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Iran seeks GOP

closer ties readies
in Latin
America its plan
Ahmadinejad’s visit of attack
will underscore plans to
gain foothold in West OPERATIVES SCOUR
OBAMA’S RECORD
BY J OBY W ARRICK
2012 strategy is to use
Iran is quietly seeking to ex- his words against him
pand its ties with Latin America in
what U.S. officials and regional
experts say is an effort to circum- BY P ETER W ALLSTEN
vent economic sanctions and gain
access to much-needed markets With Republican voters in
and raw materials. Iowa set to finally begin picking a
The new diplomatic offensive, nominee to challenge President
which comes amid rising tensions Obama, GOP officials in Wash-
with Washington and European ington are quietly and methodi-
powers, includes a four-nation cally finishing what operatives
swing through South and Central are calling “the book” — 500
America this month by Iranian pages of Obama quotes and video
President Mahmoud Ahmadine- links that will form the backbone
jad. His government has vowed to of the party’s attack strategy
increase its economic, political against the president leading up
and military influence in the Unit- to Election Day 2012.
ed States’ back yard. The document, portions of
The visit reinforces recent com- which were reviewed by The
mitments by Iran to invest mil- Washington Post, lays out how
PHOTOS BY BILL O'LEARY/THE WASHINGTON POST
lions of dollars in economic devel- GOP officials plan to use Obama’s
opment projects for the region, Charlotte Soboroff, 6, and her brother Henry, 2, draw in the condensation on a window Friday at a coffee shop in Washington, Iowa. words and voice as they build an
from a mining joint venture in argument for his defeat: that he
Ecuador to factories for petro-
chemicals and small-arms ammu-
nition in Venezuela.
Iran has also dramatically ex-
In Iowa, a contest of contrasts made specific promises and en-
tered office with lofty expecta-
tions and has failed to deliver on
both.
panded its diplomatic missions
throughout the hemisphere and
The view from ‘American optimism’? Republican officials say they
will leverage the party’s newly
dispatched members of its elite this Washington From Ron Paul, catalogued video library contain-
Quds Force — the military unit doesn’t look so bad it’s the opposite. ing every publicly available utter-
U.S. officials in October linked to a ance from Obama since his 2008
foiled assassination plot in Wash- BY E LI S ASLOW BY N IA- M ALIKA campaign. Television and Inter-
ington — to serve in its embassies, IN WASHINGTON, IOWA H ENDERSON net ads will juxtapose specific
U.S. officials and Iran experts say. IN DES MOINES Obama promises of job gains,

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The importance of Ahmadine- t is the final day of his best homeowner assistance, help for

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jad’s visit was underscored last year at work, and Keith La- t nearly every event, Ron people in poverty, lower health
week by Iran’s state-owned Press zar, 62, settles into his corner Paul begins on a high insurance premiums and stricter
TV, which said promotion of “all- office at the community bank. note. He generally White House ethics standards
out cooperation with Latin Ameri- He eats a doughnut with a fork smiles, introduces a member of against government data and
can countries is among the top and turns on an instrumental his family, talks up his cam- news clippings that paint a differ-
priorities of the Islamic Republic’s CD titled “Relaxation.” Outside paign and says how pleased he ent reality.
foreign policy.” his office window, the town is with the way things are The decision by GOP officials
Iran has dispatched a stream of square is bustling with proof of going. to finalize a strategy at this stage
lower-ranking officials to the re- his impact during the past 12 And then, for the next 45 underscores the view, in both
gion in recent months. Ah- months: trucks financed by his minutes or so, he outlines a parties, that the general-election
madinejad granted a live inter- loans, restaurants expanding be- Keith Lazar’s bank in Washington, Iowa, had a record year. And view of the world so bleak it campaign has begun — even if an
view Dec. 13 with Venezuela’s cause of his savings advice and the town has prospered, too. Unemployment there is at 4 percent. would make Chicken Little official Republican nominee has
state-owned broadcaster TeleSUR small businesses created with sound like an optimist. not been selected.
in which he hailed the close ties his support. “How’s it going?” by the corn and soybean fields of There will be a total collapse
between the two countries and The first customer of the day “Couldn’t be better,” Lazar eastern Iowa? This is the Wash- of the economy. An eruption of strategy continued on A6
boasted of Iran’s advances in mili- arrives at 8:20 a.m., 40 minutes says. “Life is good.” ington with a 4 percent unem- violence in the streets. Martial
tary technology, including un- before the bank is scheduled to Life is good. It has become ployment rate, with record- law is just around the corner. A final push before
manned drones. open. It’s a hog farmer wearing Lazar’s default greeting, the breaking hog and cattle produc- Paul says he would like to cut the Iowa caucuses
overalls and work boots, another motto he inscribed on the wall of tion, with a new high school and $1 trillion out of the budget. With rising poll numbers, Santorum
iran continued on A10 longtime customer enjoying a his kitchen and printed on a $6 million library, with a news- “People say that means ev- gets some extra attention from the
record year. He wants to apply T-shirts to distribute at family paper that doesn’t bother to erybody will suffer,” he adds. news media — and from Romney. A6
Iran reports strides for a loan so he can expand his gatherings. What could be better print a crime blotter, with heat- Some probably will, he con-
on missiles, nuclear fuel operation again. Lazar opens the at the beginning of 2012 in this ed sidewalks in front of the bank cedes, but “they should have to The right and Romney
The claims come as the United States door and waves him inside. other city called Washington, a Conservative leaders see the front-
imposes sanctions and the European “Hiya, Keith,” the farmer says. rural town of 7,200 surrounded iowa continued on A8 paul continued on A7 runner as the likely nominee and
Union is poised to debate its own. A10 consider the consequences. A7

Virginia targets the bay’s ghostly killers A woman less ordinary

the boat stopped, she tossed a long fish, 950 sea snails known as The indomitable life and mysterious death of a D.C. socialite
Lost crab traps rope lined with hooks overboard whelks and 430 black sea bass
and yanked it. “It’s got something! were killed. BY J OSH W HITE Viola Drath, Drath’s successes and ride them to
take toll on wildlife in It’s heavy,” Cheryl Hogge said. “It’s like a feeding machine,” 91, was found social status and importance, sev-
Chesapeake and rivers Be warned: This is a ghost story. said state Department of Natural Viola Herms Drath had been to at her home in eral people who knew the couple
A hidden killer haunts marine life Resources Secretary Doug Dom- the Blue Star Mothers convention August, and said.
in the Chesapeake Bay and its enech, who recently sailed with the week of Aug. 8, and she spoke her second Drath’s second husband, Al-
BY D ARRYL F EARS tributaries: tens of thousands of the Hogges to see firsthand how excitedly about an upcoming fam- husband has brecht Gero Muth, 47, has been
baited crab traps left behind by the program partly overseen by ily dinner at the Prime Rib on been charged charged with beating and stran-
gloucester point, va. — Un- watermen each year. his agency works. “Animals get K Street and her great-grand- in her death. gling her in their Q Street home in
der the murky waters of the York These “ghost pots” capture le- stuck and can’t get out. So they . . . daughter’s first birthday. She was Northwest Washington. In court
River, an eerie blur appeared sud- gions of crabs, eels, terrapins, fish, become bait for the next animal pleased that, even at 91 years old, fashion, travel and Georgetown recently, Muth, who has claimed
denly on Edward Hogge’s sonar, muskrats and even an occasional that comes.” her calendar was so full. life with the ease and style of to be a general in the Iraqi army
near where his 40-foot deadrise duck, leaving them to die. For Watermen in Virginia are li- But by the end of the week, she someone decades younger. She and a spy for several countries
boat sailed about a mile offshore three years starting in 2008, more censed to set about 300,000 crab was found dead. still had dreams and aspirations. was granted the right to represent
on a cool December morning. than 22,000 blue crabs, male and pots each year. About 20 percent Drath was determined not to But by Aug. 12, Drath’s remark- himself at trial.
Hogge made a hard right turn. female, were found dead in ghost — 60,000 — are lost, according to let her age, or anything else for able life had been hijacked by a Drath’s friends, co-workers and
“I’m going back to get it,” he said. pots collected by watermen such a Virginia Institute of Marine Sci- that matter, slow her down. Her man described by those close to acquaintances described the
He called out to his wife and first as the Hogges under a federal and ence estimate. The certain toll of wits sharp and her health steady, her as an eccentric opportunist. Muth-Drath marriage as a quint-
mate, Cheryl. “All right, honey, get state program that pays for their Drath navigated the worlds of More than 40 years her junior, the
your gloves on. Get ready!” When work. About 2,600 oyster toad- pots continued on A5 journalism, foreign policy, art, man had looked to piggyback on drath continued on A4

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Romney has best odds in Iowa, but Santorum has the momentum
T
he Iowa caucuses are
almost here! QUOTE OF THE WEEK BEST THING THAT
In less than 48 hours, HAPPENED TO
Republicans will gather across REPUBLICANS
the Hawkeye State to pick the Sen. Ben Nelson
man or woman they think (D-Neb.)
should be the next president. announced he
At this point, there’s not would not seek
much left for the candidates — reelection. The GOP already had
or the reporters who cover a good chance of knocking off the
them — to do but wait and two-term incumbent and former
wonder. Now, the Fix isn’t a governor, just by virtue of
betting man, but there is no Nebraska’s conservatism. But
better way to wile away the with Nelson retiring, the GOP’s
hours between now and chances of taking the seat have
Tuesday night than to do a bit improved. Republicans now have
of odds-setting. a great chance to take open
Below are the odds we give seats in Nebraska and North
each candidate in Iowa. The Dakota, where another Democrat
numbers are based on is retiring in a conservative state,
conversations with strategists and they need just four seats to
for many of the contenders, take a majority (or three if they
independent poll figures and a also win the presidency).
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little bit of historical context
sprinkled in for taste.
Mitt Romney (even): The
“You people disappoint me on Tuesday, you don’t do BEST THING THAT
HAPPENED TO
former Massachusetts governor what you’re supposed to do for Mitt Romney, I will be DEMOCRATS
Page A2. is the best bet to win the President Obama’s
Page A2 also will feature caucuses because he is the only back Jersey-style, people.” approval rating got
commentary and analysis each candidate aggressively New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), stumping in Iowa for Romney’s back into positive
day from our columnists and competing for the presidential campaign. territory. The Gallup
bloggers. Among those whose mainstream/establishment vote daily tracking poll, for the first
work will appear are chief in the state. The five others in time since June, showed
correspondent Dan Balz, the race are trying to emerge as Obama’s approval rating higher
PostPolitics.com managing editor the social-conservative/tea party BY THE NUMBERS
than his disapproval rating. Forty-
Chris Cillizza and Melinda choice.
Henneberger, all writing on
politics; Ezra Klein, writing on
Although more social
conservatives than mainstream
15 percent Where Rick Santorum fell in the last Des
Moines Register poll before Tuesday’s
caucuses, putting him in third place. But the
seven percent said they
approved of the job Obama is
doing, while 45 percent
economics and policy; and Dana Republicans participate in the former Pennsylvania senator was at 21 percent with voters polled over the last disapproved. It’s not a huge
Milbank, offering his popular caucuses, the fracturing of the two days of the survey, a sign that his eleventh-hour surge is real. The question uptick in the president’s fortunes,
sketches of life in Washington. evangelical vote means that is whether it came too late. but it does suggest he has gotten
We are also updating the look of Romney’s 25 percent could be
their columns.
Readers can e-mail ideas@
enough (or close to enough) to
win the nomination. (He 2 The number of candidates who managed to get on the Republican
presidential primary ballot in Virginia, due to newly stringent enforcement
of a requirement that each candidate hand in 10,000 valid signatures. Only
some mileage out of blaming
congressional Republicans for
their role in prolonging legislative
washpost.com with questions or received 25 percent in the Iowa battles, including the payroll tax
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney
concerns. caucuses in 2008 and lost to extension.
made it on, but the remaining candidates are still looking for ways to compete
former Arkansas governor
in the March 6 primary — with Rick Perry suing to get on the ballot. — Rachel Weiner and Aaron Blake
Mike Huckabee by nine
points.) Dollars spent on campaign ads airing on Iowa’s
Romney and his team know
that a victory in Iowa followed
3.5 million top two television stations in the last quarter.
While for months debates fueled the primary more than ads did, in the past two
by another in New Hampshire weeks television spots --- especially negative ones, more prevalent this year —
would all but lock up the have helped shape and reshape the race.
nomination for him, so he is
pushing — hard.
Rick Santorum (4-1): A Des
Moines Register poll released
Saturday night made plain that the former senator from wisdom holds that if turnout in last year.
Pennsylvania is the momentum the caucuses is low (less than Although Perry is, at best, a
candidate. Although he took 100,000) it’s good for Paul, socially conservative spoiler for
15 percent overall in the four- there’s also a case to be made the likes of Santorum at this
day survey, he was at 21 percent that high turnout (120,000 or point, he will almost certainly
in the final two days — a sign more) might be even better. The be remembered as a “what
that he is peaking in the waning more nontraditional might have been” candidate. His
moments. Republicans who decide to vote profile — and ability to raise
The key for Santorum is how Tuesday (Iowa has same-day money — should have made him
much of the vote he can peel off registration), the better for Romney’s main competition
other socially conservative Paul. nationally and the front-runner
candidates — most notably Newt Gingrich (20-1): If the in Iowa. Instead, he’ll be the
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who, caucuses had been held Dec. 3, latest reminder that candidates
despite major spending in Iowa, Gingrich would have won. But and the campaigns they run
doesn’t appear to be rising fast his baffling pledge not to go matter.
enough. negative combined with his Michele Bachmann (50-1):
Ron Paul (5-1): The inability to raise enough money Need a sign of how fluid this
congressman from Texas has to compete with his rivals (and race has been? The
the most reliable base — their affiliated super PACs) on congresswoman from
between 15 percent and television doomed his chances Minnesota was the Iowa front-
19 percent — in the field. But over the past month. runner when she won the Ames
his ability to grow beyond that Gingrich has insisted that Straw Poll in mid-August. A
has always been very much up South Carolina is where he will little more than four months
in the air, and it’s even more so make his stand, but if he later, she is the heavy favorite to
now as Paul has come under finishes outside of the top three finish last in the caucuses.
withering attack from the likes in Iowa it might be hard for him Bachmann’s inability to raise
of former House speaker Newt to raise more money and stay money has badly hamstrung
Gingrich (Ga.) and Rep. Michele viable through the Palmetto her, and she has been a
Bachmann (Minn.). Both State’s Jan. 21 primary. shadowy presence on Iowa
Bachmann and Gingrich have Rick Perry (25-1): The Texas airwaves over the past month.
painted Paul not only as outside governor’s inability to gain any If she does come in sixth
the mainstream of Republican real traction despite Tuesday night, it’s hard to
Party thought, which he is, but outspending all of his rivals in imagine her staying in the race
also as potentially dangerous if the Hawkeye State reveals just through the Jan. 10 New

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ing through different scenarios
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The state requires 10,000 sig-
natures to get on the ballot. Those
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gible or registered Virginia vot-
ers. Former House speaker Newt
Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick
Perry said the requirements were
unfair, and Perry is suing to get on
the ballot.
Lawyers for Gingrich, Rep. Mi-
chele Bachmann (Minn.), former
Pennsylvania senator Rick Santo-
rum and former Utah governor
Jon Huntsman sent a letter to the
Virginia State Board of Elections
on Saturday saying they will file a
joint motion asking the panel to
add them to the ballot or take no
action until a judge has had a
chance to consider Perry’s case,
scheduled to be heard Jan. 13.
Cuccinelli added a note of con-
trition at the end of his statement
Sunday. He said that he was
trying to do what is best for the
citizens of Virginia but that he
must uphold the law as it was
written.
“I do not change position on
issues of public policy often or
lightly,” Cuccinelli said. “But
when convinced that my position
is wrong, I think it necessary to
concede as much and adjust ac-
cordingly.”
blakea@washpost.com
Staff writer Anita Kumar contributed
to this report.
MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
Texas health insurance hotline
is casualty of inaction on Hill
Without new funding,
states face decisions on
program in 2010 law
BY S ARAH K LIFF
It was a first for Texas: a state
office devoted to consumers
struggling to find affordable
health insurance coverage. With
funds from the federal health
reform law, the Texas Consumer
Health Assistance Program was
launched last January.
A $2.8 million grant allowed
the state to hire nine employees to
staff a toll-free hotline. More than
6,000 Texans called in during the
past year, seeking advice on how
to find affordable coverage, or
help filling out an insurance ap-
plication, or fighting a denied
claim. The new employees tra-
versed the state, hosting more
than 160 events aimed at making
Texans — a quarter of whom lack
insurance — more aware of cover-
age options.
“The grant provided us with
the opportunity to . . . actually
take the 20 or 30 minutes, or
however long, to help someone
complete an application,” said
Audrey Seldin, senior associate
commissioner for consumer pro-
tection at the Texas Department
of Insurance, which oversees the
program.
But less than a year after it
opened, the Texas Consumer
Health Assistance Program is pre-
paring to shut down, a victim of
Congress’s inability to agree on a
federal budget for next year. The
nine employees are likely to be
dismissed in April. The events
will stop and the toll-free hotline
will redirect to a general consum-
er assistance number at the Texas
Department of Insurance, which
deals with all kinds of insurance
and has less expertise in health
coverage.
Texas is among the 35 states
that received health reform
grants to build consumer assis-
tance programs more than a year
ago. The Affordable Care Act of
2010 set aside nearly $30 million
to fund the program in 2010,
which states have used to handle
questions about how to obtain
affordable health coverage or ap-
peal denied insurance claims.
The health reform law also au-
thorized future funding for the
consumer assistance program,
but left it to Congress to appropri-
ate that money — in contrast to
most other provisions in the law,
which were automatically funded
into the future. When the House
and Senate failed to pass a budget
last year, operating instead on a
short-term fix that continued all
existing appropriated programs,
the consumer assistance program
was shut out.
“I don’t know that, while health
reform was being debated, any of
us understood how hard it would
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be to get additional funding going
forward,” said Christine Barber, a
senior policy analyst with Com-
munity Catalyst, a Boston-based
community advocacy group that
has worked with many of the new
programs.
Timing questioned
Barber and other consumer ad-
vocates say the funding could not
have run out at a worse time. The
federal health reform law has left
more Americans with questions
about how health insurance is
changing. Those are likely to in-
crease as the law is expected to
expand coverage to 32 million
more Americans by 2019.
“I have a little bit of a night-
mare about what will happen”
when the funding runs out, said
Victoria Veltri, who oversees Con-
necticut’s grant and is currently
looking to the state or private
foundations to continue her pro-
gram. “I won’t stop searching for
funding.”
Connecticut has run ads on
television and the sides of buses
letting residents know about its
services, while Maine has begun
representing those denied claims
by insurance companies in ap-
peals courts. Since the grant start-
ed, Maine Consumers for Afford-
able Care has netted consumers
$23,000 in insurance appeals,
with an additional $53,000 on the
line in pending cases.
“We haven’t lost one yet,” Mia
Poliquin Pross, associate director
of the Maine consumer assistance
program, said of the claim denials
her two attorneys have appealed.
“We would really like to ramp up
that portion of the work.”
The consumer assistance pro-
grams have also served as an
informal monitor of health insur-
ance materials and policies, often
tipped off by consumers’ ques-
tions. Multiple states, including
Massachusetts and New York,
have reported back to the federal
government certain insurers that
are out of compliance with a given
health reform provision, or are
incorrectly advertising their ser-
vices.
As many states expect to ex-
haust their funds in the spring,
they are preparing in different
ways. A few, like Texas, have al-
ready decided to shut down their
programs. The Arkansas Depart-
ment of Insurance also plans to
shut down its program, reassign-
ing two employees funded by the
grant to new positions.
Others are exploring how they
might be able to move forward
without federal funding. But the
uncertainty of whether or not
that will happen is already taking
its toll: Massachusetts’s new out-
reach coordinator left when the
state could not guarantee she
would have a job next year.
