.....Willis, 86, a Columbus East High School graduate, was a two-time All-American at Ohio State and the first black full-time starter in pro football's modern era....
....Willis arrived at Ohio State in 1941 as a two-way lineman and track athlete. He blocked for Les Horvath, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1944, and became Ohio State's first black All-American in 1943-44.
The 1942 team on which Willis was a star won Ohio State's first national title....
*** The Bush administration has been in search of used book purchasers????? Washington Post:
Federal prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking the identities of some people who bought used books through Amazon.com, newly unsealed court records show.
The withdrawal came after a judge ruled that the customers have a First Amendment right to keep their reading habits from the government......
...."Well-founded or not, rumors of an Orwellian federal criminal investigation into the reading habits of Amazon's customers could frighten countless potential customers into canceling planned online book purchases," the judge wrote in a ruling he unsealed last week....
Instead of spending so much time investigating our reading habits, why hasn't this administration found Osama?* Sen. Bob Corker (Tennessee-R) said he was "underwhelmed" when he visited the White House.
Chattanooga Times Free Press:
...The senator, who was elected in November 2006, said he attended several Iraq meetings at the White House soon after taking office. He said he was "very underwhelmed" by what he heard.
"It led me on a path of seeking my own knowledge," he said.....
...Mr. Orlins asked whether it was President Bush or his staff he found underwhelming.
"I hate to say it, but all of the above," Sen. Corker replied....
What an interesting choice of words! Does Corker mean that the intellectual level of the discussion was low or simplistic? Some reporter needs to explore the "underwhelming" comment a little more.
