Bill Clinton used to get a lot of attention for his habit of reading four or five books at once–and quickly too. That hasn’t changed since he left office. According to his spokeswoman, the former president has already dispatched with David McCullough’s biography of John Adams, and he recently read the 399-page book about the famous race horse Seabiscuit in two days. Adams and the sea are big with the current president, too....
When O’Neill is asked a question–brace yourself!–he says what’s on his mind even if it contradicts the president or jostles the markets. “O’Neill is in the Rumsfeld mode of saying what he thinks,” one administration official explains. O’Neill latest incident of truth-telling was over the weekend on those peculiar Washington creatures “the Sunday shows.” These long-format interviews test the mettle of administration officials every week. If they can answer the thorough questioning of a Tim Russert or Cokie Roberts without committing too much news, they pass....
The announcement was made last week, when approximately 21 percent of students had yet to be vaccinated or registered their doses with the university health center, according to WXMI. The weekly COVID test requirement was enforced at the start of the school year. The announcement said some students had been skipping testing and hoped the policy will get students to comply. University policy says that for every missed weekly test, students will be fined $50, which will increase to $100 after the first five fines....
The fact that the season premiere of the new episode, titled “Auguries” also has a bit of a time jump, it almost feels like the writers made sure that people didn’t need to watch, or remember what happened at the end of Season 3. So far it feels like all the gaps that might be left behind will eventually get filled in. At least to some degree. At the same time, all the characters that were big factors in the last season of Westworld are present and accounted for, just in new settings....
Evans, a long-term reported Arsenal target, continues to be linked with leaving West Brom, who have not won in the Premier League since August. Arsenal have already bolstered their defensive options in the January transfer window by bringing in Greek centre-back Konstantinos Mavropanos from PAS Giannina, although Wenger has suggested the 20-year-old could be sent out on loan. And Wenger, whose side were knocked out of the FA Cup by Nottingham Forest on Sunday, claims Arsenal are not closing in on Evans, who has also been linked with Manchester City....
REPORT: Palace thrash abject Arsenal The Gunners were handed a 3-0 defeat at Selhurst Park, marking their fourth straight away loss in the Premier League to slip further behind in the race for a top-four finish The four-match away losing streak is the worst for Arsenal since Wenger became the club’s manager back in 1996. The last time the north London outfit lost four league away matches in a row came in 1995 under the management of Stewart Houston....
The Frenchman announced that he will resign as Gunners boss after almost 22 years in charge at the end of the season, having won three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups. And while the 68-year-old does not want to leave the game entirely, he may not manage a club again. Instead, he could take up a role with a national team or even a position as a sporting director....
Wes Welker’s ban: The fantasy football effect The Denver Broncos’ wide receiver e-mailed his statement to the Denver Post last night. It started with Welker being “shocked at the news,” and just as predictably ended with Welker blaming the NFL. We get it. Welker is a drug-free workout warrior, which should be accepted as fact. It’s also believable that he wouldn’t “knowingly” take PEDs. But here’s the unbelievable part: A 33-year-old venerable veteran didn’t make it a point to know the drug policy in the league in which he plays....
They will turn up at the Hawthorns on the back of a pair of losses against Burnley and Newcastle United. On paper, West Bromwich Albion haven’t done a whole lot better and have lost two of their last three games. However, Slaven Bilic’s men managed to stay in those games till the very end and lost only by a single goal against both Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United. They did finally find some joy against Sheffield United, beating them by a 1-0 scoreline but it’s best to not make much of that as the Blades are winless after 10 games....
An own goal from Alisson in the fourth minute put West Ham in front. Trent Alexander-Arnold levelled proceedings with a sublime free-kick minutes before the break. However, in a wobbly second half for The Reds, Pablo Fornals and Kurt Zouma scored to make it 3-1 with 16 minutes to go. Divock Origi reduced the deficit in the 83rd minute. Sadio Mane, who had a quiet game, had a golden opportunity to snatch a stoppage-time equaliser, but headed his effort just wide off the post....
A section of the West Ham fans staged a protest against club owners David Sullivan and David Gold before the match, and the toxic atmosphere was prevalent during the contest as well. Things reached boiling point once West Ham fell behind to Ashley Barnes’ emphatic 66th-minute strike, as two supporters entered the field of play, with club captain Mark Noble confronting one of them before throwing him to the ground....
The midfielder missed West Ham’s 3-1 win at Everton on Sunday as Manuel Pellegrini’s side ended a run of four straight losses in the Premier League. West Ham announced on Monday the England international has had an operation, but the club’s head of medical Richard Collinge indicated Wilshere is not expected to be out for too long. “Jack underwent successful surgery in London on Monday morning for a minor ongoing ankle issue,” Collinge told West Ham’s website....
The east London club, who are 18th in the standings, suffered a 3-0 thumping by Southampton at the London Stadium on Sunday to register a fourth straight defeat and fifth in six league games. Bilic’s side, who finished an impressive seventh last season, even failed to make the Europa League group stage for a second year in a row after they were eliminated in a playoff by Romanian side Astra Giurgiu last month....
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men had not won an away game in the Premier League since March of this year and United were desperate to change that record. However, it was never going to be easy against West Ham. The Hammers had won 2, drawn 2 and lost 1 of their 5 games, just like Manchester United, ahead of the tie. Solskjaer was still missing Anthony Martial, Luke Shaw and Paul Pogba, while Mason Greenwood was also ruled out of the game due to tonsillitis....
Reading boss Stam said he is “aware” of links to the Premier League club, who are enduring an underwhelming season in Bilic’s second campaign at the helm. A recent run of five top-flight games without a win has intensified the scrutiny on the Croatian, whose contract expires at the end of next season. Bilic insisted on Thursday, ahead of this weekend’s trip to Hull City, that speculation over his job security did not worry him, but it would appear one of his potential successors is already eyeing his spot in the London Stadium dugout....
This was never more obvious than in one particular scene where a character first says that they won’t rest until they’ve stopped their enemy. When that enemy responds that they’re unlikely to live to see the end of the fight, they respond with “I don’t care.” It’s that kind of desire to lay down some lines without paying attention to what the conversation actually was. There are a couple of different ways in which this conversation could have gone, but in the end, they chose a rather lame way for everything to play out....
At least that’s the claim of esteemed theoretical physicist Ronald Mallett. Professor Mallett of the University of Connecticut is a staunch believer, and has been throughout his whole career, that time travel is possible. After the death of his father when he was 10 years old in 1955, he read H.G. Wells’ book The Time Machine. This developed into a lifelong obsession into the scientific feasibility of time travel in an effort to bring his own father back....
Iwobi proves Wenger right again Sanchez, who scored the fourth goal for Arsenal, was replaced by Danny Welbeck on 79 minutes at the Liberty Stadium and was visibly frustrated at being brought off with several minutes still to go in the game, but Wenger says that he has no issue with the reaction of his star man. “Alexis Sanchez is not injured, he just wanted to stay on the pitch....