“We expected these grants
would be funded continually,”
said Brian Rosman of Health Care
for Massachusetts, which has run
the state’s consumer assistance
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A4 From Page One
Overwhelmed by
a deep loneliness
drath from A1
essential Washington story of power and
influence. But it was a relationship that
got increasingly dysfunctional as Drath
got older and Muth got more delusional
and demanding, they said.
Although a strong and independent
woman, Drath — widowed after a long
and loving first marriage — became en-
snared in a two-decade cycle of loneli-
ness, love, dependence, abuse and recon-
ciliation, her friends and family say.
But Drath never saw it that way. In an
unpublished and previously undisclosed
memoir — called “A Thoroughly Muddled
Marriage: Report of an Inmate” — Drath
acknowledged the many differences be-
tween Muth and her. But she also wrote of
a true and genuine love and said the fights
all were worth it.
In lengthy conversations over the past
three months, Drath’s family members
spoke of a woman they admired and loved
and now sorely miss. They said the way
she died and the person they think is
responsible for her death have overshad-
owed her inspiring life.
“My mother was not ordinary in any
way, not in the way she lived and not in
the way she died,” said Connie Dwyer,
Drath’s eldest daughter. “She had a very
interesting life. . . . She said she’d like to
live to 95, but we don’t get to choose when
we die or how we die. Yes, she was robbed.
There’s no doubt about it. Her day had not
really come.”
Drath told her family that she truly
loved Muth, just that it was a different
kind of love affair. Those close to her said
that Muth took over much of her life and
that she relented because she didn’t want
to be alone.
That could be seen in their Georgetown
home. Photographs of Drath’s daughters
and grandsons graced the living room
piano until they gradually were replaced
by signed head shots of top U.S. generals
and a 1989 image of Drath shaking hands
with President George H.W. Bush. Beauti-
ful artistic works above the mantel were
eventually surrounded by military chal-
lenge coins. Framed family memories on
a wall in the English basement were
pushed aside in favor of letters from
dignitaries and photographs of senators,
a Supreme Court justice and foreign offi-
cials.
All to impress a Washington society
that often trades on influence and con-
nections.
“In an empty house with
nobody to talk to . . . nobody
to love!”
Viola Drath, discussing her grief over the death
of her first husband
As police looked through the photo-
graphs Aug. 12, their attention turned to
Muth. Drath’s body lay lifeless in an
upstairs bathroom, steps from her long-
time office, where a Blue Star Mothers
conference folder had been tossed on a
small couch.
Muth, authorities allege, had killed
Drath before concocting a story that she
was frail and had fallen and hit her head.
Those who knew Drath said that the
moment they heard of her passing they
were certain that story could not have
been true.
“She had a lot to look forward to,”
Dwyer said of her mother. “She did like
drama, and she would have been fascinat-
ed by this. She would have. The attention,
the celebrity that comes with this right
now. She probably wouldn’t have minded
that.”
‘A big adventure’
Viola Herms was born in Dusseldorf in
1920, into a family that was doing quite
well for post-World War I Germany. Rela-
tives recalled stories of drivers and vaca-
tions and boarding school in Scotland. It
was there that she learned flawless Eng-
lish.
A student of art and fashion, she began
her adult life as a playwright. One of her
early productions — “Farewell Isabell” —
reached the stage in Munich in 1946. She
wrote newspaper articles for German and
Austrian papers and wrote plays that
became movie scripts. A stunning beauty,
she captured her bright blond hair and
blue eyes in an oil self-portrait that hangs
in her home.
It was about that time that she met Lt.
Col. Francis S. Drath, a handsome U.S.
Army officer who was serving as the
deputy military governor of Bavaria. In an
autobiographical manuscript that was
never published, she wrote of finding him
and a group of Americans on a small
motorboat in the Swiss waters of Lake
Constance.
“I caught the eye of a tall dark-haired
Colonel with the most soulful brown eyes
I had ever seen,” she wrote. “It was love at
first sight.”
Col. Drath needed interpreters at his
headquarters in Munich, and she showed
up at his office the next day. It was a
whirlwind romance. Within months, they
married and moved to his home town of
Lincoln, Neb., where she began studying
for an advanced degree in literature and
philosophy at the University of Nebraska.
Once in Nebraska, Drath worked hard
to keep a connection with her past by
taking a job with a German language
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weekly in Omaha and later working as an
American correspondent for Germany’s
Madame magazine.
The style writing required frequent
travel to New York, where she circulated
in the fashion, arts and book worlds and
began hobnobbing with celebrities.
“She had about five dimensions,” said
Parker Ladd, a friend who met Drath
more than five decades ago when she was
covering a New York fashion show his
partner, Arnold Scaasi, was putting on.
“She was an intellectual. She loved to
dress up, a mid-European style. Hats and
hair, it was really something. . . . She was a
brilliant politician. She was a happy per-
son, for a German. But there was a seri-
ousness about her, her daily life and what
she was involved in.”
Fran Drath, born in 1952, was in awe of
her mother, whom she remembered as
glamorous and fun. She remembered
Drath banging away on a Remington
typewriter, using only her index fingers.
The family also acted a bit differently.
For vacations, they would use the colo-
nel’s military position to fly space-avail-
able on military aircraft to Morocco,
Spain, Germany, Antigua.
“It was like a big adventure; she was
just loving her life in America,” Fran
Drath said. “She was involved in the now,
embracing what was before her. And they
had a really solid marriage. They were
totally in love.”
‘In an empty house’
In 1968, after 21 years in Lincoln, Col.
Drath took a job as a legislative liaison
with the Selective Service in Washington,
allowing his wife to jump into Washing-
ton journalism. She quickly snagged a job
as a political correspondent for Handels-
blatt, Germany’s rough equivalent of the
Wall Street Journal.
“He realized that she was quite bril-
liant and should be somewhere else and
not Nebraska,” Ladd said.
The couple bought a house on Q Street
just off Wisconsin Avenue, putting them
within walking distance of Georgetown’s
shops and restaurants.
Drath took advantage of the location to
hit the Tuesday art show openings, and
she was a regular at the P Street galleries.
Family members said she befriended J.
Carter Brown, then director of the U.S.
National Gallery of Art, and famed Wash-
ington artist Leon Berkowitz.
Journalism gave Drath access to Wash-
ington’s elite, especially in the areas of
politics and art. She pursued a lifelong
interest in German reunification and
studied foreign policy.
“She knew about art and was very
educated,” said Sonia Adler, who edited
Washington Dossier and hired Drath.
“She wrote very well. She was wonderful
and one of the real professionals I had.”
Warren Adler, Sonia’s husband and
author of “War of the Roses” and numer-
ous other novels, said Drath was one of
the most interesting people he met in
Washington.
“Our conversations were always lively
and full of knowledge,” Warren Adler
said. “She had a great take on what the
world was all about, and she also had a
certain style, which we liked.”
Because of her work for Handelsblatt,
Drath was often on Capitol Hill. At a news
conference in the early 1980s, she met an
unpaid intern from Germany, a young
man who impressed her with his intelli-
gence and wit. They met for dinner at a
Georgetown restaurant, and he would
pop in on her Georgetown home. Once, he
sported an eye patch and claimed that he
had gotten in the way of an assassination
attempt in Paraguay — an eye patch that
Drath would remember in her memoirs
as “an attention-getting prop.”
It was Albrecht Gero Muth.
As Drath neared her 66th birthday, she
was dealt the biggest personal blow of her
life. On Jan. 11, 1986, Col. Drath died after
a battle with cancer. They had been mar-
ried nearly 40 years. He was 81.
Gone was Drath’s main support sys-
tem, the man who cooked and handled
the finances and did the shopping and
tended to the spacious back yard. Gone
was her true love.
“It was hard for her,” Fran Drath said.
“It was very hard. It turned her world
upside down. What scared her the most is
that she knew she couldn’t replace him.”
Ethan Drath said his grandmother was
devastated.
“She was grieving,” he said, “and she
didn’t know what the next step was.”
In her autobiographical manuscript,
Drath wrote that she was truly alone: “In
an empty house with nobody to talk to,
nobody to share laughter and tears, no-
body to hug, nobody to love!”
She vowed to herself never to attend a
mate’s funeral again.
Soon, Muth was again on her Q Street
doorstep.
‘It was so bizarre’
Muth was in almost every way the
opposite of the colonel, according to
those close to Drath. He was in his 20s, he
was German, he was outspoken and he
liked to name-drop. He loved to argue
politics and carried a formal European air
about him. He was eccentric.
But to Drath, he was charming, atten-
tive and fresh.
“I was impressed by his natural elo-
quence, his polished speech, his grasp of
affairs of state, of governance and the
intricacies of political chess,” Drath
wrote. “Often, after our talks, he sat down
at the baby grand to play and sing for me
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An article reflects what a friend called Viola Drath’s “five
dimensions.” The journalist, wife of an Army officer and mother,
shown in 2004 above left, was known for her sense of style and
strong spirit. In a photo from the early 1970s above right, she
holds her grandson. She stayed close to her family to the end.
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To see a photo gallery about the Viola Drath case, go to
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into the wee hours of the evening.” ment.
After months of teas and phone calls, He wrote that he was “an agent of the
Muth showed up unannounced at Drath’s East German foreign intelligence service”
home in a tuxedo and carrying a bottle of in the early 1980s when he met Drath,
Moet. He proposed marriage, and she who had been “one of my icons.”
accepted. Muth’s court-appointed defense attor-
In an anecdote that Drath and Muth ney did not return calls seeking comment.
told many people over the years, Muth the Prosecutors have labeled Muth a liar,
next day cold-called Supreme Court Jus- saying in court papers that he has con-
tice Antonin Scalia asking if he would cocted much of his own history — calling
marry him, drawing out the reply: “But himself a spy for various countries, an
I’m already married.” It was a conversa- Iraqi general, European nobility — all the
tion that Drath wrote in her memoir was while unemployed and living on a month-
“the beginning of an animated relation- ly allowance from Drath.
ship that lasted many years.” He would walk around his Georgetown
Instead, Muth used a fictional relation- neighborhood in a uniform detectives say
ship with a senator to persuade a Virginia was made by a tailor in South Carolina,
Supreme Court judge to marry the couple carrying a swagger stick, and law enforce-
in early 1990. ment officials said he used a Maryland
For the next two decades, Drath’s fam- copy shop to make certificates showing
ily and friends said, Muth tried to climb that he was an Iraqi general. The Iraqi
Washington’s social and political ladders, Embassy in Washington has disavowed
often gaining an advantage from his any connection to Muth, though it is clear
wife’s status or from carefully crafted from photographs in Drath’s home that
stories that usually had a kernel of truth some Iraqi officials attended his events.
but upon inspection did not hold up. Muth at one point officially changed
He threw unusually formal parties, his name to “Count Albi” in a nod to
filled with pomp and circumstance and aristocracy. He showed Drath’s family
protocol, trying to bring the city’s elite members — and others — a 1999 letter
together under his auspices — often suc- that purported to be from a relative who
cessfully. Generals, top journalists, for- was conferring his title on Muth after
eign dignitaries and government officials suffering serious physical injury from a
accepted his invitations to parties at the Q fall off an elephant in Mumbai.
Street home and at the Dacor Bacon “I asked her how she could marry him.
House in Georgetown. It was so bizarre, I couldn’t understand
Muth, in e-mails to The Washington it,” Warren Adler said.
Post before his arrest in August, said his Muth, according to Drath’s account,
relationship with Drath was a “marriage made her feel young, alive and excited.
of convenience” and part of an arrange- They traveled the world, often trading on
ment that included a prenuptial agree- embassy contacts Muth cultivated.
Albrecht Gero
Muth, Viola
Drath’s second
husband, has
claimed to be a
general in the
Iraqi army. At
left, their Q
Street home,
where she was
MARVIN JOSEPH/THE WASHINGTON POST found dead.
MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
“It was a strange feeling . . .
knowing that my longtime
mate and comrade would not
be there . . . never vocally or
physically abuse me.”
Drath, referring to her second husband
He supported her efforts to work on the
1988 Bush campaign as a foreign policy
adviser and encouraged her involvement
in memorializing war veterans through
the White House Commission on Re-
membrance and the Blue Star Mothers.
Drath’s family members generally de-
clined to speak about Muth because of the
criminal case, but they said they ques-
tioned the need for them to marry and
over time barely saw him because he did
not attend family events.
“She did things her way. She made her
own decisions and wasn’t overly con-
cerned about what people would say
about her,” Dwyer said. “We kind of were
two minds about all of this. We have to
respect the decisions she makes.”
The trouble began not long into their
marriage. Muth was arrested in 1992 and
was charged with domestic assault, ulti-
mately serving jail time.
It was the first of several alleged violent
outbursts from Muth, usually after drink-
ing. Drath wrote of a threat in a Scottish
castle when the two were traveling — she
said she ran down a hall in her underwear
to escape him — and friends recall several
times when she would seek help after
claims of abuse, such as being hit with a
chair or threatened.
Some of those incidents led to lengthy
breakups. In 2002, after an alleged attack,
Muth became romantically involved with
a man and moved into his apartment.
To support himself during the breakup,
Muth worked at an Embassy Suites hotel
in Foggy Bottom.
In her autobiography, Drath wrote that
she was cognizant of the situation but was
consistently drawn to Muth anyway.
“The bumpy ride was propelled by an
unchallenged ego, incapable of under-
standing the dynamics of teamwork, and
partially steadied by a romantic concept
of unconditional love on my part,” Drath
wrote. “As his dreams of fame and fortune
faded, the smart kid with the promising
potential, the ready smile and witty
asides turned into a frustrated cham-
pagne guzzler, a braggart and relentless
user. It was a chilling experience to see his
small creative deceptions that had fasci-
nated and amused me during the early
years of our marriage turning into ever
bolder and calculating schemes and
games teetering on the brink of legality.”
Yet amid the domestic abuse and the
lies, the couple continued to get back
together.
“She missed having someone in the
house, and she was lonely,” said Helle
Dale, former editorial page editor at the
Washington Times, who published
Drath’s works on foreign policy. “I told her
she should not take this man back, be-
cause he’s dangerous.”
In 2008, Drath advertised one of her
rooms on craigslist, hoping to take in a
boarder to have a third person in the
house. The boarder’s room — now Muth’s
study — was next to the bedroom where
Muth and Drath slept in separate beds.
Alan Burns, who was starting graduate
school, moved in for $1,000 a month.
Things were great, for a few weeks. One
Saturday night, Drath busted his door
open, visibly shaken.
“She said that he had threatened to hit
her,” Burns said. “I asked her if she
wanted to call the police, and I told her
she should. But she didn’t want to.”
“The next day, they just acted like it
didn’t happen, which is even more bi-
zarre,” he said.
Drath told Burns that she wanted to
rent out a room because she thought it
would change Muth’s behavior. Burns
moved out suddenly early one morning
and sent an e-mail to his former hosts
telling them that he was uncomfortable
with the situation.
‘A strange feeling’
Ethan and Lindsay Drath had wanted
their daughter, who celebrated her first
birthday on Halloween, to get to know her
great-grandmother. Viola Drath lit up
when she saw her.
“She was interesting, alive, relevant
and busy,” Lindsay Drath said. “Even at 91,
it wasn’t easy to get on her calendar. She
was a different kind of 91-year-old.”
Even at 91, Drath was planning for the
future. Even at 91, she was aware that she
was in a volatile relationship but felt
drawn back to her husband. Even at 91,
such blind love and drama can be deadly.
In her memoir, Drath appears to clear-
ly understand the two sides of her rela-
tionship, even if no one else did.
“It was a strange feeling to mount the
front steps to my house knowing that my
longtime mate and comrade would not be
there, would never hold my hand again,
never play the piano for me again and
never vocally or physically abuse me,”
Drath wrote. “Walking through the rooms
with mixed emotions I was as scared of an
encroaching emptiness as I was relieved to
realize that I would never have to be afraid
of the man whom I once entrusted my life
and in a perverse way still cared for.”
She wrote that she had no regrets.
“In hindsight, my friends ask, would I
do it again? Most of them shudder when I
answer: I would,” Drath wrote. “You see, I
had fallen in love with this man.”
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Staff writers Keith L. Alexander, Robert
Barnes, Jenna Johnson, Allison Klein and
Clarence Williams and staff researcher Julie
Tate contributed to this report.
MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
Twin probes may
reveal twin moon
NASA mission could
support theory about
lumpy lunar backside
BY B RIAN V ASTAG
She hangs there nightly, a yel-
low or white or spookily orange
disk, the bringer of tides, the cast-
er of romantic shadows. She wax-
es and wanes, and sometimes she
turns ruddy as the shadow of the
Earth crosses her face. For all her
beauty, though, our moon hides a
lumpy, unflattering secret: She’s
lopsided. Her backside is much
thicker than her front. And no one
knows why.
It’s unseemly, really. After more
than 100 robotic and human mis-
sions to the moon, scientists still
can’t account for why one half —
the half we can’t see — is taller
than the other.
Twin NASA probes that arrived
at our satellite this weekend may
finally reveal a shocking truth:
that early on, a smaller twin moon
smushed into her. As this intruder
splatted into its big sister, it shat-
tered “like a mega-avalanche,”
said Erik Asphaug, the planetary
scientist at the University of Cali-
fornia at Santa Cruz who pub-
lished the twin-moon idea in the
journal Nature in August. His co-
author was Martin Jutzi of the
University of Bern in Switzerland.
This collision would have
spread a wide hump of rock onto
the back of the moon. There, the
material cooled and hardened
into a thick crust: the far-side
lunar highlands.
“This is one of those ideas that
all sorts of people will try to prove
wrong,” said Maria Zuber, the
Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology scientist heading up the
new NASA moon mission. “But it’s
extremely testable.”
And so the Grail mission will
test it. Designed to probe the
moon’s interior, the two washing-
machine-size spacecraft will re-
veal the thickness of the moon’s
crust, its topmost layer.
If the two-moon theory is cor-
rect, the backside crust will be
much thicker than that of the
front side. The hump should taper
toward the equator.
Grail could also spot another
hidden feature predicted by the
theory. If a second moon did crash
into the first, the collision would
have occurred when the big moon
was young and hot. A thin layer of
molten heavy elements including
uranium and potassium still bur-
bled just under the crust.
The backside impact would
have squeezed this liquid, push-
ing it around to the front side.
There it would have cooled and
hardened, leaving a telltale layer.
The existence of both features
— a thick backside crust and a
thin, dense layer under the front’s
crust — would offer strong sup-
port for the twin-moon theory,
Asphaug said.
When Zuber first heard the
notion, she scoffed. “This is going
to be nonsense,” she recalled
thinking. But computer simula-
tions run by Asphaug and Jutzi
were compelling leading Zuber to
reverse course. “It’s a plausible
scenario,” she said.
The idea is also simple, another
stroke in its favor. By contrast,
other explanations for the moon’s
front-back discrepancy tend
toward the complicated and un-
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satisfying.
“There are all these theories out
there,” Asphaug said, “that have
big warts on them.”
Such as: Maybe the front side of
the moon was terribly unlucky,
flattened by seven or eight big
space rocks. The problem: Aster-
oids and comets arrive from all
directions; there’s no reason im-
pacts should cluster. “It’s like flip-
ping a coin and getting heads
eight times,” Asphaug said.
Another theory suggests that
the backside hump is a tidal bulge.
Planets and moons sport such
bulges when they get tugged at —
and the Earth tugs on the moon a
lot. The problem: Tidal bulges
tend to be symmetrical, so there
should be a bulge on both sides of
the moon.
Asphaug’s theory requires a
very specific sequence of events
some 4.5 billion years ago, when
the infant Earth was a molten ball.
Long before life appeared,
rocky debris ricocheted around
the early solar system. Something
the size of Mars plowed into the
Earth, sending huge globs of mol-
ten material hurtling into space.
