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By Frederick N. Rasmussen | November 5, 2009
Kingsley Blake Price, a retired philosophy professor who taught at the Johns Hopkins University for more than three decades, died Oct. 27 of multiple organ failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care. He was 92. Born in Salem, Ind., the son of a Baptist minister and homemaker, he later moved with his family to Santa Rosa, Calif., until finally settling in Berkeley, Calif. He was 3 1/2 years old when he fell ill with scarlet fever, which left him blind. As a boy, he was encouraged by his parents, who sent him to a boarding school to learn Braille, to do things for himself.
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By ELIZABETH LARGE | July 22, 2009
From what general manager Peter Keck tells me, Hampden has been in desperate need of a wine bar. Who knew? Since 13.5% Wine Bar (1117 W. 36th St., 410-889-1064, 13.5winebar.com) opened July 10, he said, business has been booming. Perhaps owner Wayne Laing had fans from when he owned the Wine Underground, the nearby liquor store. Perhaps it's the wine bar's jazzy space, with its retail wall and a handsome flagstone wall opposite the bar. The seating (for 85 or so) is divided between traditional tables and couches in the lounge area, and the bright orange bar stools set the room's color scheme.
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By MIKE PRESTON | September 6, 2008
The Ravens have a rookie quarterback and a young offensive line. They have a mostly new coaching staff with a rookie head coach. And they have most of those unhappy veterans from a year ago who were happy to see the former coach leave. It's a good mix of young and old, and the chemistry could come together if the Ravens get off to a good winning streak. And if they don't, there could be problems at the Castle. The Ravens could implode. "If we don't get off to a good start, I believe we can handle it," Ravens linebacker Bart Scott said.
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By Jeff Zrebiec | February 24, 2008
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- He started at one of the far corners of the Orioles' spring training complex. His hands behind his back and clutching a blue binder that detailed the day's itinerary, Rick Kranitz observed four of his new students throwing side by side, balls popping into catchers' mitts in unison. Satisfied with what he saw, Kranitz walked briskly to an adjacent field, settling behind a batting cage to get a view of Jamie Walker delivering the last of his practice pitches. When Walker was done, Kranitz met him outside the third base line and patted the pitcher on his left shoulder.
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By CAL RIPKEN JR. | December 9, 2007
DEAR CAL -- Our 11-year-old has been allowed to play for only two innings in the field and one at-bat in our fall educational league. When we confronted the coaches and league president, we were told it was because he played in the dugout. They started the season out like this and have not even given him a chance to show them what he can do on the field. The spring season was the exact same. The only time he has played more than the two innings was when they were short on players and he had to play.
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By Arin Gencer | August 12, 2007
For Marie Atalla, the small, white-paneled house and green yard on quiet College Road in Sykesville represents the fulfillment of a dream. After searching for the right location, renovating and planning, Atalla, who grew up in Egypt, is set to open Ava Wanas Montessori School, for children 2 to 5 years old, this fall. The school follows the decades-old Montessori School of Westminster and Mount Airy's Misty Mountain Montessori, a program going into its fifth year, said Marliese Roth, its director.
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By Seth Lloyd | February 25, 2007
The Human Touch: Our Part in the Creation of a Universe Michael Frayn Metropolitan Books / 506 pages / $32.50 Michael Frayn is known as a playwright (Noises Off, Copenhagen) and novelist (Headlong, Spies). But this prolific British author is also a philosopher, having studied philosophy at Cambridge in the 1950s. The Human Touch is a profound, personal account of his work on a range of topics, beginning (and ending) with the philosophy of consciousness and passing through the nature of physical law, the problem of free will, the relationship of language and thought to reality and the origin of the universe.
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By MIKE PRESTON | February 23, 2007
About a month ago, the Ravens revealed a new philosophy at the end-of-the-season news conference in which they stated they wouldn't mortgage the future for the present. Yesterday, they stayed with that approach, basically allowing Pro Bowl outside linebacker Adalius Thomas to become an unrestricted free agent. The Ravens had until 4 p.m. yesterday to put the franchise tag on Thomas or allow him to begin negotiating with other teams next Friday, and they chose to let Thomas test his value.
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By Jamison Hensley | October 31, 2006
In Sunday's convincing 35-22 victory over the New Orleans Saints, the Ravens took a grounded philosophy, establishing the run to set up the pass. It's unknown whether this will be the Ravens' offensive profile heading into a pivotal final two months of the regular season. Bengals@Ravens Sunday, 1 p.m., Ch. 13, 1090 AM, 97.9 FM Line: Ravens by 3 Seeing 30/30 Since the 2002 season, the Ravens have scored more than 30 points six times. They have followed half of those games by scoring at least 30 points.
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By J. WYNN ROUSUCK | June 4, 2006
"Open a new window" is the guiding philosophy of free-spirited Mame in the musical that bears her name. But that philosophy doesn't fully apply to the new revival at Washington's Kennedy Center. Large in scale (the cast numbers more than 30) and stylish in design (with Art Deco-flavored sets by Walt Spangler and 250 sparkling costumes by Gregg Barnes), director Eric Schaeffer's Mame is more of a reverential retelling than an inspired reinterpretation of the 1966 musical. MAME / / Through July 2 -- Kennedy Center, Virginia and New Hampshire avenues, N.W., Washington -- 800-444-1324