ARIZONA'S GARDNER OUT OF DRAFT: Jason Gardner became Arizona's only returning starter yesterday when he withdrew his name from the N.B.A. draft after a so-so showing at a predraft camp.
(He felt equally wracked by "queering out" of the draft for Vietnam).
His decision to come out ahead of draft season is also a huge gamble for career.
But Democrats complained that Republicans locked them out of drafting the $1.1bn funding plan, which would have made $750m in budget cuts elsewhere.
Democrats on the committee, who were cut out of drafting the bill, have slammed the legislation for slashing some student aid programs, while funneling more federal dollars to controversial for-profit colleges.
Most Lib-Dem ministers refuse to even utter the words big society and take pleasure in scribbling them out of draft letters and speeches if civil servants have written them in.
In the past, yes, they have (including the acquisition of the 18-year-old Bryant in a deal with Charlotte after Bryant's people bluffed the Nets out of drafting him).
The Cincinnati Bengals say they want to take the mystery out of draft day, but that doesn't mean they plan to do the obvious and use the No. 1 pick on USC quarterback Carson Palmer.