The largest glob coalesced into
the moon. This catastrophic-im-
pact theory of moon formation is
widely accepted by scientists.
To that, Asphaug and Jutzi
threw in a twist: What if a second,
smaller glob of Earth stuff also got
blasted free? If it launched at a
particular angle, the glob would
have coalesced into a second body
and drifted behind the moon in
roughly the same orbit.
After a few million years, the
pull of the sun would have drawn
the smaller moon closer to the
bigger moon. Eventually, the two
bodies collided — in slow motion.
A fast collision would have exca-
vated a giant crater. But a slow
collision — just the type predicted
by the computer simulations —
would have pancaked the small
moon onto the surface, leaving
evidence for Grail to spot.
It’s a quirk of happenstance
that Grail will be able to test the
theory at all. Zuber proposed the
$400 million mission five years
ago, long before Asphaug and Jut-
zi published their idea. Zuber
wanted to probe other, more gen-
eral questions: Does the moon
have a solid core? How long did
the moon take to cool after it
formed? And did the moon once
have a magnetic field?
“You might think we already
know all there is to know about
the moon,” Zuber said. “Of course,
that’s not the case.”
The twin Grail probes arrived
in a high lunar orbit this weekend,
but they won’t begin collecting
data until March.
By then, thrusters will have
dropped the pair to just 35 miles
above the surface. Flying in for-
mation — one ahead of the other
— the probes will map minute
fluctuations of the moon’s gravity
over its entire surface. This new
gravity map will be 100 to 1,000
times as accurate as current
maps. From it, scientists will infer
the internal structure of the moon
“from crust to core,” Zuber said.
Asphaug said there’s an even
better way to test the long-shot
idea, though it’s one that Grail
can’t carry out: Study rocks from
the far side of the moon. The
Apollo astronauts collected hun-
dreds of pounds of moon rocks —
but all of them came from the
Earth-facing side.
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KLMNO EZ RE A5
Trap-removal effort in bay nears an end
pots from A1
dead animals represents those
found in about 28,000 recovered
pots, said Kirk J. Havens, director
of the Coastal Watersheds Pro-
gram for the Virginia Institute of
Marine Science. A short-lived pro-
gram in Maryland removed 6,000
ghost pots, he said.
The Chesapeake’s iconic blue
crabs have enough problems
without catching a death sentence
in a ghost pot. Their dangerously
low population is just beginning
to come back after Virginia closed
the December-to-March winter
fishery as part of an effort to
protect them.
Each ghost pot traps about 50
crabs per year, according to an
estimate by the institute. The kill-
ing continues all year, even when
the waters are closed to crab har-
vesting. The pots can sit for years
before they’re recovered — if they
ever are — and most animals that
DARRYL FEARS/THE WASHINGTON POST
die in them would decompose and
vanish long before the traps Waterman Edward Hogge pulls in a “ghost pot” off Gloucester Point in Virginia. A state program paid
would be pulled from the water. watermen to recover the old traps, which snare a variety of wildlife, but its funding will expire soon.
The program to remove the
pots has been a success, Havens Virginia used its money to de-
said. But it will end a four-year run velop a Blue Crab Fishery Re-
when the National Oceanic and source Disaster Relief Plan.
Atmospheric Administration When then-Gov. Timothy M.
stops funding it after this year’s Kaine (D) insisted that watermen
haul in March. work for the assistance, the Vir-
On this bright morning, ginia Department of Natural Re-
though, Edward and Cheryl sources and the Virginia Institute
Hogge are still at work. They of Marine Science came up with
reach over the side of their boat the pot-removal program.
and haul up a deformed peeler Edward Hogge said recruiting
crab trap heavy with mud, grass watermen for the work was a good
and too many sea grapes to count. idea. “Those guys at VIMS are very
Inside, flat on its back, white belly smart, but they don’t know the
gleaming in the sun, is a tiny dead water like we do.”
blue crab. Hogge was chosen for the job
The trap once was sturdy chick- after state officials entered his
en wire coated by vinyl, but now it winter dredging license in a lot-
is a dilapidated animal trap, jail- tery. He was issued a new, $2,500
ing creatures until they perish. side-scan imaging sonar for his
New pots come with a buoy that 51-year-old boat and paid $300
floats to the surface and marks a per day and fuel costs for up to 50
trap’s place in the water. But boats days. He and his wife spend six
often snag the ropes, and storms hours on the water, usually start-
may roll the trap, wrapping the ing at 7 a.m., when temperatures
tether around it and pulling the often are below 30 degrees on the
buoy under during the March-to- water.
November open crab fishery. Like most watermen, Hogge
“Some of them you can’t get,” would rather be crabbing, and he
Edward Hogge said. “They’re so wants the state to open the winter
old, they’ve been in the water so fishery.
long, they fall apart.” “It took our work, and there’s
Earlier in the day, the Hogges nothing for us to do,” he said.
pulled up traps with three dead or “Now they want to take this pro-
dying eels, a weakened oyster gram away. I have no education. I
toadfish and a dead croaker. quit school in the fifth grade. I was
“Last year, we caught a lot of married by the time I was 17. I’ve
them,” Cheryl Hogge said of ghost got to do something.”
pots. “I think we caught, like, 348 As he steered the boat back,
or something, right up at the top Hogge had an admission about
of the most caught.” the winter dredge harvest, which
Virginia is trying to create a involves raking up crabs that have
more animal-friendly pot. It buried themselves in the bay bot-
would have a portal made of a tom to shelter from the cold. “That
plant-based polymer that dis- dredge is heavy when it comes
solves if left in water for a year or down. When I drag it, I catch
more, allowing animals to escape about three bushels of crabs. But I
forgotten pots. also kill three bushels. If it doesn’t
The loss of the Chesapeake get all the crab, it gets part of it.”
Bay’s most recognized seafood is Earlier, as he loaded a ghost pot
detrimental to more than just the onto his boat, Hogge had another
crab. Restaurants, retailers and admission. Most watermen are
customers pay more for crabs, and honest workers, he said, but “this
watermen, who rely on the crea- Maryland and Virginia “to assist fishery.” In other words, taxpayers was thrown overboard deliberate-
tures for income, suffer too. those economically hurt by the would help watermen put food on ly. A lot of them don’t care. That’s
In 2007, the federal govern- commercial fishery failure, and to the table and scientists to resur- just the way some people are.”
ment allocated $15 million to support the restoration of the rect the crab. fearsd@washpost.com
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Campaign 2012
In Iowa, GOP candidates make final push before vote
Santorum courts
conservatives; Romney
plays up fiscal expertise
BY N IA- M ALIKA H ENDERSON
des moines — Seeking to press
their advantages and differenti-
ate themselves, the Republican
candidates for president flooded
the Iowa airwaves Sunday and
stepped up their ground games in
the final push before decision day.
Some went to church, others
were on buses and at least one —
Rep. Ron Paul — was somewhere
else entirely, ringing in the new
year back in his home state of
Texas.
Rick Santorum, buoyed by a
Des Moines Register poll that
showed him among the top three
contenders, sought to distinguish
himself as the only “full spectrum
conservative” in the race; it was
an effort to ding Mitt Romney
and appeal to social conserva-
tives, who could be the decisive
voting bloc should they coalesce
around a single candidate.
“My surge is going to come on
January 3 after the people of Iowa
do what they do, which is actually
analyze the candidates, figure out
where their positions are, find out
who’s the right leader, who’s got
what it takes to defeat Barack
Obama and to lead this country,”
the former U.S. senator from
Pennsylvania said in an interview
on “Meet the Press.” “We’ve got a
great grass-roots organization.
. . . They are committed to mak-
ing sure that this isn't a pyrrhic
victory.”
Santorum sought to paint
Romney, whose essential argu-
ment for support is his electabili-
ty, as a moderate who can’t be
trusted to push a conservative
agenda.
But Santorum had to answer
questions about his 2008 en-
dorsement of the former Massa-
chusetts governor and about
Republicans’ ‘book’ on Obama
contrasts promises with results
strategy from A1
The new GOP playbook is de-
signed to take one of Obama’s
great assets — the power of his
oratory — and turn it into a
liability. It details hundreds of
potential targets, partially a re-
sult of a president who Republi-
can strategists say is unusually
prone to making detailed promis-
es.
A 2009 Obama statement that
his stimulus bill would lift 2 mil-
lion Americans out of poverty, for
example, is paired against census
data showing that more than
6 million Americans have fallen
into poverty since he took office.
A pledge that an administration
housing plan would “help be-
tween 7 and 9 million families
restructure or refinance their
mortgages” is paired against
news reports showing the gov-
ernment spent far less than
promised and aided fewer than
2 million.
And his 2008 Democratic nom-
ination acceptance speech vow
that a green jobs initiative would
create 5 million jobs is matched
up against news reports from this
year depicting lackluster results
and headlines about Solyndra,
the failed maker of solar panels
that received hundreds of mil-
lions in federal loan guarantees.
One Obama quote will be fea-
tured prominently: In 2009 he
said on NBC’s “Today” show that
if he could not fix the economy in
three years, “then there’s going to
be a one-term proposition.”
“That’s a clip the American
people will hear and see over and
over and over again throughout
the next year,” said Republican
National Committee Chairman
Reince Priebus. “The nice thing
about Barack Obama is that he’s
given us plenty of material. The
one thing he loves to do is give
speeches.”
A similar in-his-own-words
strategy has already been adopt-
ed by Obama’s campaign and the
Democratic National Committee
designed to portray GOP front-
runner Mitt Romney as a flip-
on washingtonpost.com
6 She the People
Today we introduce She the People, a women’s
blog anchored by political reporter Melinda
Henneberger, founder of Politics Daily and its
Woman Up blog.
EZ M2
Marilyn Izette Krocheski arrives at the West Towne Pub in Ames, Iowa, where she hoped to see Republican presidential candidate Newt
Gingrich. The former House speaker has broken from his pledge to run a positive campaign and on Sunday accused Mitt Romney of lying.
seeming to change his own views
on abortion based on political
calculus.
Santorum, who signed a pledge
opposing all types of abortion,
including in cases of rape and
incest, said passing that kind of
legislation is politically difficult.
“Today I would support laws that
would provide for those excep-
tions; but I’m not for them,” he
said. “Yes, I support laws that
provide those exceptions, be-
cause if we can get those passed,
then we need to do that.”
flopper.
A “Mitt vs. Mitt” online video,
showing Romney expressing op-
posing views on various issues
over time, gained considerable
attention and prompted a new
round of questions from primary
rivals and journalists about
whether Romney can be trusted.
With a campaign war chest
expected to total at least
$750 million, the Obama cam-
paign and the DNC are likely to
continue hammering Romney’s
shifting stances on hot-button
issues to portray him as lacking a
moral core.
At the same time, Obama’s
team is compiling data to defend
his record, such as a Congres-
sional Budget Office report show-
ing that the stimulus raised em-
ployment by millions of jobs and
testimony from economists that
the legislation helped end the
Great Recession. Democratic
strategists say voters are more
apt to see Romney as untrust-
worthy than to question the pres-
ident’s leadership.
“Four years ago on Iowa cau-
cus night, the president promised
to make health care affordable
and accessible for all Americans,
put a middle-class tax cut in the
pockets of working Americans,
start to free us from our depend-
ence on foreign oil and end the
war in Iraq — promises that have
been fulfilled,” said Obama
spokesman Ben LaBolt. “Com-
pare that to a candidate like Mitt
Romney, who has been on both
sides of every key issue and will
say anything to try to hide that he
was a corporate buyout specialist
who bankrupted companies and
fired workers and a governor
with the third-worst job-creation
record in the country.”
GOP officials are set to roll out
new attacks in the coming days,
starting Tuesday on caucus day in
Iowa with a new video showing
clips from Obama’s victory
speech there four years ago. The
RNC will buy TV ad time in select
battleground-state markets with-
in weeks.
Once a nominee is established,
She the People writers from across the country and
the political spectrum will offer news, analysis and
reported opinion, primarily on The Post’s Web site but
also in the print edition heading into the 2012 election
and beyond.
KLMNO
Romney, on a bus tour in Atlan-
tic, Iowa, reminded reporters of
Santorum’s 2008 endorsement
and pressed his case that he was
the best candidate to beat Presi-
dent Obama on the economy.
“Like Speaker Gingrich, Sena-
tor Santorum has spent his career
in government, in Washington,”
Romney said. “Nothing wrong
with that, but it’s a very different
background than I have. And I
think that the people of this
country recognize that with our
economy as the major issue we
the strategy book will then serve
as a turnkey battle plan as the
campaign and RNC staff begin
close coordination.
A Romney win should make
for an easy transition, as the
book’s primary author, Joe
Pounder, a 28-year-old specialist
in the political dark arts and the
RNC’s research director, is a for-
mer Romney campaign aide. And
Romney appears to already have
adopted the same approach —
often quoting Obama directly
and even visiting venues where
Obama spoke as a candidate or as
president.
Last summer, Romney spoke
at a now-shuttered Allentown,
Pa., metal works factory that
Obama had hailed a year earlier
before it closed as a symbol of his
economic success. The event was
accompanied by a video, called
“Obama Isn’t Working,” depicting
images of the visit coupled with a
year-after picture of the aban-
doned factory floor.
Last week, Romney spoke in
Davenport, Iowa, down the street
from the spot where Obama gave
one of his last pre-caucus cam-
paign speeches four years earlier.
“He closed with these words:
‘This is our moment. This is our
time,’ ” Romney said. “Well, Mr.
President, you have now had your
moment. We have seen the re-
sults. . . . You have failed to deliv-
er on the promises you made here
in Davenport.”
Several Republican strategists
said that striking the right tone in
attacking Obama will be tricky,
because many Americans, even if
they disapprove of his job per-
formance, still see the country’s
first black president as a historic
and admirable figure. Polls show
that most people like him person-
ally — making them more likely
to discount traditional attack
ads.
Still, party officials believe that
many independent voters —
more than eight in 10 of whom
think the country is on the wrong
track, according to a November
Washington Post-ABC News poll
— are ready to accept the premise
6 PostPolitics 2012
the Iowa caucuses, including photo
galleries and video of the action
from the Hawkeye State, go to
postpolitics.com.
face right now, that it would be
helpful to have someone who
understands the economy first-
hand, who spent the bulk of his
career working in the private
sector.”
With just hours left, the race
remains topsy-turvy, with nearly
half of voters saying that they
have yet to make up their minds.
The key questions are whether
social conservatives will rally
around a single candidate, as they
did for former Arkansas governor
Mike Huckabee in 2008, or con-
that Obama didn’t work out. Offi-
cials said they settled on the plan
to use the president’s own words
after examining private and pub-
lic polls showing that the ap-
proach resonated with swing vot-
ers nationally and in key battle-
grounds.
“Because the president re-
mains personally well liked, [the
GOP strategy] is a good way to
not have to swim against that
tide,” said Ed Gillespie, a former
RNC chairman who is in regular
contact with senior party offi-
cials. “It’s his own words.”
Similar conclusions emerged
from months of focus groups and
polling conducted by American
Crossroads, the pro-GOP group
that along with its affiliate, Cross-
roads GPS, expects to have raised
$240 million during the 2011-12
cycle. A recent ad by the group
featured a mom lying awake at
night recalling that she backed
Obama because he “spoke so
beautifully” and promised recov-
ery but now worrying that his
policies were costly and ineffec-
tive.
“We don’t bang voters upside
the head with an anti-Obama
message, but we appeal to their
sensibility that maybe they sup-
ported him in the past, and we
make it okay for them to not
support him now,” said Jonathan
Collegio, a Crossroads spokes-
man.
The RNC’s Obama book re-
flects a number of technology
developments since the last cam-
paign, such as video archives that
are searchable by keyword. It has
For the latest updates from
ANDREW BURTON/GETTY IMAGES
tinue to be splintered among sev-
eral. There is also the possibility
that they accept Romney’s elect-
ability argument and rally
around him.
Santorum, in his ground cam-
paign, has argued that he should
be the candidate of social con-
servatives and that they should
not just “settle” for Romney. And
evangelicals, not yet sold on Rom-
ney, could decide to send a mes-
sage Tuesday that they still mat-
ter and that the eventual nominee
must take them seriously.
CHARLIE RIEDEL/ASSOCIATED PRESS
been collected in part by a team
of staff members and interns who
spend each day in a windowless
room on the RNC’s ground floor,
staring at a dozen flat-screen TVs
and monitoring the Web.
In the past, opposition re-
search books took the form of
three-ring binders. Many of those
binders, dating to the 1976 race
against President Jimmy Carter
and spanning to the admittedly
thin 2008 text on Obama, now sit
on a bookshelf in the office of
Pounder, the RNC research chief
writing the 2012 book. This time,
the document will exist only on-
line, complete with links to vid-
eos, government reports, tran-
scripts and other background
material.
The new book contains more
than a dozen chapters, including
a 73-page section titled “The
Obama Economy,” and has sepa-
rate chapters logging local-level
campaign promises delivered
during stops in places such as
Cleveland, Denver and Scranton,
Pa.
When Obama heads out on the
campaign trail, officials will use
the newly compiled quotes and
data to put in place a full-scale
mobilization, including videos,
op-eds in local papers, calls with
local media outlets and appear-
ances by local GOP supporters,
all designed to highlight the pres-
ident’s past statements in each
locale, said Sean Spicer, the
RNC’s spokesman. Promises re-
lating to the Hispanic community
will be fed to Hispanic bloggers
and media.
IN STYLE
Taking a back seat
Four years ago, Republican
candidate Mitt Romney’s five sons hit
the campaign trail hard; they are
keeping a lower profile this time
around — for the most part. C1
MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
Former House speaker Newt
Gingrich, battered by an on-
slaught of negative ads and some-
what hampered by his pledge to
run a positive campaign, started
his Sunday with Mass at St. Am-
brose Cathedral, where Des
Moines Bishop Richard E. Pates
referenced the nasty campaign
rhetoric flooding the airwaves.
After the service, Gingrich took
a swipe at Romney, breaking
sharply from his pledge.
Gingrich told reporters that
Romney “would buy the election
if he could” and accused Romney
of lying. “Someone who will lie to
you to get to be president,” Gin-
grich said, “will lie to you when
they are president.” The former
speaker also signaled that he in-
tended to go negative on Romney
with new ads in New Hampshire.
Paul skipped out on the action
over the weekend, preferring to
spend time in Texas. He makes his
final rounds Monday in a series of
events with Sen. Rand Paul
(R-Ky.), his son, who is becoming
a familiar face to Iowa voters and
remains a tea party standard-
bearer.
The 12-term congressman,
who is in a virtual tie with Santo-
rum and Romney in Iowa, sat for
three Sunday show interviews.
He has largely ducked news me-
dia questions on the trail as he
has rallied hundreds of support-
ers with an antiwar message.
Dogged by questions about
racist and anti-Semitic newslet-
ters that were published in his
name, Paul admitted to one flaw,
saying his management style is
substandard.
Asked to predict where he’ll
stand Tuesday after the votes are
tallied, Paul was his usual anti-
politician self.
“I have no idea what’s going to
happen. I may come in first, I may
come in second,” he said. “I doubt
I’ll come in third or fourth.”
hendersonn@washpost.com
Staff writers Amy Gardner and Philip
Rucker contributed to this report.
Republican voters
are still preparing
to choose a
candidate from
among their
crowded field,
which includes
Rep. Michele
Bachmann of
Minnesota;
the winner will
step in with the
Obama “book”
ready to be used.
“He made so many promises in
so many places,” Spicer said. “The
goal is whenever he does an
interview in Scranton, Columbus,
Ames, Cleveland or wherever,
that every local reporter, blogger
and concerned citizen says, ‘Hey,
we’re armed here with informa-
tion about the last time you were
here, and we want you to answer
to yourself.’ ”
The strategy can be seen in
several Internet ads produced by
the party in recent weeks.
A video titled “Failed Promis-
es: Scranton” was released in
November to coincide with an
Obama visit to the northeastern
Pennsylvania city. It shows
Obama speaking about jobs and
the economy, his face depicted
through shattered windows of an
abandoned factory as job-loss
stats flash across the screen.
