+ Pulitzer prize-winning playwright, Edward Albee, best known for writing Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Delicate Balance, passed away on Friday.
But within our highly imperfect political system -- one that has exacerbated the economic and social problems our nation faces -- casinos and racinos and the substantial tax revenues they can deliver are the most politically viable measures that surely, on balance, pass the Humphrey test.
Referring to the balance between passing and running Sunday, Moss said, "We're a work in progress".
Yes, rugby was like society in miniature, he said, with morality located in the balance between passing the ball nicely to some people while biting off the ears of others (I hope I got that right).
BenJarvus Green-Ellis ran the ball right at them, as he did all day — he finished with a career-high 136 yards to balance 321 passing yards from Tom Brady — to help Stephen Gostkowski secure the victory with a 28-yard field goal.
Mr. Love seemed to effortlessly find a balance between passing on knowledge and entertaining us; he downed a couple of tequila shots as he made a slow-roasted goat dish, persuading me to eat something I would never otherwise choose when the goat was on the dinner menu that night.
When you also consider that one of the most enigmatic characters on Earth is now gone as well, and then think of the ripple effects his death will have on the global sunglasses, leisure suit and satire industries not to mention the blow Hennessy is about to take to its balance sheet the passing of Jong-Il at 69 will likely be firmly planted on the front pages of news sites for some time to come.
By the end, as hard as it was to see, the top-seeded Federer and the second-seeded Nadal had produced so much brilliant tennis under pressure that it seemed the most normal thing in the world that Federer smacked yet another ace to get out of trouble or that Nadal hunted down yet another sharply angled ground stroke and ripped an off-balance passing shot for a winner.
After covering most of his half of the hardcourt at Louis Armstrong Stadium, hobbling after a drop shot, then chasing down a lob volley and ultimately firing an off-balance backhand passing shot for a winner down the line, Roddick thrust his arms into the humid summer sky, letting his racket go and leaving his hands free to exchange high-fives with spectators.
