ernie Kent will tell you that Oregon's appearance in the...many of those same recruits will now be coming Kent's direction the next two years. Kent has been named the head coach of the USA Basketball...
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Ernie Kent's new deal worth $1 million a year - or more.(Sports)(The basketball coach says he is ``elated'' with the contract, which would keep him at the UO for five more seasons)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...agreement with men's basketball coach Ernie Kent on a new contract that will pay him a minimum...proposed new arena. `I see myself in it,' Kent said. `Absolutely. I hope I'm kissing...through the 2011-12 season and raises Kent's guaranteed income by 25 percent from...
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Kent Inc. defends trademark sharing Firm threatened by Healthtex suit
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; BANGOR - Kent Inc. would be financially ruined if a federal...licensed trademarks to another manufacturer, Kent's president said Tuesday. "It would...last summer between financially desperate Kent Inc. and Nazareth International Co. of...
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Kent Inc. faces final decision Fort Kent clothing maker has week to find investor or close mill
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; BANGOR - Kent Inc. in Fort Kent did not receive $1.2 million in federal funds it needs to maintain...that the creditor would be developing a "wind-down" budget with Kent so the manufacturer knows how much it will cost to cease operations...
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Fort Kent, Maine, Loses 40-Year Children's Wear Manufacturing Tradition.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; ...10--Starting next month, bankrupt Kent Inc. no longer will make blanket sleepers...toddlers at its sole American facility in Fort Kent. The imminent departure ends a children...and leaves economic developers and a Kent subcontractor with little time to come...
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Kent in the Twentieth Century. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Albion
; Nigel Yates, ed. Kent in the Twentieth Century. (Kent History Project, 6.) Rochester, N. Y.: Boydell &...the book naturally draws attention to the specificities of Kent, a recurring theme is that the county has been firmly situated...
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