Another RNC ad, “It’s Been
Three Years,” shows Obama as a
candidate saying the “real ques-
tion” is whether Americans
would be better off in four years.
Then it shows a clip from an
October ABC interview when he
tells George Stephanopoulos that
“I don’t think they’re better off
than they were four years ago.”
The spot ends with Obama the
2008 candidate drawing roaring
applause when he proclaims:
“This country can’t take four
more years of the same failed
policies. It’s time to try some-
thing new.”
wallstenp@washpost.com
Polling analyst Scott Clement
contributed to this report.
THE SCHEDULE
The first 5 GOP votes
Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses
Jan. 10 New Hampshire primary
Jan. 21 South Carolina primary
Jan. 31 Florida primary
Feb. 4 Nevada caucuses
MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
For Romney, Paul leaves rosy outlooks to his opponents
a ‘big hill to climb’
with conservatives
Advice for GOP hopeful
includes choosing
a solid running mate
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AND R OSALIND S .
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marshalltown, iowa — Los-
ing hope that their Iowa brethren
will coalesce around a suitably
like-minded candidate in Tues-
day’s Republican caucuses, na-
tional conservative leaders are
beginning to accept the increas-
ingly likely prospect of a Mitt
Romney nomination, and how
and whether they can live with
that.
“The answer to that, to a large
extent, totally rests with Rom-
ney,” said Richard A. Viguerie, a
direct-mail pioneer and longtime
leader of the conservative move-
ment. “The first half-dozen
moves are his. We’re just tired of
supporting the Republican estab-
lishment candidates and getting
nothing but lip service in return.
Those days are over with.”
Viguerie said his hope is that if
Romney wins the nomination, he
makes a strong effort to win over
conservatives, and the most criti-
cal step he can take is to select an
appealing running mate.
“Romney’s got a big hill to
climb to get conservatives enthu-
siastically on board,” he said. “I
don’t know if he is capable of
doing that. He needs tens of
thousands of conservatives and
tea parties and bloggers and or-
ganizations singing that song.”
The dismay among conserva-
tives about Iowa rests largely on
the reality that, despite their
overwhelming majority among
Republican caucusgoers, they
have split their support among
five candidates: Rep. Ron Paul of
Texas, former senator Rick Santo-
rum of Pennsylvania, former
House speaker Newt Gingrich of
Georgia, Texas Gov. Rick Perry
and Rep. Michele Bachmann of
Minnesota.
Meanwhile, Romney, the for-
mer Massachusetts governor
whom they have resisted out of
concern that he is too moderate,
is in position to win the caucuses,
even though about three-quar-
ters of the vote will probably not
go to him.
The other candidates and their
supporters continued making the
case Sunday for voters to rally
around a single conservative to
block Romney’s nomination. But
to many, the prospects appeared
dim.
Pastor Dan Berry of the Cor-
nerstone Family Church in Des
Moines said after services Sun-
day that several candidates ap-
peal to conservative Christians —
and a number had sought his
endorsement. He declined, he
said, in part because so many of
the candidates are appealing —
including Romney.
The splintering is in sharp
contrast with 2008, when former
Arkansas governor Mike Hucka-
bee rallied conservative voters to
win the caucuses.
“Four years ago, people had
their minds made up early,” Berry
said. “It was easy for a lot of the
Christian conservatives to make
their decision earlier. That’s not
the way it’s happening this time;
with all the ups and downs, it’s
been harder to choose. They all
have strengths. Most people
think the Christian conservative
is only concerned about the so-
cial part of it. We’re all concerned
about life and marriage, but also
the economy.”
Santorum compared the dif-
ference between 2008 and this
year to ordering at his favorite
cheesesteak shop in Pennsylva-
nia. “You ever been to Geno’s in
Philadelphia?” he asked on the
trail last week. “How long does it
take you to order at Geno’s? You
know what they sell? Cheese-
steaks. That’s it. It’s pretty simple
to order. Go to a menu where
you’ve got three or four pages of
menu and it’s going to take you
longer to order. In 2008, you had
a Geno’s election. Mike was the
cheesesteak. . . . He was it.”
Gingrich, campaigning at a
sports pub in Marshalltown on
Sunday, said the potential for
conservatives to rally around one
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candidate does not end in Iowa.
“It’s pretty clear from the Des
Moines Register poll that con-
servatives who want real change
are going to get probably be-
tween 70 and 75 percent of the
vote, and the only moderate es-
tablishment candidate is going to
get about 20 or 25 percent of the
vote despite massive spending
for two consecutive races,” Gin-
grich said. “And I think that’s
going to set the stage for the
whole rest of the campaign.”
He added: “It’s going to be
overwhelming that the conserva-
tive base of the party is still there,
and that Governor Romney re-
mains a Massachusetts moderate
and has not broken out despite
spending millions of dollars. As
we go on to New Hampshire,
South Carolina, Florida and be-
yond, those numbers will ulti-
mately prove decisive in the
race.”
Campaigning on Sunday in
Atlantic, Iowa, Romney was
asked about his outreach to social
conservatives. He said that his
goal in Iowa is to be seen as the
candidate capable of winning,
which means building support
and organization in other states.
“It’s been important to me,” he
said, “to make sure that I have a
team and a capability to go the
full distance, to get the nomina-
tion and to have the people in
Iowa who caucused for me be
proud that they were on that
team from the very beginning.”
Some conservatives are less
certain that there is any chance of
stopping Romney after Iowa. One
national conservative leader,
who requested anonymity to
speak freely, said he and other
conservatives were in talks as
recently as the past month about
whether it was still possible to
draw in another candidate who
could consolidate the vote —
someone like Louisiana Gov. Bob-
by Jindal. But time is short for
that, the leader said. “You have a
number of people who are good
candidates, but none just leaps
out at you, so where do people
land?” he asked.
Several people interviewed at
Cornerstone Family Church on
Sunday said they were looking
for the candidate who best repre-
sented their Christian values.
Some said Romney wasn’t ideal,
but they could accept him as the
nominee if necessary to beat
President Obama.
“My gut feeling is it’s going to
end up being Romney. He won’t
be my first choice. Or my second
choice. But I’ll support him if it
comes to that,” said Mike Carolus,
59, a mechanic from Des Moines,
who said he’d prefer Perry or
Bachmann.
“The way I feel about this
election is, you can go down
through every single one of them,
and if you’re looking for Mr. or
Mrs. Perfect, you’re not going to
find it,” said Dan Brown, a trader
from Des Moines who said he’d
be willing to support the candi-
date he calls “the plastic man”
because of his background in
business. “My number one agen-
da is to get Obama out of there.
After that, I’ll look at the issues.”
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And then there are the sorts of
ominous predictions he made at
an evening rally here Wednes-
day: “There are certain events
that are coming that are going to
happen — they are going to be
very dangerous. They might
come in a day, a week or a year.”
Not exactly morning in Ameri-
ca.
Paul’s sky-is-falling message
goes against everything a suc-
cessful American politician is
supposed to do. In the land of
hope and change, where a little
malaise can undercut a cam-
paign, it is almost always the
sunniest candidate who suc-
ceeds.
But the Republican congress-
man from Texas is betting that
the usual optimism and laundry
list of promises — millions of
jobs, bringing people together,
changing the tone in Washington
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— is not what voters want to hear
this year. The latest Iowa polls, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas speaks Friday in Le Mars, Iowa. The GOP presidential candidate has found a
which show Paul in a virtual tie following among voters who see him as a truth teller, not someone who tells them what they want to hear.
for first place with Mitt Romney
ahead of Tuesday’s caucuses, sug- promises more and better jobs Paul says sanctions on Iran tion — but he makes no promises
gest that he has found an audi- (11 million, to be exact) and will lead to another useless and to directly improve people’s lives.
ence. invokes what he sees as a pre- costly foreign war. Mounting “All of a sudden, people are
“I want someone to give it to Obama heyday linked to Ronald debts and more bailouts will lead tired of the wars, they are tired of
me straight. We aren’t getting a Reagan. to the government printing more this economy, they are tired of
lot of fluff, and he isn’t offering us “I’m asking each of you to money, which will make the dol- the Federal Reserve, they are
a prize or a present or something remember how special it is to be lar worthless. The latest bill to tired of Congress spending a lot
to make us feel good,” said Tom an American,” Romney said in fund the Defense Department is of money, and they are looking
Icatar, 65, who saw Paul at a West Davenport on Tuesday. “That a slip into tyranny. for some change,” Paul said, sum-
Des Moines town hall. “I think America is still out there. We still “If we continue to do what we ming up the state of mind of his
he’s been consistent and honest. believe in that America. We still do, if we have runaway inflation, audiences. “And I am suggesting
He is giving people the bitter believe in that shining city on a everybody gets thrown out on the one significant change. Why
medicine they need to have.” hill. We still believe in the Ameri- streets, because the whole thing don’t we just follow the Constitu-
Jordan Sorensen, 23, of Adel, ca that brings out the best in all comes down on our head,” he tion?”
Iowa, said after an event in Perry of us, that challenges each of us said last week at a town hall at There is one radical change
that “we’ve heard the same old to be better and bigger than the Iowa Speedway in Newton, in Paul likes: the Internet.
political talk of promising this ourselves.” front of about 200 people. “Fortunately we’re able to get
and that. Ron Paul isn’t the most The speech later became the At another stop, he said: “If we some information out, and a lot
brilliant speaker, he isn’t great basis for a Romney ad called continue to [spend money over- of what we’ve done in our cam-
with rhetoric, but it’s refreshing “American Optimism.” seas], we will have an economic paign makes use of the Internet,”
for me to hear something that’s Paul offers little of this. His ads calamity, we will have runaway Paul said at a rally in Des Moines.
more truthful. He is realistic and rhetoric are filled with imag- inflation . . . we will have violence As might be expected, howev-
about what he is working with, es of destruction and decline. in the streets, and that will be er, Paul anticipates a problem or
and he is less full of it.” There are shuttered stores, dark very, very dangerous.” two on that front as well.
The fact that Paul is resonat- clouds, barking dogs, and federal Paul does offer a solution to “But also,” he went on to say,
ing with some voters is more department buildings lined up avoid all the calamity he sees — “there’s an attack on the Internet
reflective of the moment than the for destruction all set to to ur- lawmakers should just follow now.”
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Campaign 2012
Steve Bohn, center, executive vice president of Washington State Bank, helps serve chili during a Kiwanis Club fundraiser at a church in Washington, Iowa.
As candidates point to nation’s troubles,
this Washington gets by just fine
iowa from A1
so customers never have to walk in
the snow.
This is the place that officially
refers to itself in all marketing
materials as “Washington — Voted
One of the Best 100 Small Towns in
America Three Times!”
It is also a place where, day after
day, presidential candidates make
their case that the country is a
horrific mess.
‘Life is good’
When Iowa holds its first-in-the-
nation caucuses Tuesday, a major
campaignmomentwillunfoldhere,
in one of the most robust towns in
one of the country’s most robust
states.Itisanironicwayforthe2012
election to begin: Politicians come
here to talk about the problems of
someplace else. Lazar and his
friends in Washington can render a
crucialverdictonissuesfromwhich
they often feel disconnected.
“This is a nation in crisis,” Rick
Perry said at a campaign stop at
the local coffee shop last week.
“The Washington machine is
strangling our economy,” said a
local TV ad for Ron Paul.
“We’re seeing a war on our val-
ues,” Rick Santorum said on the
evening news.
“Life is good,” Lazar says again,
still at the bank, four days before
the caucuses. He is a lifelong Re-
publican who likes Mitt Romney
best, although he doesn’t like any
of them enough to participate in
the caucuses. He has no problems
in his life that require an election
to fix, and he believes politicians
rarely fix problems anyway. The
economy is stable in some early-
voting states such as Iowa and
New Hampshire, so for some vot-
ers like Lazar the calculus is differ-
ent. The population around the
town square in Washington is
growing, along with small busi-
nesses and the middle class.
Lazar is tall and stately in a dark
suit and crisp white shirt, with a
pen in his right pocket and the
bank logo pinned to his jacket. The
bank has yet to open for the day,
but already he has underwritten
loans for the farmer and for a
single father trying to put two
daughters through college. “Pretty
neat to be able to help,” he says.
“Pretty awesome.”
Another day in Washington is
off to a great start.
Life is good at his morning Ki-
wanis Club meeting, where he
stands for the Pledge of Allegiance
next to the sheriff, the dentist, the
hospital president and the mid-
dle-school principal — friends and
customers all. They sing “America
the Beautiful.” They solicit com-
munity-improvement donations,
even though donations already
have funded a weight room, a
fountain in the park and a munici-
pal bandstand. “Pass the hat for
Washington!” the club president
says, because they’d rather pitch
in a few twenties than raise taxes
EZ SU
TOP LEFT: The new $6 million public library in Washington, a rural town of 7,200 in eastern Iowa. TOP RIGHT: Wanda Zuehlke,
86, poses for a snapshot with Texas Gov. Rick Perry during the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign stop last week.
ABOVE: Members of the Kiwanis Club sing “America the Beautiful” to begin their meeting.
or rely on government to fix their
problems.
Life is good at home, a two-min-
ute drive from work, where he
goes on his lunch break to sit by
the fireplace and eat with his wife,
Sam. They turn on Fox News but
keep the TV on mute. “What could
they say that I really need to hear?”
Lazar says.
While politicians talk about a
country that is angry and divided,
Lazar reads self-improvement
books and eliminates the word
“wrong” from his vocabulary. “It’s
better to say, ‘I think you might be
mistaken,’ ” he says. While politi-
cians talk about a Washington
that is dizzying and unpredict-
able, his life is an exercise in rou-
tine: Married 35 years. At the bank
for 20. Vacations twice a year to
Jamaica. “It’s a Wonderful Life” on
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his TV every Christmas. Sunday
services at United Methodist
Church.
Success for bank, town
And life is especially good at the
community bank, where he closes
his office door in the afternoon to
look over the year-end financial
statements. “Pretty awesome
year,” he says, nodding. “Pretty
fortunate.”
The bank has been on a corner of
the square for 80 years, outlasting
chain banks that moved into town
and growing from six employees to
31. No year has been as good as
2011. Lazar’s year-end statement
shows a net profit of $2.7 million.
Local agriculture profits rose to
record highs, and housing prices
remained steady. Thriving farmers
paid back their loans ahead of
schedule. More than 98 percent of
customers stayed up to date on
their loan payments.
Lazar has given out $300,000 in
bonuses to his staff, doling out
$8,000 and sometimes more to
greeters and tellers without col-
lege degrees. Now, on the last af-
ternoon of the year, he wants to
verify dividend checks totaling
$1.5 million for the bank’s 430
shareholders, most of whom also
live in town.
While he works in his office,
bank customers continue to wave
from the lobby and invite them-
selves in to see him. One wants
$600 to cover Christmas presents;
another wants a loan for a mobile
home; another wants advice on
how much to ask for his house; a
retired couple want to chat and
maybe buy some stock.
PHOTOS BY BILL O’LEARY/THE WASHINGTON POST
“Life is good,” he says again and
again, inviting each customer to
sit across his desk. This is his
model of community banking. “If
you treat someone like a crook,
they will act like a crook,” he says.
“My job is to believe in people, to
treat them well, to help them and
then to get out of their way.”
That is what irks him so much
about government and politi-
cians: All they do is get in the way,
he thinks. There’s the Dodd-Frank
act, which will result in a few
hundred more banking rules and
force him to hire another em-
ployee to sort through the mess.
There are the farming regulations
that make life complicated for lo-
cal hog producers. There’s the end-
less stack of paperwork and the
seven-day delays required to com-
plete a mortgage. There’s the new
MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
Views from Washington
The 2012 election is all about
Washington — what’s happening in
the nation’s capital, the frustration
people feel toward it, the way the
candidates campaign against it. But
Washington is a reflection of America
— the nation’s elected officials are
representatives, after all. So during
this election cycle, The Washington
Post will run an occasional series that
tells the story of Washington through
the many of dozens of Washingtons
across the United States. To see the
first story from this series, as well as
more photos from Iowa, visit
postpolitics.com.
law that requires bankers who
deal with mortgages to undergo
background checks and finger-
printing. “I pressed down one fin-
ger real hard,” Lazar says.
And now, in the heat of the
election, there are the incessant
presidential campaign calls to his
home that have forced him to dis-
connect the land line.
“I’m sick of it,” he says.
So rather than think about the
problems in Washington, D.C.,
and the rest of the country, he
focuses on the occasional problem
in his Washington. Late in the
afternoon, the owner of a local
tanning salon arrives at his office
in black sweats and a jacket, look-
ing frazzled. She calls him “Uncle
Keith” because he offered her fi-
nancial advice when she was
opening her shop on the square.
Now she explains that she is short
on her mortgage payment for a
rental property. Her renter moved
out with no notice and left without
paying.
“What can I do?” she asks. “I’m
in trouble.”
Lazar looks back at her and
considers his options. There are a
number of ways a banker can han-
dle defaults, and Lazar has tried
most of them. Early in his career,
when a customer lost his daughter
to cancer, started drinking too
much and defaulted on his farm-
ing loan, Lazar went to the proper-
ty with a sheriff and hauled away
25 cattle and 365 hogs. It took
about seven trips, and the farmer
watched from his porch and
threatened to go inside for a shot-
gun. Lazar saw him in his dreams
for weeks. “An ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure,” he decid-
ed then. Ever since, he has tried to
restructure loans and defer pay-
ments to help customers avoid
defaults.
Optimism. Trust. Kindness.
Those are the values in his Wash-
ington. Those are the tenants that
ensure life is good.
He looks across his desk at the
owner of the tanning salon. There
might be big problems elsewhere,
but this isn’t one. “Just skip the
payment this month and you’ll
make an extra payment at the end
of your loan,” he says.
“Can it be that easy?” she asks.
“It can be,” he says.
saslowe@washpost.com
MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
At the Circulo de Periodistas Deportivos School, Argentine students are taught the finer points of covering sports, from doing the play-
by-play for radio to writing news stories to televised color commentary. In Buenos Aires alone, there are about a dozen of these schools.
Not just standing on the sidelines
Specialty journalism schools train students to satisfy Argentines’ hunger for sports news
BY J UAN F ORERO
IN BUENOS AIRES
S
ome make the mistake of
calling Juan Carlos Ren-
nis’s school an academy, a
word he associates with
elitist institutions, blue
blazers and snooty attitudes.
“We’re a technical school,” Ren-
nis, the school’s rector for 17 years,
said with conviction. “We take
people and teach them to do a
job.”
Rennis, a wiry man with a
booming voice, wasn’t talking
about plumbing or cabinet-mak-
ing. But the job his 600 students
are training for is one he consid-
ers of equal practical value — and
far greater emotional significance
— to the country: reporting the
latest scores, trades, contract
talks, back-office negotiations
and other minutiae of the most
Argentine of passions, sports.
In metropolitan Buenos Aires
alone, there are about a dozen
institutions similar to the 51-year-
old Superior School of Sports
Journalism that Rennis runs.
Each year they churn out hun-
dreds of sportswriters, play-by-
play broadcasters, color commen-
tators, camera operators, Web de-
signers and sports analysts.
“I don’t know if there’s another
place in the world that has so
many of these schools,” said
MIDDLE EAST
Israeli, Palestinian
negotiators to meet
Israel and the Palestinians
said Sunday that their chief
peace negotiators will attend a
gathering of international diplo-
mats in neighboring Jordan this
week, bringing the sides togeth-
er for the first time in more than
a year.
Officials stressed that the
meeting will not be a formal ne-
gotiating session. Nonetheless, it
could mark an important step
toward restarting peace talks,
which broke down in September
2010.
“The upcoming meeting is
part of serious and continuous
efforts to reach a common
ground to resume the direct ne-
gotiations,” said Jordanian For-
eign Ministry spokesman Mo-
hammed Kayed.
