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I’ve long tilted toward doing things differently, being my own person, not always giving assent to conventional wisdom on certain topics. I inherited this trait, I believe, from my late father, J. Vernon Bishop, who marched to the tune of a different drummer most of his life. Under his yearbook photo, Doylestown (PA) class of…
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The much heralded and hotly contested mid-term elections are done. The ballot questions have been decided and the candidates are either grateful because they pulled out a win or gloomy because they didn’t. Either way, it’s time to move on. It’s time now to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. Women have been waiting for a…
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Nine members of the undefeated Fishburne Military School postgraduate basketball team signed national letters of intent with Division I schools on Wednesday. “Remember what you did to get here,” coach Ed Huckaby said at a signing ceremony held at the Waynesboro prep school. The student-athletes and their parents were busy signing various bottom lines. “The…
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Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer talks with the media. Virginia Tech (7-2, 5-0 ACC) plays at North Carolina (6-3, 3-2 ACC) on Saturday. Opening Statement You look at this North Carolina crowd, it’s an exceptional football team. You’ve got a quarterback, Yates, who’s playing very, very well, completing 66 percent of his passes; I…
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North Carolina football coach Butch Davis talks with the media. UNC (6-3, 3-2 ACC) hosts Virginia Tech (7-2, 5-0 ACC) on Saturday. “A couple things looking back at Saturday, special teams, with the exception of the last kickoff return that put it in jeopardy and peril, I thought our coverage units did a really good…
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Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer talks with the media. Virginia Tech (7-2, 5-0 ACC) plays at North Carolina (6-3, 3-2 ACC) on Saturday. Opening Statement You look at this North Carolina crowd, it’s an exceptional football team. You’ve got a quarterback, Yates, who’s playing very, very well, completing 66 percent of his passes; I…
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North Carolina football coach Butch Davis talks with the media. UNC (6-3, 3-2 ACC) hosts Virginia Tech (7-2, 5-0 ACC) on Saturday. “A couple things looking back at Saturday, special teams, with the exception of the last kickoff return that put it in jeopardy and peril, I thought our coverage units did a really good…
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Virginia football coach Mike London talks with the news media. UVa. (4-5, 1-4 ACC) hosts Maryland (6-3, 3-2 ACC) on Saturday. What is your strategy on guys returning kicks from four or five yards deep in the end zone? It depends on who’s back there, number one. And then obviously the returner’s got to see…
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Maryland football coach Ralph Friedgen talks with the media. Maryland (6-3, 3-2 ACC) plays at Virginia (4-5, 1-4 ACC) on Saturday. On an overall message to the team this week after a tough loss “I told the team yesterday that it was a very tough defeat. Our kids played extremely hard and it was a…
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Housing affordability is a critical challenge throughout Virginia—a challenge heightened by the recent recession and continuing economic turmoil, as well as problems with transportation and sprawl development, according to a report released today by Housing Virginia and the Southern Environmental Law Center. In addition to examining these problems, the organizations outline a range of practical,…
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