He said Jordan’s foreign min-
ister, Nasser Judeh, would host
the meeting of Israeli and Pales-
tinian representatives with
teams from the international
Quartet of Mideast mediators.
The Quartet, consisting of the
United States, the European
Union, Russia and the United
Nations, has repeatedly tried to
restart negotiations, aiming for a
final agreement this year.
In Washington, Secretary of
State Hillary Rodham Clinton
welcomed the move. “We are
hopeful that this direct exchange
can help move us forward on the
pathway proposed by the Quar-
tet,” she said in a statement.
— Associated Press
EGYPT
Official defends raids
on democracy groups
A top Egyptian official respon-
Roberto Bermudez, a teacher at
the Superior School.
In some ways, it’s easy to see
why the “colegios deportivos,” or
sports schools, thrive here, replac-
ing university journalism depart-
ments for anyone who dreams of
covering sports, particularly soc-
cer, or futbol, as it is known. The
country is sports-mad.
Take Buenos Aires: Although
big U.S. metropolitan areas —
New York, say, or Chicago — may
boast of two football teams and
two baseball clubs, the Argentine
capital and its suburbs have a
dozen first division soccer clubs,
each with its own stadium.
That means fans, lots of them,
who require clear reporting on
the latest twist in a complex
schedule of matches and champi-
onships that even an aficionado
can have trouble keeping straight.
And it’s not just the games. The
machinations of Argentine soc-
cer’s scandal-plagued governing
body, the Argentine Football Fed-
eration, provide constant fodder
for sports radio and TV and the
front page of the city’s newspa-
pers.
“Yes, the passion for soccer in
Argentina is exaggerated,” said
Miguel Angel Vicente, sports edi-
tor at the country’s biggest paper,
Clarin. “It occupies a space that it
shouldn’t. But this is the way we
are, and hopefully one day, we’ll
sible for overseeing civil society
groups on Sunday defended
sweeps through the offices of 10
human rights and pro-democra-
cy organizations, rejecting de-
nunciations from the United
States, the United Nations and
Germany.
It was the first comment from
the Egyptian government since
the sweeps Thursday that target-
ed, among others, U.S.-based
groups invited to observe Egypt’s
months-long election process.
Reports of heavily armed po-
lice and soldiers storming into
offices, sealing the doors, rifling
through files and confiscating
computers set off a wave of in-
ternational protest against
Egypt’s rulers.
International Cooperation
Minister Faiza Aboul Naga de-
fended the operation as a legiti-
mate investigation into organi-
zations suspected of operating
without permits and receiving
“political funding” against the
law.
Aboul Naga pointed to repeat-
ed complaints from the judiciary
and the ruling military about
civil society groups acceptng for-
eign funds to promote protests
and instability and “influence
public opinion in non-peaceful
ways.” She said the order to in-
vestigate the groups came from
independent judges.
— Associated Press
Opposition accuses Yemeni
president of provoking violence:
Yemen’s opposition on Sunday
accused outgoing President Ali
Abdullah Saleh of trying to tor-
pedo a power transfer deal by
sparking a new crisis, as troops
loyal to him clashed with opposi-
tion forces, killing three. The vio-
lence was evidence that the pres-
ident’s signature on a power
transfer deal has not ended
months of turmoil that have ben-
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THE WORLD
change and lower our tempera-
ture for this.”
Aside from mainstream media,
the soccer teams themselves — at
least those in the first division —
each have two or more affiliated
radio stations and Web sites pro-
viding blanket coverage. Many of
those who work there refined
their vocation at the sports
schools.
Among the recent graduates of
the Superior School is Adrian
Michelena, 22, who is held up as
the latest success story. Upon get-
ting his diploma, he found him-
self overseas, covering the Argen-
tina rugby team’s international
matches for Clarin.
“The preparation they give you
is really precise,” Michelena said
of his training. “The rules, the
techniques, the tactics and also
the strategy. They teach you to
know each one of the sports, the
most minuscule of details.”
Although the focus is soccer, all
sports that Argentines follow are
given attention: basketball, polo,
rugby, horse racing, volleyball.
Rennis said 22 sports are covered
in 18 different classes.
“Nine of 10 graduates will work
in soccer,” he said. “But maybe
10 percent can make a niche cov-
ering something else. What if
some editor says, ‘Okay, who can
go cover the South American boc-
ce championship?’ ”
DIGEST
efited al-Qaida-linked militants.
The clashes on Sunday followed
Saleh’s decision not to leave the
country.
Chinese rights activist held in
remote prison: Chinese authori-
ties have jailed prominent law-
yer and outspoken government
critic Gao Zhisheng in a remote
prison in the far western Xinji-
ang region, his brother said Sun-
day. The whereabouts of Gao,
who earlier said he had been
kidnapped and tortured by Chi-
nese authorities, had been un-
known for 20 months until state
media reported last month he
was being sent back to prison for
three years for violating his pro-
bation. His brother, Gao Zhiyi,
said he finally received an offi-
cial notice of the court’s decision
by mail on Sunday. He said the
document stated that his brother
is being held in the Shaya Coun-
ty Prison in Xinjiang.
Arab Parliament calls for moni-
tors to leave Syria: A pan-Arab
body called Sunday for the im-
mediate withdrawal of the Arab
League monitors in Syria be-
cause President Bashar al-
Assad’s regime has kept up kill-
ings of government opponents
even in the presence of the ob-
servers. The 88-member Arab
Parliament said that Arabs are
angered by the Syrian regime’s
ongoing killings while the nearly
100 monitors are in the country.
The monitors are supposed to be
ensuring Syria complies with
terms of the league’s plan to end
the nine-month-old crackdown
on dissent. But the Kuwaiti head
of the Arab Parliament, Ali Sa-
lem al-Deqbasi, said the pres-
ence of the monitors is distract-
ing from the “flagrant viola-
tions” committed by Assad’s re-
gime.
— From news services
SILVINA FRYDLEWSKY FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
The school’s administrators
point out that the curriculum
goes well beyond games and jocks
and scores. There are also classes
in philosophy, linguistics and lan-
guages to round out the students
during the three years, on aver-
age, they will spend at the school.
“This school has a program
that’s very broad, very humanis-
tic,” Bermudez said.
Still, on a recent night, most of
the chatter in the classrooms was
soccer-related.
Bermudez taught his class how
to analyze a game on live televi-
sion. In a packed basement class-
room, Juan Pablo Peralta, a
32-year-old teacher, alumnus and
member of a third-division soccer
team, expounded on the intrica-
cies of tactics. Next door, another
group of students were putting on
a mock radio show, highlighting
scores and trades.
Paulo Stepper’s turn as mock
host was clumsy, his teacher
pointed out to him afterward. But
Stepper, 25, was undaunted. He
explained that he had been a
bored accounting student before
transferring to the sports school.
He now dreams of one day re-
counting the day’s games for read-
ers of a major newspaper.
“This is hard, yes,” he said. “But
with practice, you can get over
your fears and surprise yourself.”
foreroj@washpost.com
EZ SU
North Korea vows
push for prosperity
in the new year
ANNUAL MESSAGE
SPELLS OUT GOALS
Citizens are urged
to support new leader
BY C HICO H ARLAN
beijing — North Korea on Sun-
day vowed an “all-out drive”
toward economic prosperity, set-
ting a vision for a nation with
fewer food shortages, a stronger
military and a people who de-
fend their new supreme leader
with their lives.
“The whole Party, the entire
army and all the people should
possess a firm conviction that
they will become human bul-
warks and human shields in
defending Kim Jong Eun unto
death,” said an editorial carried
in the country’s three major
state-run publications.
North Korea uses its annual
New Year’s editorial to set the
agenda for the nation, and out-
side analysts describe it as a fiery
keynote. This year’s message pro-
vided a window into the coun-
try’s policymaking — and its
many challenges — after the
death of Kim Jong Il, who left
behind a failing nuclear-armed
nation led by an inexperienced
hereditary successor.
The editorial, outside experts
said, tried both to push for
economic growth and build sup-
port for the young leader, who is
thought to be in his late 20s. The
editorial made it clear that Kim
Jong Eun would follow Kim Jong
Il’s plan to build a prosperous
nation, and it described the suc-
cessor as a perfect duplicate of
his father. Kim Jong Eun’s legiti-
macy, experts say, depends on
that link, especially as he tries to
build support among older party
and military elites. But his coun-
try also faces problems — nota-
bly, chronic food shortages and
human rights abuses — that his
father and grandfather either
failed to or neglected to address.
“It is the steadfast determina-
tion of our Party that it will make
no slightest vacillation and con-
cession in implementing the in-
structions and policies [Kim
Jong Il] had laid out in his
lifetime,” the editorial said.
After 63 years of rule by the
Kim family, North Korea has
among the world’s lowest living
standards, its people confined in
a secretive police state. But
North Korea has long tabbed
2012 — the 100th anniversary of
GUILLERMO LEGARIA/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VIA GETTY IMAGES
A9
founder Kim Il Sung’s birth — as
a year for massive development
and emergence as a “strong and
prosperous” first-world state.
The Sunday editorial described
2012 as a “major, important occa-
sion for displaying the might of
Korea.”
The editorial made a rare
mention of the country’s “burn-
ing” food problem, but it out-
lined only vague steps for a
solution, calling on “loyalty to
the revolution” and a radical
increase in crop yield.
Before Kim Jong Il’s death on
Dec. 17, North Korea was close to
a deal in which it would have
received 240,000 tons of food aid
from the United States in ex-
change for a possible suspension
of its uranium enrichment pro-
gram. But those arrangements
are on hold as neighboring gov-
ernments draw up plans to deal
with Pyongyang’s new leader-
ship. The State Department’s top
Asia diplomat, Kurt Campbell,
will visit Beijing, Seoul and Ja-
pan this week.
North Korea’s Sunday editori-
al included almost none of its
typical criticism of Washington,
though several times it men-
tioned the imperialist threat that
surrounded it. The country also
described “U.S. aggressor forces”
as the main obstacle to peace on
the Korean Peninsula. But it gave
no mention of its nuclear weap-
ons program — a sign, experts
said, that the country might be
open to further talks.
“Before Kim Jong Il died,
North Korea started to have that
dialogue, and they were willing
to accept the U.S.’s nutritional
aid,” said Ryoo Kihl-jae, a profes-
sor at Seoul’s University of North
Korean Studies. “So it was very
natural for North Korea not to
denounce the U.S. in this editori-
al. It’s a sign that they are still
willing for dialogue in the fu-
ture.”
harlanc@washpost.com
“All the people should
possess a firm conviction
that they will become
human bulwarks and
human shields in
defending Kim Jong Eun
unto death.”
North Korea’s New Year’s editorial
COLOMBIA
Gustavo Petro, the
new mayor of Bogota,
was joined onstage
during his inaugural
speech by his young
daughter, Antonella.
Petro, who as a young
man was a fighter in
the left-wing M-19
movement before
going into politics, is
the first former
guerrilla to win such a
high-ranking office in
Colombia.
A10 The World
In India, a spike in drug trials
fuels controversy over consent
Thousands have died
since rules were eased;
activists plan lawsuits
BY R AMA L AKSHMI
khandwa, india — Two months
after he lost his wife to Alzheim-
er’s disease, 80-year-old Sharad
Geete made a shocking discovery.
The free drugs his wife, Sheela,
had been receiving for two years
before she died were part of a
clinical trial.
“The doctor told us that the
medicines will be given free and
that they were going to be
launched soon by a foreign com-
pany. Not once did he say it was
an experiment or a trial. If I knew,
would I have taken the risk?”
asked Geete, sitting in his home
in Khandwa, a small town in the
central Indian state of Madhya
Pradesh.
Since India eased guidelines
for conducting drug trials in
2005, the number of Indians par-
ticipating has shot up to 150,000
from close to zero, as internation-
al drug companies take advan-
tage of lower costs here. But
questions about the consent proc-
ess have fueled fears that many
Indians are entering the trials
without knowing the risks.
A Madhya Pradesh state gov-
ernment probe found that six
doctors had violated ethical stan-
dards in gaining patients’ consent
for participation in drug trials
and did not compensate those
who suffered adverse side effects
in 76 drug trials on 3,300 patients
since 2006, according to results
released last June.
In the wake of the recent con-
troversies, the Indian Council for
Medical Research invited public
feedback on draft guidelines
about compensation for injuries
that occur during clinical re-
search.
The consent form that Geete
signed said the medicines were
part of a study. “I was so stressed
about my wife’s health, I said
okay, okay to everything and
signed on the form. We never
questioned the doctor, we trusted
him blindly,” Geete said about his
U.S. wary
of Iran’s
inroads
in region
iran from A1
“No one dares attack Iran,” Ah-
madinejad said in the interview.
With its latest outreach, Iran
appears to be seeking to woo back
Latin American countries that
have grown wary of doing busi-
ness with Tehran. Iran’s closest
ally in the region, Venezuela, had
its largest petroleum company hit
with U.S. sanctions last year over
its ties with Iran. Smaller coun-
tries such as Nicaragua and Boliv-
ia have seen little of the millions of
dollars in aid promised by Iranian
officials over the past decade.
But with Western nations
threatening to boycott Iranian oil,
the country’s leaders are scram-
bling to find willing foreign part-
ners who can soften the blow of
sanctions and provide diplomatic
cover for Iran’s nuclear ambitions,
current and former U.S. officials
say.
“Iran has been actively working
for years to expand its ties and
influence in the Western Hemi-
sphere, and it has found willing
partners in the region’s anti-
American despots,” said Rep. Ilea-
na Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), chair-
man of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee.
Ros-Lehtinen said she was dis-
turbed by Ahmadinejad’s plans
for what she called a “tour of
tyrants,” saying it would bring
“the Iranian threat closer to our
shores.”
The visit is expected to include
Venezuela, Ecuador, Cuba and Ni-
caragua, where the Iranian presi-
dent will be a guest at the inaugu-
ration of newly reelected leader
Daniel Ortega.
Yet Iran’s efforts in the region
also have yielded disappoint-
ments. Its Latin American part-
ners do far more business with the
United States and other Western
nations than with Iran, and most
have been reluctant to fully back
the Islamic republic in disputes
over sanctions or curbs on Iran’s
nuclear program.
Some would-be allies also have
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wife, who was a singer. “She
became bedridden and stopped
speaking or hearing us. She be-
came a vegetable.”
Across India, 1,700 people who
participated in clinical drug trials
died between 2007 and 2010, the
government’s drug regulatory
agency said, although no autop-
sies were carried out to deter-
mine the causes of the deaths. In
2010, 22 families of the dead were
compensated by U.S. and Euro-
pean drug companies, ranging
from $2,000 to $20,000.
Clinical drug trials in 2010
generated business worth
$300 million in India, according
to the Confederation of Indian
Industry. Conducting drug trials
here saves the companies almost
40 percent of the total cost of
drug development because
health-care professionals are
cheaper and liability is not very
high, analysts said. The large pool
of patients with diverse illnesses
and doctors who speak English
also make it an attractive destina-
tion for outsourcing trials.
“India is emerging as a hub for
drug trials, and Indian patients
are like guinea pigs,” said C.M.
Gulhati, editor of the Monthly
Index of Medical Specialities
journal.
“The ethical review panels are
bogus,” he said in an interview.
“The drug control authority ap-
proves almost all the trial applica-
tions without rigorous scrutiny.
And poor, unsuspecting patients
get duped, while doctors and
hospitals earn money.”
In the central Indian city of
Indore that Geete and his wife
visited for treatment of Alzheim-
er’s, patients participated in trials
for Indian subsidiaries of compa-
nies including Novartis, Pfizer,
Merck, Glaxo SmithKline and
Boehringer Ingelheim, according
to documents retrieved by activ-
ists using the right-to-informa-
tion law. U.S. drug companies
have conducted trials for Parkin-
son’s disease, seizures, eye infec-
tion, and heart and gastric ill-
nesses.
“A handful of doctors had
turned it into a business on the
side. And most patients had no
idea what was going on,” said
Anand Rai, a doctor at the gov-
When Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is sworn in for another term in office this month, he will have
a special guest: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, scheduled to visit Nicaragua.
been disappointed when Iran
failed to deliver on promised de-
velopment projects and joint ven-
tures, such a proposed $350 mil-
lion deep-water port for Nicara-
gua.
A report released in November
by the Center for Strategic and
International Studies, a Washing-
ton think tank, questioned wheth-
er Iran ever could succeed at
building an effective support net-
work in the region, even if it man-
aged to make good on its grandi-
ose commitments.
“While Iran’s overtures to pe-
ripheral states have the potential
to weaken U.S. attempts to con-
tain and isolate Iran, Tehran’s web
is fragile and possibly illusory,” the
CSIS report said.
Iran’s ambitions in the region
date back at least two decades, and
Tehran was linked in the 1990s to
two bombings of Jewish centers,
including Argentina’s worst-ever
terrorist attack in 1994.
Relations between Iran and
Latin America began to warm
shortly after the 2005 election of
Ahmadinejad, who made the re-
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ernment-run M.Y. Hospital and a
whistleblower. “Many of the trials
were conducted on children,
mentally ill patients and illiterate
people.”
Rai said he retrieved forms
that showed thumb impressions
and were countersigned not by
independent witnesses but by
doctors. The Hindi form was one
page long, “with difficult words,”
Raid said, and the English forms
he retrieved were about 30 pages
long.
Last month, Rai said he re-
ceived an e-mail from the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration
office at the U.S. Embassy in New
Delhi seeking “specific informa-
tion on the clincial trials of con-
cern” that were conducted in
Madhya Pradesh.
A Merck spokesman said in an
e-mail that the company was
aware of the allegations but its
subsidiary MSD in India had pro-
vided information about their tri-
als to the Indian drug regulatory
agency, and “was not found liable
for any compensation” and no
deaths were reported in their
trials, which have been continu-
ing for five years.
A spokesman for Pfizer said
that the company canceled its
trial in Indore because proper
processes were not followed, and
that it has produced an audio
book in Indian languages that is
shared with staff and patients, to
educate participants about their
rights and responsibilities.
“People will think twice and
thrice before coming to a hospital
in Indore now because of this
scandal,” said Sharad Pandit,
chief medical health officer in
Indore.
But one doctor named in the
probe said that all the trials have
been ethical and legal, and that
the protocols were the same as
those followed in South Korea,
Malaysia and Thailand.
“The consent process is very
detailed, meticulous and stan-
dardized. Even less-educated and
illiterate patients understand the
nuances of blinding, control and
randomization,” said Apoorva
Puranik, a neurologist who said
he conducted trials on 40 pa-
tients on behalf of MSD, Pfizer
and Eisai, a Japanese drug com-
JUAN BARRETO/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VIA GETTY IMAGES
gion a diplomatic priority. Iran
has since opened six new missions
there — in Colombia, Nicaragua,
Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay and Bo-
livia — and has expanded embas-
sies in Cuba, Argentina, Brazil,
Mexico and Venezuela.
Former U.S. intelligence offi-
cials say the presence of Quds
Force officers and other military
personnel in diplomatic missions
enhances Iran’s ability to carry out
covert activities, sometimes in
conjunction with members of the
Iran-backed Hezbollah militant
group that operates extensive net-
works in Latin America and main-
tains ties with drug cartels. U.S.
officials say the Quds Force was
behind the alleged plot to hire
Mexican drug gangs to assassinate
a Saudi diplomat in Washington.
“For Iran to be so active in
Venezuela and for the Quds Force
to be there can only suggest Iran is
serious about asymmetrical force
projection into our neck of the
woods. If Israel bombs Iran, we
may well see retaliatory strikes
aimed at U.S. interests coming
from these Quds Force guys in
Sharad Geete, 80, with a photo of his wife, Sheela, a singer. After her
death last year, he said, he found out that the Alzheimer’s drug she
had taken for two years was given to her as part of a clinical trial.
pany.
The FDA has already approved
the new dosage of Eisai’s Donepe-
zil tablets for patients suffering
from Alzheimer’s disease, partly
based on the Indore trials, he
said. An FDA spokesman de-
clined to share any information
on the drug.
Questions about the consent
process arose last year in a dem-
onstration project of a vaccine for
sexually transmitted cervical can-
cer carried out by the Seattle-
based charity PATH International
and the southern Andhra
Pradesh state. Hundreds of young
school girls were vaccinated after
obtaining consent from their
teachers and dorm wardens, in-
stead of their parents. The immu-
nization card given to the girls
was in English instead of their
native language, activists said.
PATH International had said
the goal of the study was not to
assess the efficacy or safety of the
South America,” said Art Keller, a
former case officer with the CIA’s
counterproliferation division.
As diplomatic relations have
grown between Iran and Latin
America, trade has soared. Iran
recently surpassed Russia as the
biggest importer of beef from Bra-
zil, a country that saw its exports
to Iran surge seven-fold over the
past decade to an annual level of
$2.12 billion. Commerce with Ar-
gentina has climbed nearly as rap-
idly. Trade with Ecuador leaped
from $6 million to $168 million in
a single year, from 2007 to 2008.
Analysts argue that an expand-
ed foothold in Latin America also
could provide Iran with strategic
advantages in its protracted strug-
gle with Western powers. In Ven-
ezuela, where President Hugo
Chavez is an avowed supporter of
Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, Iran
has opened bank branches and
transportation companies that
U.S. officials say enable Iran to
circumvent sanctions.
One Iranian-owned bank drew
special scrutiny in a study com-
missioned by the Pentagon’s De-
RAMA LAKSHMI/THE WASHINGTON POST
vaccine but generate evidence to
introduce it into India’s immuni-
zation program. But an investiga-
tive report by Sama, a New Delhi-
based women’s health advocacy
group, said many young girls
suffered from acute stomach
aches, headaches and dizziness.
The government subsequently
stopped the study.
Last month in Indore, a gov-
ernment probe recommended
that doctors videotape the proc-
ess of securing consent, and put
up large signs on the hospital
walls that inform patients about
ongoing drug trials.
Meanwhile, health activists
across India are collecting signed
testimonials from hundreds of
drug-trial participants and their
families. “We will soon launch
legal claims” against drug com-
panies, said Amulya Nidhi, a
health activist with the Health
Rights Forum in Indore.
lakshmir@washpost.com
Iran reports fuel,
weapons advances
Claims follow U.S. move
to impose sanctions;
E.U. may follow suit
BY P ARISA H AFEZI
tehran — Iran announced a
nuclear fuel breakthrough and
test-fired a new radar-evading
medium-range missile in the Per-
sian Gulf on Sunday, moves that
could further antagonize the
West at a time when Tehran is
trying to avert stringent new
sanctions on its oil industry.
On Saturday, President Obama
signed a law imposing tougher
financial sanctions to penalize
Iran for a nuclear research pro-
gram that the West suspects is
aimed at developing nuclear
weapons.
The move could for the first
time hurt Tehran’s oil exports; the
European Union is due to consid-
er similar steps soon.
As tensions have risen, Iran
threatened last week to close the
Strait of Hormuz, a narrow gulf
shipping lane through which 40
percent of world oil flows, if sanc-
tions hit its oil exports.
At the same time, Iran signaled
on Saturday that it was ready to
resume stalled international
talks on its nuclear program. It
says the program is completely
peaceful, and, in what Iranian
media described as an engineer-
ing breakthrough, state television
said Iran had successfully pro-
duced and tested its own urani-
fense Threat Reduction Agency.
The study, released in May, de-
scribed Venezuela’s Banco Inter-
nacional de Desarrollo as an
“opaque” institution with an all-
Iranian board of trustees.
The bank, which is now under
U.S. sanctions for supporting ter-
rorist networks, operates with
only a single branch in Caracas
and appears immune from over-
sight by the country’s regulators,
according to the report’s author,
Douglas Farah, a senior fellow at
the International Assessment and
Strategy Center.
Such institutions “afford Iran
and its proxy elements state cover
MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
New year
gets off to a
shaky start
in Japan
Earthquake rattles
Tokyo; initial reports
mention no damage
BY C HICO H ARLAN
beijing — A forceful 6.8-magni-
tude earthquake hit off the coast
of southeastern Japan on Sunday,
rattling buildings in Tokyo and
jolting a nation still recovering
from last year’s mega-disaster.
But the earthquake caused lit-
tle apparent damage, with no
initial reports of damaged build-
ings or injuries. It prompted no
tsunami warning, and nuclear
plants across the nation reported
no irregularities.
The earthquake was centered
near Japan’s Izu Islands, about
307 miles south-southwest of To-
kyo, according to the U.S. Geolog-
ical Survey. The quake struck at a
depth of 217 miles; such a deep
jolt is less likely to cause damage
than one close to the surface.
For those in Tokyo, this was
among the biggest shakes since
the 9.0-magnitude earthquake
last March 11 that triggered Ja-
pan’s greatest crisis since World
War II. Books fell off shelves, and
buildings quivered.
Some roads were temporarily
closed, but the train system was
unaffected.
“Memorable start to New Year
— about to greet Emperor and
Empress for New Year when Im-
perial Palace began to shake,”
John Roos, the U.S. ambassador
to Japan, said in a message on
Twitter.
The March 11 earthquake,
which struck off the northeastern
coast, led to the deaths of more
than 20,000 and sparked a triple
meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-
ichi nuclear plant. Since that day,
Japan — whose islands stretch
along the world’s most seismical-
ly active region — has had at least
16 earthquakes or aftershocks of
magnitude 6.5 or higher.
harlanc@washpost.com
um fuel rods for use in its nuclear
power plants.
The rods were made in Iran
and inserted into the core of
Tehran’s nuclear research reactor,
the television reported.
Iran is trying to develop its own
nuclear fuel cycle to power reac-
tors without international help.
Western countries are skeptical of
some of Tehran’s engineering
claims but say they fear that Iran’s
enrichment of uranium to make
fuel could eventually lead to its
producing a weapon.
In what has become part of a
pattern of saber rattling in recent
weeks, Iran is finishing a 10-day
gulf naval exercise.
Deputy Navy Commander
Mahmoud Mousavi told the offi-
cial Islamic Republic News Agen-
cy that it had successfully test-
fired a medium-range surface-to-
air missile equipped with “the
latest sophisticated anti-radar
technologies.”
Iran has apparently delayed
pre-announced plans to test its
long-range missiles during the
drill, saying the weapons would
be launched in the next few days.
Its long-range missiles could hit
Israel or U.S. bases in the Middle
East.
The United States and Israel
say they have not ruled out mili-
tary action against Iran if diplo-
macy fails to resolve the dispute
over its nuclear program.
Western analysts say Iran
sometimes exaggerates its nu-
clear advances to try to gain lever-
age in its standoff with the West.
— Reuters
and effective immunity for its co-
vert activities,” Farah said in testi-
mony in July to the House Home-
land Security subcommittee on
counterterrorism and intelli-
gence.
Through them, Iran can
achieve such goals as “unfettered
access to global banking facilities,
ports and airports; mining of pre-
cursor elements for WMD and
advanced weapons systems fabri-
cation; and a regional base for
infiltration and contingency oper-
ations aimed at undermining the
United States and its interests,”
Farah said.
warrickj@washpost.com
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WASHINGTON BUSINESS
D.C. region enjoys revival in menswear THIS WEEK, JAN. 2

The year begins with a week

CUSTOM CLOTHING,
PERSONAL SERVICE
Retailers offering
boutique experience
BY D ANIELLE D OUGLAS
Chris Masters enjoys a well-
made suit. But recently he has
been looking for a place to buy
them other than frenzied depart-
ment stores where women’s
clothes dominate the sales floor.
That’s why Masters treks to the
appointment-only menswear
boutique Alton Lane in Dupont
Circle for custom ensembles.
Clients in the newly opened
third-floor showroom are escort-
ed into a fitting room to be mea-
sured by a body scanner that cap-
tures as many as 400 measure-
ments in 30 seconds. A stylist then
uses the reading to pencil in an
order for a form-fitted suit at a
starting price of $500. The high-
tech encounter scored points with
Masters, as did the men’s-club am-
biance, complete with flat-screen
TV and leather sofas.
“Women are not the only ones
that put extra care into their ap-
pearance,” said Masters, director
of marketing for a real estate firm
in Alexandria. “It’s nice to see
more stores recognizing that this
area is full of sophisticated men
that want to look good.”
Alton Lane, originally a New
York City boutique, opened its first
branch in Washington recently as
part of a resurgence in menswear
that has drawn new retailers to the
market, while spurring the expan-
sion of existing stores in the past
year.
Jack Spade brought its messen-
ger bags and crew-neck sweaters
to Georgetown in September, just
as HMX Group introduced the
Streets of Georgetown, featuring
an assortment of its brands such
as Hickey Freeman and Bobby
Jones. Brooks Brothers, mean-
while, turned on the lights at its
sixth location in the area about the
same time.
There are dozens of area de-
partment, specialty and discount
stores that carry men’s suits and
sportwear. But the new shops are
fueling a nascent movement in
local retail catering to men who
are interested in tailored suits and
custom jeans.
Guys across the country are
buying slacks, shirts and coats at a
pace that exceeds women. Sales of
U.S. menswear climbed 6.5 per-
cent to $53.7 billion through Octo-
ber, eclipsing the 1.5 percent gain
in women’s wear during the same
period, according to market re-
search firm NPD Group.
Men retreated from shopping
after the recession but are at a
point where they need to replen-
ish their wardrobes, said NPD re-
tail analyst Marshal Cohen. He
suspects that men are also keenly
aware of their appearance as they
try to keep or find employment.
“It’s no longer good enough to
look like you just rolled out of bed
and went to work,” Cohen said.
“Guys are dressing better to sepa-
rate themselves from the competi-
tion, which we haven’t seen in
decades.”
Responding to the trend, de-
signer Vera Wang is making a for-
ay into men’s formalwear, while
Isaac Mizrahi’s label is set to bring
out a collection of dress shirts and
neckties, analysts note.
Alton Lane has surpassed 3,000
customers and $3 million in sales
without advertising. The compa-
ny sources fabrics from 10 mills in
Europe and has the clothing made
by tailors in Southeast Asia. The
stores are tucked away on side
streets, rather than along fashion
rows such as Fifth Avenue or M
Street, and welcomes clients by
appointment only.
“The retail industry runs on
brand inflation — the $3,000 Pra-
da suit doesn’t cost close to that to
make, but they’re paying for the
Fifth Avenue address and ads,”
said Colin Hunter, a co-owner of
Alton Lane who met his partner,
Peyton Jenkins, while attending
the University of Virginia 12 years
ago. “There are ways to offer a
more honest pricing structure
that’s focused on a better shop-
ping experience for guys.”
The approach of Alton Lane
mirrors that of homegrown haber-
dashery Lost Boys on 31st Street in
Georgetown. Owner Kelly Muccio
created a space in 2008 where guys
can kick back in a leather recliner
and watch a little James Bond,
while her team pulls together an
entire wardrobe for $250 an hour.
This “style bar,” as she calls it,
has become so popular that Muc-
cio expanded her ground-floor op-
erations upstairs for the Black
Room, a members-only studio
that debuted on Black Friday.
Guests are treated to cocktails as
Muccio offers personal styling and
consultation starting at $600.
Muccio says her frequent cli-
ents include executives, govern-
ment officials and local celebri-
ties. She would not reveal names.
“Washington is a very impor-
tant market for retailers,” said
Robert Hensely, executive vice
president of store operations at
Jos. A. Bank of Hampstead, near
Baltimore. “The growth of collat-
eral industries associated with the
federal government, be it lobbying
or communications, works hand
in hand with our fashion.”
douglasd@washpost.com
packed with economic news.
Tuesday
The Institute for Supply Man-
agement releases its index of ac-
tivity in the nation’s factories in
December. Analysts are expecting
good news: They forecast that the
index will rise to 53.4, from 52.7 in
November, signaling more robust
growth in manufacturing output.
The Federal Reserve releases
minutes of its Dec. 13 policy meet-
ing, where the central bank’s pol-
icy committee decided to affirm
its low-interest-rate policies but
make no changes. The minutes
could prove more newsworthy
than the meeting. The Federal
Open Market Committee has
been discussing changes to how it
communicates about its goals
and expectations, and the min-
utes could reveal, or at least hint
at, any imminent changes. One
strong possibility would be for
the Fed to start announcing what
its members expect the future
course of interest rates to be.
Wednesday
Factory orders are expected to
have risen 2 percent in November,
following a dip in October.
Sales of cars and light trucks,
meanwhile, are expected to have
roughly held steady in December.
Analysts expect that light vehicles
were sold at a 13.5 million annual
rate last month, little changed
from 13.6 million in November.
Thursday
The ISM is back, with its index
of activity in the service sector.
The group’s non-manufacturing
Neil’s
Must Reads
The Council on Foreign
Relations asked five
thoughtful economists about
what overarching trends will
affect the economy in 2012.
Read their answers at the
council’s Web site. And what
is money, really, and is the
Fed really printing more of it?
Jon Hilsenrath addresses this
much-misunderstood
question on the Wall Street
Journal’s economics blog.
Find links at
washingtonpost.com/
mustreads.
index is expected to have risen,
with a boost to 53 in December
projected, from 52 in November.
The International Council of
Shopping Centers releases its re-
port on December sales at major
retail chains.
Friday
The December jobs report will
show whether the labor market
continued to improve last month.
Analysts think it did: They fore-
cast 150,000 net new jobs were
created, up from 120,000 added
in November. That would be con-
sistent with a decline in new
claims for jobless benefits in the
month. The unemployment rate,
however, is forecast to edge up to
8.7 percent from 8.6 percent, part-
ly reversing a steep November
decline.
— Neil Irwin

VALUE ADDED NEW AT THE TOP

Thomas Heath DAVID F. MELCHER EXELIS INC.

Building leadership from a legacy of service

Merkle turns data and analysis into profitable advice
My dad was part of that World

E
xecutives at Merkle, a
Columbia-based marketing
services company, blow off
steam racing dune buggies
across the Baja California
peninsula, climbing Mount
Rainier, bouncing along
Colorado River white water and
running with the bulls in
Pamplona, Spain.
I have written about sexier
companies than Merkle, which
— to put it simply — collects and
analyzes massive amounts of
data, then advises clients — from
Clorox to Disney — on how to
find new customers and keep
them happy.
There are no set hours for
Merkle’s 1,500 employees,
including the 419 who work
locally. You do the job, keep the
clients satisfied, and push the
envelope on what you can do for
them. Drive by the five-story
suburban headquarters any
weekend or weeknight, and
you’ll find a dozen cars in the
parking lot.
“We are a work-hard, play-
hard kind of company,” said
David Williams, the 48-year-old
chairman and chief executive.
“Merkle is not for everybody.”
Don’t talk to Merkle about
“work-life balance.”
“If some person is going to
miss a kid’s recital tonight
because they are taking care of a
client, [that] is a practical reality
at Merkle,” said the hard-
charging entrepreneur. “We are
willing to do what it takes to
take care of business. A lot of
people aren’t willing to work
that hard.”
One of the company’s mottos
is “business is personal.”
It isn’t easy to get hired. The
screening process includes
making a presentation before
three people, who then vote on
whether they want you.
The rewards are high. The
average Merkle salary is about
$90,000, and all employees get
health-care coverage. Every
quarter, the company awards a
handful of “dream grants,” from
$1,000 to $5,000, that allow a
person or small team to do
whatever they want, whether it’s
go to Boston for a Red Sox game
or climb down a cave in Belize.
“We really want hard
chargers,” said Williams.
The company grossed around
$300 million in 2011 and earns a
profit of about $50 million based
on a profit percentage in the
mid-teens. It also has little debt.
A recent investment of
$75 million by Technology
Crossover Ventures, a Silicon
Valley-based venture capital
firm, pegged Merkle’s worth at
$400 million. That means
Williams, who owns just shy of
half of the company, is a happy
man.
This is a focused bunch. And
like most corporate cultures,
Merkle’s starts at the top — with
a boss whose hobby is driving
David Williams bought Merkle from a former client in 1988, when he was working as a stockbroker.
race cars.
Williams grew up in
Philadelphia and studied
marketing and finance at
Shippensburg University in
south-central Pennsylvania,
where he graduated in 1985.
Like most entrepreneurs,
Williams pined to own his own
company. He planned on
growing a landscaping business
that he had begun in college, but
one of his customers said he
“was on a path to nowhere” and
suggested he become a
stockbroker.
Williams — born with a talent
for numbers — took the
stockbroker exam in 1985. He
was hired by Butcher & Singer, a
storied Philadelphia investment
house, where he thrived.
Acquiring Merkle
His “aha moment” hit when
he noticed that his wealthiest
clients were entrepreneurs who
had sold their businesses at
some point in their lives.
“The only way to build equity
is to actually own a business,”
said Williams, who was earning
about $60,000 a year at the time
and trying to build a stake by
investing in rental properties.
One of his customers at the
time, a retired Air Force colonel
named Harvey Blanton, started
talking about selling a profitable
Lanham-based marketing
company he owned called
Merkle Computer Systems. The
company earned $800,000 in
profits on $2.5 million in
revenue. It had 23 employees.
After failing to get Butcher &
Singer interested in Merkle,
Williams decided to buy the
company himself in 1988. He
borrowed $5 million of the
$5.3 million purchase price,
selling a couple of his rental
properties to raise the $300,000
down payment. He asked his
clients if any were interested in
investing in the company, and
one became a partner — and a
business coach.
Williams was turned down by
about a dozen banks before one
agreed to lend him $2.5 million.
He borrowed the rest from
Blanton.
He had a quick awakening
when Merkle lost one of its
biggest clients in his first year
and Blanton took ill, removing a
key adviser. But Williams
pushed through.
“I wasn’t worried about
failure because I had so much
exposure to it [growing up],”
said Williams, who says a
lifelong battle with dyslexia, a
reading disorder, hardened him
against embarrassment.
Merkle had started as a data
processing company that kept
track of union and association
members and where they lived.
Using that as a core, Merkle rode
the direct-mail and direct-
marketing boom of the ’90s.
Catalogues became
mainstream. Credit card
solicitation grew. The Internet
opened up new ways to reach
customers. Big companies hired
Merkle, especially the telecom
giants of the day — MCI, AT&T
and Bell Atlantic — all of whom
were competing furiously for
landline and cellphone
customers.
As computer horsepower
grew, Merkle married the
technical aspects of large data
compilation with analysis that
predicts consumer behavior. To
parse the information even
more, it hired statistics experts.
Breaking it down
The company says its secret
COURTESY OF MERKLE
sauce lies in its analytics. For
example, when Dell computer
wanted to send catalogues to
120 million potential customers,
Merkle helped it narrow the
focus to those most likely to buy
a laptop computer. Merkle sent
out thousands of catalogues,
digesting the responses to come
up with a profile of a likely Dell
customer. Then it used that
profile to project likely
customers across the United
States.
Merkle prefers to work with
Fortune 1000 companies and
major nonprofit organizations,
such as the American Cancer
Society. It focuses on growth
industries and large “best in
breed” corporations such as Dell,
Geico, DirecTV, Wendy’s, OnStar,
Urban Outfitters, T.G.I. Friday’s,
Disney and Microsoft.
In addition to its Columbia
headquarters, it has offices in
Boston, Chicago, Denver, Little
Rock, Minneapolis, New York,
Philadelphia, Seattle and
Hagerstown, Md.
And Williams has his sights
set on raising revenue to
$1 billion a year.
The company has had many
offers from suitors in the past
half dozen years, and Williams
said receiving venture capital
investment means the company
will have to reach some sort of
decision point in five to seven
years. But no one knows the end
game.
In the meantime, the racing-
car enthusiast has no intention
of putting on the brakes.
“I intend to work very hard
my entire career,” he said. “I
want to be around a really
smart, hardworking group of
people.”
heatht@washpost.com
Twitter: @addedvalueth
War II generation that never
really talked about their
experiences. But one day when I
was 12, I found a set of
memorabilia in a box inside of a
drawer in the house. In that box
was a Silver Star medal that was
awarded to my dad, who was a
combat medic in the Third
Infantry Division, for saving the
life of some men under machine-
gun fire.
I never knew that about my
dad. When I read that, it
prompted a conversation
between us that was part of the
momentum to carry me forward
to West Point.
I arrived at West Point in 1972,
when the Vietnam War wasn’t
over just yet. I enjoyed the
discipline, the environment and
the opportunity to learn about
leadership.
Having studied civil
engineering, I went into the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers as an
officer and ended up staying for
32 years in the Army,
commanding at the platoon,
company, battalion and brigade
level.
That theme of serving the
country and having an interest in
business circled around many
times in the Army. I ended up
commanding a division in Dallas,
which was really like a
$1.5 billion construction
company.
One of my proudest
experiences was as an engineer
platoon leader tasked with the
construction of a road leading to
a camp for children with
disabilities.
The road was in horrible
shape, and people couldn’t get to
and from the camp. It was a
unique project paid for by private
sources. We basically donated the
use of the time and equipment.
We honed our skills as
engineers, but also provided a
needed service to a community.
Everyone was beaming the day
the ribbon was cut.
One of the things I learned
early on about leadership is that
you give respect in order to get
respect.
Respect is appreciating the
talent and skills of human beings
while understanding that
everyone has a dream, desire and
need to achieve. It’s the job of a
leader to inspire hope and
aspirations.
When I retired from the Army
as a lieutenant general and
looked at all the opportunities
out there, joining ITT Defense
was very attractive because it was
a company whose capabilities I
saw as a customer in the military.
The night vision devices, the
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COURTESY OF EXELIS
David F. Melcher
Position: Chief executive and
president of Exelis Inc., an
aerospace, defense and information
solutions company headquartered in
McLean.
Career highlights: President, ITT
Defense & Information Solutions;
vice president of strategy and
business development, ITT Defense
and Information Solutions;
lieutenant general, Army’s military
deputy for budget, Pentagon;
brigadier general; commander of the
Army Corps of Engineers,
Southwestern Division; White House
fellow, Office of Management and
Budget.
Age: 58
Education: BS in civil engineering,
U.S. Military Academy at West Point;
MS in business administration,
Harvard University; MS in public
administration, Shippensburg
University.
Personal: Lives in Northern Virginia
with his wife. They have two grown
daughters.
radios — this was a company I
was impressed with.
I initially came to the company
to do strategy work and business
development but I was given a
very rare opportunity within four
months to become president of
its defense group.
I think this was because I
supplied a fresh set of eyes to the
company and was able to see the
storm clouds on the horizon in
terms of the defense budget. I
knew we needed to reshape the
company in a way that would
reduce costs and create
opportunities not only in the
Defense Department, but in non-
defense sectors.
Now, in this position, we will
have to manage our portfolio
well, adapt to changing
circumstances, seek out
opportunities to grow new
business and offer affordable
solutions to customers.
I’ve learned you need to be the
best leader you can be in a
governmental context, because
the nation needs that, and in a
business context because the
nation needs that too.
— Interview with Vanessa Small
A12 Washington Business
Companies
Cognosante of McLean ap-
pointed Stephen Gantz vice
president of health reform.
Earth Networks of German-
town appointed Thomas
Spendley, former vice presi-
dent of software development
at Thomson Reuters, vice presi-
dent of engineering.
Associations/nonprofits
International Foundation
for Electoral Systems of the
District appointed Judy A.
Black, a policy director at
Brownstein Hyatt Farber
Schreck, secretary of the board
of directors.
The American Land Title
Association of the District ap-
pointed Jessica McEwen, for-
mer legislative assistant to Rep.
Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), director
of government affairs.
Ballston Business Improve-
ment District of Arlington ap-
These firms recently filed with the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court’s local court clerk’s offices.
Under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code, a
company is protected from claims by creditors while it
attempts to reorganize its finances under a plan
approved by the court.
In a Chapter 7 liquidation, a court trustee sells
assets to pay creditors’ claims. The company then
ceases operations.
EASTERN VIRGINIA
DISTRICT
ALEXANDRIA DIVISION
Across the World Travels LLC
5501 Merchant View Sq., No. 222, Haymarket, Va. 20169
Type of filing: Chapter 7 liquidation
Case number: 11-19075-RGM
Trading as reported by companies’ directors, presidents, chief financial officers, general counsels, chief executive
officers, chairmen and other officers, or by beneficial owners of more than 10 percent of a company’s stock.
Company
Advisory Board Co. (The)
American Capital Ltd.
Amerigroup Corp.
Chindex International
Ciena Corp.
Coventry Health Care
Deltek
Eagle Bancorp
Gannett Co.
Hanger Orthopedic Group
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Marriott International
NII Holdings
Sunrise Senior Living
UDR
United Therapeutics Corp.
Exxon is awarded $908 million in fight with Venezuela
Compensation for
nationalization of assets
is less than firm sought
BY B RIAN E LLSWORTH
AND M ARIANNA P ARRAGA
caracas, venezuela — An arbi-
tration panel has awarded U.S. oil
giant Exxon Mobil $908 million
in compensation for Venezuela’s
2007 nationalization of its assets,
less than 10 percent of what the
company sought in a long legal
battle with the OPEC nation.
Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez will probably celebrate
the ruling as a vindication of his
nationalist confrontation with oil
companies, which is aimed at in-
creasing revenue from the indus-
try to boost funding for state-led
anti-poverty programs.
But Venezuela faces another ar-
bitration with Exxon over the na-
tionalization of the Cerro Negro
heavy oil project, as well as more
than a dozen pending claims from
companies such as ConocoPhil-
lips resulting from a wave of state
takeovers.
“They must be elated that they
got off so cheap. It’s certainly a
happy new year for Venezuela,”
said Russ Dallen, head bond trad-
er at investment bank Caracas
Capital Markets.
“But what gives Exxon hope is
that it’s only the first of two arbi-
tration proceedings.”
An Exxon spokesman said in an
e-mail Sunday that the Interna-
tional Chamber of Commerce
(ICC) had ruled that Venezuela’s
state oil company, PDVSA, “does
EZ
APPOINTMENTS
pointed Tina Leone executive
director.
National Health Council of
the District appointed Larry
Hausner chairperson, LaVarne
A. Burton chairperson-elect,
Nancy Brown vice chairperson,
Eric Racine treasurer and Tom
Wallace secretary.
The ViennaTysons Regional
Chamber of Commerce of Vi-
enna appointed Lisa F. Huff-
man, former vice president of
business development for the
Fairfax County Chamber of
Commerce, president.
Real estate
CoStar Group of the District
appointed Rene Circ director
of research-industrial in its
property and portfolio research
division.
Financial
Northwest Federal Credit
Union of Herndon appointed
BANKRUPTCIES
Date filed: Dec. 21
Attorney: Rachael Hammer, 703-848-1950
Assets: zero to $50,000
Liabilities: $100,001 to $500,000
Largest unsecured creditor: Keshav Travels Put Ltd.,
$51,000
MARYLAND DISTRICT
GREENBELT
Dorsey’s Meats Inc.
305 S. Second St., Woodsboro, Md. 21798
Type of filing: Chapter 7 liquidation
Case number: 11-34894
Date filed: Dec. 27
Attorney: Stanley N. Tashoff, 301-948-1466
Assets: $50,001 to $100,000
Liabilities: $100,001 to $500,000
Largest unsecured creditor: Not disclosed
INSIDER TRANSACTIONS
Insider Title
David L. Felsenthal President
Michael T. Kirshbaum CFO
Cormac F. Miller Officer
Scott A. Schirmeier Officer
Richard A. Schwartz Officer
Frank J. Williams Director
Paulson & Co. Beneficial owner
James G. Carlson CEO
Uwe E. Reinhardt Director
James W. Truess CFO
Julius Y. Oestreicher Director
Stephen B. Alexander Chief technology officer
James Frodsham Officer
Donou Francois Locoh Officer
Philippe Morin Officer
James E. Moylan Jr. CFO
Andrew C. Petrik Officer
David M. Rothenstein General counsel
Gary Brian Smith CEO
Thomas C. Zielinski Officer
Trust Onae Trustee
Neal R. Gross Director
Leland M. Weinstein Director
Roxanne V. Horning Officer
Ivan R. Sabel Director
Robert Neal Black CEO
Christopher E. Kubasik President
John Willard Marriott Jr. CEO
Ruben Butvilofsky Officer
Gregory J. Santoro Officer
Capital L.P. Carlson Beneficial owner
Capital L.P. Carlson Beneficial owner
Paul J. Klaassen Director
Warren L. Troupe Officer
Martine A. Rothblatt CEO
have a contractual liability to Ex-
xon Mobil. The ICC award is for
$907,588,000.”
Exxon had sought as much as
$10 billion in compensation for its
heavy crude upgrading project in
the South American country’s vast
Orinoco belt, which was national-
ized by Chavez along with three
others. The award is less than the
$1 billion that Venezuela offered
in compensation in September.
In addition to the ICC claim,
Exxon filed for arbitration with
the World Bank’s International
Center for Settlement of Invest-
ment Disputes over the same is-
sue. The Exxon spokesman said
that case was scheduled to be
argued next month, and that the
date for any verdict was not yet
known.
Prices for Venezuela’s widely
traded bonds are likely to react
positively to the news given some
expectations that the award could
have been higher, Dallen said.
Venezuela’s sovereign debt and
PDVSA’s bonds may get a lift Mon-
day.
A limited payout in the claim
will help the socialist Chavez con-
tinue to boost state spending on
public assistance and housing for
the poor in the run-up to his
October reelection bid, which is
seen as the toughest of his 13 years
in power.
The dispute between Exxon
and Chavez became symbolic of
the conflict between countries
seeking more revenue from the
booming oil industry and compa-
nies insisting on respect for in-
vestments and compensation for
state takeovers.
The ICC decision appears to
award Exxon a sum close to the
SU KLMNO MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
Jim Northington chief credit
Navy releases worst-case cost
officer.
Sandy Spring Bank of Olney
appointed Nina Baranchuck
for next-generation warship
vice president and chief invest-
ment officer of its investment Review of growing price
management and fiduciary ser-
vices division. for USS Gerald R. Ford
Virginia Commerce Bank of began in August
Arlington appointed Mark S.
Merrill executive vice president
and chief financial officer. BY T ONY C APACCIO
The U.S. Navy has estimated a
Legal worst-case cost overrun of as
Bracewell & Giuliani of the much as $1.1 billion for the air-
District appointed Paul S. craft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford,
Maco partner. the service’s most expensive war-
ship.
Send information about The carrier is being built by
promotions, appointments Huntington Ingalls Industries un-
and personnel moves in the der a cost-plus, incentive-fee con-
Washington area to tract in which the Navy pays for
Appointments, Business News, most of the overruns. Even so, the
The Washington Post, 1150 15th service’s efforts to control expens-
St. NW, Washington, D.C. es may put the company’s
20071-5302, or to $579.2 million profit at risk, ac-
appointments@washpost.com. cording to the Navy.
A review of the carrier’s rising
costs began in August after the
Navy’s program manager indicated
that the “most likely” overrun had
risen to $884.7 million, or about
17 percent over the contract’s target
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
price of $5.16 billion. That’s up from
Universal Community Development LLC
a $650 million overrun estimated
333 I St. SW, Washington, D.C. 20024 in April, according to internal Navy
Type of filing: Chapter 11 reorganization
Case number: 11-00943 figures made available to Bloom-
Date filed: Dec. 22 berg News. The worst-case assess-
Attorney: Richard H. Gins, 301-718-1078
Assets: $1,000,001 to $10 million ment would be about 21 percent
Liabilities: $1,000,001 to $10 million
Largest unsecured creditor: Not disclosed
over the target.
“Regular reviews of the cost
— Compiled by Vanessa Small
performance indicated cost in-
creases were occurring,” Capt.
FACE TIME Cate Mueller, a Navy spokeswom-
an, said in a statement.
Face Time will return next week. Some rising costs are tied to rier faced the $650 million overrun
construction inefficiencies, the to complete the contract — 562
Navy said. Sean Stackley, the million of which the Navy would
Navy’s assistant secretary for ac- absorb, the remaining $88 million
quisition, directed the review “to absorbed by Huntington.
determine specific causes and 2015 delivery, the service said. The completed initial vessel,
what recovery actions could be Huntington Ingalls’s goal is to the first of three in the $40.2 bil-
put in place,” Mueller said. reduce the program’s costs, chief lion program, is projected to cost
Even as the Navy conducts its executive Michael Petters said in at least $11.5 billion.
internal review, it is trying to as- an interview. The $11.5 billion comprises
Date Action Shares Price Now holds sure U.S. lawmakers and Penta- “If there was something else I $2.9 billion in detailed design and
Dec. 22 Sold 3,375 73.84 27,358 gon officials that costs of major thought we needed to do, we’d be $8.6 billion for construction and
Dec. 22 Sold 1,375 73.84 4,860
vessel programs are being con- doing it,” Petters said. “If there is government-furnished equip-
Dec. 22 Sold 3,750 73.84 2,148
trolled. The Pentagon is evaluat- something else somebody else ment, such as the nuclear reactor.
Dec. 22 Sold 719 73.83 3,287
Dec. 22 Sold 2,875 73.82 to 74.32 2,475
ing strategy, retirement health thinks we ought to be doing, we’ll An additional $3.7 billion is for
Dec. 23 Sold 11,250 73.99 to 74.39 39,761 benefits, weapons programs and listen and, if it makes sense, we’ll research that applies to all three
Dec. 22 Sold 2,153,204 7.15 to 7.16 8,376,610 military service budgets to find as do it.’’ vessels in the class, the Navy said.
Dec. 22 Sold 164,099 60 to 60.01 242,934 much as $488 billion in reduc- Mueller said some of Hunting- The Congressional Budget Of-
Dec. 22 Sold 64,999 60 19,557 tions through 2021. The service ton’s cost-control efforts are pro- fice wrote in a June report that
Dec. 15 to Dec. 22 Sold 5,200 53.92 to 60 142,216 has already offered to delay con- ducing “favorable results.” For ex- cost growth typically occurs when
Dec. 16 to Dec. 19 Sold 10,000 8.17 to 8.50 81,383 struction of the second Ford-class ample, the Newport News, a ship is more than half finished.
Dec. 15 to Dec. 21 Sold 25,312 10.93 to 11.35 231,126
vessel, the CVN-79 John F. Ken- Va.-based shipbuilder has estab- The Ford design contract is about
Dec. 21 Sold 12,208 11.35 185,285
nedy, by two years. lished specific labor-cost targets 42 percent complete.
Dec. 21 to Dec. 28 Sold 8,419 11.35 to 12.01 202,664
Dec. 21 Sold 4,673 11.35 231,855
Stackley’s assessment is focus- for its key manufacturing and The Navy’s projected cost has
Dec. 21 Sold 11,880 11.35 304,840 ing on “every aspect of the ship’s construction jobs. Mueller did not risen 10 percent between the fiscal
Dec. 21 Sold 4,694 11.35 48,485 construction including the risks” say whether those moves have 2008 and 2012 budgets and “fur-
Dec. 21 Sold 4,889 11.35 194,658 of delays and cost growth to both reduced costs yet. ther increases appear likely,” CBO
Dec. 21 Sold 39,800 11.35 480,924 contractor- and government-fur- The Navy also has agreed to analyst Eric Labs wrote.
Dec. 22 Sold 86,667 31.14 83,586 nished equipment, Mueller said. consider changes to specifications The office estimates that the
Dec. 20 Sold 20,000 9.88 114,835 Among the largest government- and modify them “where appro- final price tag will be about
Dec. 21 to Dec. 27 Bought 43,110 14.12 to 14.31 961,387
furnished equipment is the carri- priate to lower cost and schedule $12.9 billion if the increases in the
Dec. 16 to Dec. 20 Sold 1,056 14.55 to 14.79 101,333
er’s nuclear reactor. risk,” Mueller said. aircraft carrier’s cost follow his-
Dec. 23 Sold 8,500 13.46 10,286
Dec. 20 Sold 11,500 17.60 121,177
The review includes officials Huntington has designated a torical patterns.
Dec. 21 to Dec. 28 Sold 3,000 49.13 to 49.31 79,429 from Stackley’s office, as well as senior vice president and ship Any discussion of cost growth
Dec. 21 Sold 50,000 78.99 43,398 the Naval Sea Systems Command, construction superintendent with should reflect the Gerald Ford’s
Dec. 21 to Dec. 23 Sold 800,000 28.74 to 29.75 37,617,300 the chief of naval operations and daily oversight responsibility. status as a first-of-a-kind ship un-
Dec. 27, Dec. 28 Bought 15,275 20.50 to 21.32 31,828 the Navy’s supervisor of ship- The Navy plans to report a new der development, Petters said.
Dec. 23 Sold 5,000 21.16 to 21.17 43,968 building, Mueller said. contract completion cost in its “A lead ship comes with a whole
Dec. 27 Bought 88,000 6.03 7,391,420 Late delivery of Huntington- next annual report to Congress. lot of churn — things that don’t go
Dec. 19 to Dec. 23 Bought 1,858,288 4.80 to 6.09 7,391,420
furnished material has been a key The document would be submit- the way it should,” he said. “It’s
Dec. 21 to Dec. 28 Sold 287,600 5.52 to 6.08 1,825,590
factor in late assembly and ineffi- ted to lawmakers next year. like building a prototype.”
Dec. 20 Sold 29,900 25.01 571,515
Dec. 19, Dec. 20 Bought 11,823 43.43 to 44.46 656,095
cient construction, the Navy said. Mueller declined to discuss the
Still, the carrier remains on sched- current overrun estimates. The
Thomson Financial
ule for its planned September Navy earlier disclosed that the car- 6 For more from Bloomberg
Government, visit bgov.org.
Leaders aim
pensation, both left the country to buy time
after the nationalizations.
Venezuelan Energy Minister
Rafael Ramirez has said the coun-
to save euro
try does not expect to pay more B LOOMBERG N EWS
than $2.5 billion for the combined
total of the claims by the two European leaders return to
companies. PDVSA said in a debt work this week seeking to buy
prospectus that it had set aside time for the Spanish and Italian
$1.5 billion in provision for litiga- governments to wrest control over
tion as of the first semester of their debt and rescue the euro
2011. from fragmentation as the re-
Venezuela’s outstanding arbi- gion’s crisis enters a new year.
tration claims include disputes About 157 billion euros
with Swiss cement maker Holcim ($203 billion) in debt will mature
and Canadian miner Gold Re- in the 17-member euro area in the
serve, which could force it to make first three months of 2012, accord-
large payouts. ing to UBS AG. By the end of that
Chavez’s steady push to boost period, leaders have pledged to
control over the country’s oil in- draft a stricter rulebook on rein-
dustry started in 2004 and was ing in debt. German Chancellor
followed by similar efforts in oil- Angela Merkel and French Presi-
producing countries ranging dent Nicolas Sarkozy will meet in
from Ecuador to Kazakhstan. Berlin on Jan. 9 to flesh out the
Critics say his nationalization details.
FERNANDO LLANO/ASSOCIATED PRESS
drive has slowed foreign invest- On the 10th anniversary of the
The ruling is sort of a win for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. ment that could help lift Ven- introduction of the euro bank
ezuela’s crude production, which notes that replaced national cur-
$750 million it said it invested in more details are released. has been stagnant for years, and rencies, the euro for the first time
the project — the amount Ven- The Exxon spokesman told has left fewer companies interest- had two consecutive annual losses
ezuela says Exxon deserves after Reuters that the company was ed in its oil fields. against the U.S. dollar and
the takeover. still reviewing the more-than- Relations between Exxon and plunged to a record low against
But Exxon insists it should also 400-page ruling. Venezuela were particularly acri- the yen. Leaders are struggling to
be compensated for the increased In 2007, Venezuela bought back monious. In 2008, Exxon won an hold the monetary union together
value of the project, which at its $630 million in bonds issued to injunction against PDVSA to in the face of credit downgrades
outset in the early 1990s was con- finance the Cerro Negro project, freeze up to $12 billion of its as- and a looming recession.
sidered risky because of low oil which Dallen said may have fig- sets, a ruling that was quickly The key to the euro’s survival
prices and uncertainty about the ured into the calculation of the overturned but triggered furious may lie with Italy, the group’s
relatively untested operations to award. criticism from Chavez. third-largest economy and the
turn tarlike Orinoco oil into valu- Local analyst Asdrubal Olive- Oil companies have remained second most indebted, after
able light crude. ros of Ecoanalitica estimated the eager to invest in the Orinoco belt, Greece. The government in Rome
“Exxon took a risk when they value of Exxon assets in Venezuela which is considered one of the must repay 53 billion euros
went in. I’m sure they were ex- at $4.5 billion. world’s largest crude reserves, ($68.58 billion) in debt in the first
pecting more than just making Conoco Phillips was an inves- with Chevron and Spain’s Repsol quarter, about a third of the euro
their money back,” Dallen said, tor in two of the four Orinoco signing investment deals in 2010 area’s whole scheduled amount,
adding that it will be hard to reach upgrader projects. Exxon and for new multibillion-dollar proj- after Prime Minister Mario Monti
a definitive conclusion about Conoco, which had in total asked ects there. passed a budget package aimed at
what the decision means until for as much as $40 billion in com- — Reuters curtailing borrowing costs.
MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
Katrina victims
hope to avoid
repaying FEMA
New law allows agency
to waive debts of some
who got disaster aid
BY M ICHAEL K UNZELMAN
new orleans — When the Feder-
al Emergency Management Agen-
cy mailed out 83,000 debt notices
last year to victims of Hurricane
Katrina and other 2005 storms,
one of the letters showed up in
David Bellinger’s mailbox. Bel-
linger, who is blind, needed a
friend to read it and break the
news that FEMA wants him to pay
back more than $3,200 in federal
aid he received after Katrina.
“I nearly had a stroke,” recalls
the 63-year-old, who moved to At-
lanta after the storm wrecked his
New Orleans home. “I’m totally
blind. I subsist entirely on a Social
Security disability check. If I have
to pay this money back, it would
pretty much wipe out all the sav-
ings I have.”
Many other Gulf Coast hurri-
cane victims are in the same posi-
tion, angry and frustrated at the
prospect of repaying money they
spent years ago as they tried to
rebuild their lives.
FEMA is seeking to recover
more than $385 million it says was
improperly paid to victims of hur-
ricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma.
The debts, which average about
$4,622 per recipient, represent
slightly less than 5 percent of the
roughly $8 billion that FEMA dis-
tributed after the storms. At least
some of the overpayments were
due to FEMA employees’ mis-
takes, ranging from clerical errors
to failing to interview applicants,
according to congressional testi-
mony.
But the agency says it is re-
quired by law to make an effort to
recover improper payments, even
if the recipient wasn’t at fault. Last
KLMNO EZ RE A13
THE FED PAGE
month, however, Congress ap-
proved legislation that would allow
FEMA to waive many of the debts.
President Obama signed the meas-
ure — part of a $1 trillion spending
package — into law Dec. 23.
FEMA spokeswoman Rachel
Racusen said the agency is review-
ing the law’s provisions and devel-
oping a plan to implement them.
It remains to be seen how many
recipients of FEMA money could
benefit from the change.
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.),
who sponsored the provision, said
disaster victims shouldn’t be pun-
ished because FEMA was “dys-
functional.”
“They have significantly im-
proved the process,” Landrieu said
of the agency. “This is very unlike-
ly to happen again.”
Racusen said FEMA has imple-
mented “strong protections” to
avoid making improper pay-
ments, reducing its error rate from
DAVID GOLDMAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS
about 14 percent after Katrina to
less than 1 percent for more recent David Bellinger was upset when he learned that FEMA wants him to pay back more than $3,200 he received after Hurricane Katrina.
disasters.
“We have also worked to signifi- Racusen said. After Bellinger moved to Atlan- pay back the money. contest the notices and get a hear-
cantly improve the recoupment This isn’t the first time Bel- ta, the Department of Housing “I was knocked for a loop,” she ing on it,” she said.
process so that it is more under- linger has tangled with FEMA and Urban Development covered said. “I don’t have that kind of The provision signed into law
standable and provides due proc- over funds he received to pay for some but not all of his rent. He says money. I have a lot of doctors’ bills Dec. 23 allows FEMA to waive the
ess for both disaster survivors and renting an apartment in Atlanta. he relied on FEMA’s aid to make up and other bills to pay.” debt for somebody who earns less
taxpayers,” she said in a statement. He was a plaintiff in a class action the difference. FEMA claims he Law firms and legal aid groups than $90,000 a year if the money
FEMA’s collection efforts aren’t over the agency’s decision to end received a duplication of benefits, have volunteered to help Haskin, was mistakenly awarded due to
limited to the 2005 storms. The housing subsidies for storm vic- but Bellinger said the agency is Bellinger and many others chal- FEMA error. A debt involving fraud
agency has mailed out more than tims and its efforts to recover al- mistaken. lenge FEMA’s recoupment efforts. cannot be waived. Racusen said
6,000 debt letters to survivors of leged overpayments. FEMA later “The fault is theirs, not mine, “It’s really unfair that the govern- FEMA is “committed to applying
other recent disasters, including paid more than $2.6 million to and they have to suffer the conse- ment waited this long to come after the law to the fullest extent possi-
floods. settle the claims. quences,” he said. “I submitted this lady,” said Haskin’s attorney, ble.”
Approximately 2,500 recipi- That case had also delayed the everything they required. As far as Beau Cole. “They didn’t deliberate- Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-
ents, including 930 victims of the debt-collection process that Bel- I know, I did nothing wrong.” ly do it, but the effect is the same.” Miss.) said the recoupment proc-
2005 hurricanes, have appealed linger and other storm victims are Lubertha Haskin, a Gulfport, The New Orleans office of ess is flawed. Many debt letters
their debt notices. FEMA says now facing. Before the settlement, Miss., resident who turned 80 on Southeast Louisiana Legal Ser- have been returned as “undeliver-
about 30 percent of those appeals a federal judge in New Orleans Dec. 27, received about $8,000 vices, which offers free legal aid, able,” meaning some people have
erased at least some of the debt. ordered FEMA to suspend the ef- from FEMA to repair some of Ka- has fielded more than 100 calls moved and don’t even know they
Recipients also can ask for a waiv- fort in 2007 while it drew up new trina’s damage to her home and to since September from people who owe money, he said.
er due to economic hardship or guidelines for the recoupment replace belongings. In October, want to challenge their FEMA re- “Most of these individuals went
seek to set up a payment plan. process. FEMA reinstituted the FEMA sent her a debt letter that coupment letter. Rowena Jones, a through a lot of trauma,” Thomp-
“It is important for any individ- process last year. said her insurer had covered the lawyer for the group, said she son said. “For our government to
ual who has received a recoup- “What a way to celebrate Christ- same costs, a claim Haskin denies. hasn’t seen the appeals process all of a sudden say, ‘We made a
ment notice to know that these mas, knowing I’ve got another Haskin said she hadn’t heard yield any “actual results.” mistake, you owe us money,’ that’s
letters are the start of a conversa- FEMA battle on my hands,” Bel- from the agency in five years and “Our clients just don’t seem to not how it should be done.”
tion with FEMA, not the end,” linger said. never suspected she might have to be getting a fair opportunity to — Associated Press
A14
ABCDE
Congress needs to pull the plug on electric-car subsidies.
T
HERE MAY NOT have been a party in
Times Square to celebrate, but two of the
most wasteful subsidies ever to clutter
the Internal Revenue Code went out
with the old year. Congress declined to
renew either the 45-cent-per-gallon tax credit for
corn-based ethanol or the 54-cent-per-gallon tariff
on imported ethanol, so both expired Dec. 31.
Taxpayers will no longer have shell out roughly
$6 billion per year for a program that badly
distorted the global grain market, artificially
raised the cost of agricultural land and did almost
nothing to curb greenhouse gas emissions. A
federal law requiring the use of 36 billion gallons
of ethanol for fuel by 2022 still props up the
industry, but the tax credit’s expiration is a victory
for common sense just the same.
Meanwhile, a lesser-known but equally dubious
energy tax break also expired when the year ended
Saturday: the credit that gave electric-car owners
up to $1,000 to defray the cost of installing a
220-volt charging device in their homes — or up to
$30,000 to install one in a commercial location. As
a means of reducing carbon emissions, electric
cars and plug-in hybrid electrics are no more
Experimenting
on people
Better records and compensation
for injuries are advisable.
I
N 2010, THE FEDERAL government funded
55,000 experiments worldwide on human
subjects. Ethical and operational controls
adopted over four decades have eradicated
the most abominable experiments, such as those
in which U.S. researchers infected unwitting
Guatemalans with sexually transmitted diseases
during the 1940s. But the sheer number of
ongoing projects and the absence of a centralized
record-keeping system argue for additional safe-
guards.
Thousands of often desperately ill individuals
volunteer each year to participate in experimen-
tal, federally funded medical programs. Thou-
sands more participate in more mundane re-
search with significantly less risk. And yet others
take part in projects fueled by federal dollars that
focus on social science and education research.
The Department of Health and Human Services
funds the most research on human subjects, but
some 18 federal agencies play a role.
According to a recently released report by the
Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethi-
cal Issues, the government does not have a
centralized database to keep tabs on these experi-
ments. Even some agencies do not have a compre-
hensive database of the experiments they fund.
The Defense Department, for example, took
roughly seven months to compile data about
research it sponsors on human subjects. The
commission sensibly recommends creation of an
online registry of all federally funded research on
humans.
Another area of uncertainty: the number of
individuals injured in medical experiments. “We
don’t think it’s a big problem,” commission chair
Follow the money
More scrutiny may be useful for the funding of programs to benefit D.C. youth.
O
NE ISSUE THAT demands more attention
in the scandal surrounding D.C. Council
member Harry Thomas Jr. (D-Ward 5) is
the role played by the independent non-
profit that administers city grant money for youth
programs. Was it a lack of proper controls,
susceptibility to political pressure or perhaps both
that resulted in funds intended for children’s
baseball going, as alleged, to Mr. Thomas? Did this
faulty oversight result in other questionable ap-
propriations? D.C. officials should not wait for the
outcome of the criminal probe of Mr. Thomas to
undertake their own scrutiny of how wisely its
money is being allocated.
Investigation by D.C. Attorney General Irvin B.
Nathan, which resulted in Mr. Thomas agreeing
without admission of wrongdoing to repay the city
$300,000, details how the DC Children & Youth
Investment Trust Corp. was hoodwinked into
directing money earmarked in 2007 for youth
baseball to a group that, in turn, funneled it to
groups controlled by Mr. Thomas. According to
the attorney general’s civil complaint filed in June,
TAKING EXCEPTION
The Senate should ratify
the Law of the Sea Convention
In her very good Dec. 25 Outlook article, “The
colder war,” Heather Conley left out a key fact for
U.S. policy interests in the Arctic. She mentioned
the importance of the Convention on the Law of
the Sea for Arctic issues but did not note that the
United States has not ratified the convention,
despite broad support in industry, the armed
forces and the Senate. A handful of senators has
opposed ratification for reasons inexplicable to
anyone who looks rationally at U.S. national
security interests in the Arctic region and
elsewhere.
As a result, the United States is on the outside
looking in as the rules of the road for the warmer
Arctic are made by those who are a party to the
convention. The Senate needs to ratify the Law
of the Sea Convention as early as possible to
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Overcharged
cost-effective than ethanol. What’s more, only
upper-income consumers can afford to buy an
electric vehicle (EV); so the charger subsidy is a
giveaway to the well-to-do.
The same goes for the $7,500 tax credit that the
government offers purchasers of electric vehicles,
a subsidy that, alas, did not expire at year’s end.
The Obama administration says that the credit
helps build a market for EVs, which helps create
jobs. Given the price of eligible models, like the
$100,000 Fisker Karma, that rationale sounds an
awful lot like trickle-down economics.
Backers of the charger tax credit may lobby
Congress to renew it when lawmakers tackle the
payroll tax extension issue again in the new year.
We hope that Congress says no. Not only is it a case
study in upward income redistribution, it also
would represent a deepening of the taxpayers’
commitment to what looks increasingly like an
industry not ready for prime time.
Sales of electric vehicles were disappointing in
2011, with the Volt coming in below the 10,000
units forecast. In addition to its high price, the Volt
brand is suffering from news that some of its
batteries burst into flames after government road
TOM TOLES
Amy Gutmann said, “but it’s perceived as a big
problem because we’re one of the only developed
countries that does not guarantee compensation
for injured subjects.”
The commission encouraged the government to
establish such a system. It did not endorse a
particular approach but rightly pointed to the “no
fault” program developed by the University of
Washington. The university will pay up to $10,000
for medical care provided outside of the university
the trust followed Mr. Thomas’s direction to pick
the Langston 21st Century Foundation as recipi-
ent for the funds that were regularly doled out
despite seemingly weak documentation. Did no
one in the trust think it unusual that it was Mr.
Thomas’s council office that was providing the
spare budget narratives and work plans, not to
mention putting in requests for the issuance of
checks?
This wasn’t the only time that the trust followed
Mr. Thomas’s lead. A March 12, 2010, account in
the Washington City Paper by Mike DeBonis, now
with The Post, examined $1.3 million set aside in
the fiscal 2010 budget for gang intervention and
youth anti-crime initiatives. The money was com-
petitively bid in Ward 6 but not in Ward 5, where, a
trust official said, “We met with the Ward 5 council
member [Mr. Thomas] and talked about what we
felt would be the best way to serve the community.
We talked about a number of organizations that he
suggested we look at that he knows have a track
record of good services.” More recently, the Brook-
land Heartbeat, a neighborhood publication in
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ensure the United States has a leading voice on
issues covered by the convention that relate to
our national security, of which the Arctic is
perhaps the most urgent.
Kenneth C. Brill, Bethesda
The writer was acting assistant secretary of state
for oceans and environmental affairs for two stints,
in 1999 and in 2001.
tests. Meanwhile, Fisker, the recipient of more
than half a billion dollars in low-interest Energy
Department loans, repeatedly delayed the intro-
duction of its ballyhooed Karma — while repeat-
edly raising the sticker price. And now Fisker has
announced a recall of the cars because of a
potential defect in its batteries — made by A123
Systems, another large recipient of Energy De-
partment support.
Evidence is mounting that President Obama
was overly optimistic to pledge that there would
be 1 million EVs on the road by 2015. Electric cars
are not likely to form a significant part of the
solution to America’s dependence on foreign oil,
or to global warming, in the near future. They
simply pose too many issues of price and practical-
ity to attract a large segment of the car-buying
public. More prosaic fuel-economy innovations
such as conventional hybrids, clean-diesel cars
and advanced gasoline engines all show much
more promise than electrics.
The ethanol credit was on the books for 30 years
before it finally died. Let’s hope Congress can start
unwinding the federal government’s bad invest-
ment in electric vehicles faster than that.
system for individuals injured as a result of
participation in a university research project. The
school will pick up the tab for all post-injury
medical services provided by university staff.
Individuals who are treated through this program
maintain the right to take the university to court.
But one side benefit of the university’s morally
responsible behavior is that it has seen the
number of court cases and its litigation costs go
down.
Ward 5, raised questions about a $560,000 grant
given by the parks department in the summer of
2008 to the trust to fund programs to support a
Ward 5 initiative by Mr. Thomas. No evidence of
wrongdoing has emerged. But it’s only prudent
that the city demand a better accounting of exactly
how those monies were spent.
The trust is generally seen as doing truly
laudable work in creating better opportunities for
D.C. youth. Trust President Ellen London told us
that procedures have changed dramatically; for
instance, there is now a requirement that all
grants be competitively bid and approved by the
board. At the initiative of Mr. Nathan, the city
entered into a new agreement with the trust that
includes better controls. Not only does it tighten
how city funds are accounted for, but it also
requires the trust to disclose all communications
from council members or staffers regarding the
distribution of funds. Clearly that’s a step in the
right direction — but we would also urge the D.C.
Council to take its own look at whether further
improvements are warranted.
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Fixing Medicare and other promises
Bryan R. Lawrence did an excellent job highlight-
ing the $2.9 trillion increase in the cost of obliga-
tions that Social Security and Medicare will have to
pay out [“The bad news before Christmas,” op-ed,
Dec. 29]. The growing cost of these obligations
should motivate efforts to support the long-term
solvency of these programs, and history suggests
that taking steps forward is possible.
In the New Year, Democrats and Tea Party
Republicans should consider working together to
secure drug price negotiation powers for Medicare.
These groups managed to pass legislation to stop
funding the GE Rolls-Royce jet engines that the
Pentagon identified as wasteful, a task that had
eluded previous attempts and a fiscal victory of 2011
that is worth remembering.
Perhaps in 2012 the collaboration could continue
on legislation to allow Medicare the same right
already given to the Veterans Affairs Department. If
the policy is good enough for the VA, why isn’t it
good enough for Medicare?
The Tea Party calls for budget discipline. Mem-
bers of Occupy Wall Street intuit corporate priorities
outweighing over citizen priorities. Working to
guarantee that the government does not overpay for
medication, misallocating tax dollars in the process,
would be a victory for both sides.
Nicole Bhalla Fernandez, Arlington
l
Bryan R. Lawrence did well to summarize the
Government Accountability Office’s year-end accru-
al-basis financial statements. The numbers he pre-
sented underscored the need for fiscal rebalancing.
That said, his key paragraph overstated the issue.
Mr. Lawrence compared the cost of all government
promises to pay ($33.8 trillion) with the value of
market-listed companies and homes ($19.3 trillion)
and concluded “there is not enough wealth in
America to meet those promises.”
This ignores human capital: the earning power of
training and education. This wealth can’t be liqui-
dated to meet a debt and is difficult to estimate but
surely approaches $100 trillion. Total wealth of U.S.
taxpayers is thus perhaps four times as large as U.S.
debt.
Two lessons hide here:
l If we taxpayers stand behind obligations like
Social Security, they can (with some paring) be met.
l The best way to ensure that is to increase
human capital, by educating our children and
training our workforce.
Bruce L. Reynolds, Charlottesville
The drug problem on two fronts
Two Dec. 27 front-page articles illustrated the
devastating impact that drug use has on society,
though one would not know it just reading the
headlines.
“A grim tally, driven by drugs” told of the
continuing spread of cartel violence southward.
“U.S. cites gains in housing veterans” trumpeted
recent success by the Department of Veterans Affairs
in decreasing the number of homeless veterans by
eliminating the requirement for successful sub-
stance abuse and mental health treatment as a
condition for awarding a housing voucher. The
second article espoused the virtues of fewer home-
less veterans without addressing how the treatment
of these veterans will be handled. I agree that ending
homelessness is a top priority, but so, too, is
treatment. We should not be out to improve home-
lessness statistics at the expense of drug treatment
for homeless veterans.
Drug supply and demand are two dimensions of
the same problem. Only when our demand for drugs
decreases will the violence south of the border
decline as well.
Jodi Peters, Arlington
The writer was a senior adviser at the Office of National
Drug Control Policy from 2007 to 2009.
Refocusing the U.S. support for Iraq
As a combat veteran of World War II, I was moved
by the Dec. 28 letter from an Iraq veteran who wrote
of being disheartened by the Obama administra-
tion’s “hardly concealed rush” from Iraq. The writer
has earned the right to question our current course,
which appeared to be based on our conclusion that
the Iraqis have no legitimate call for our continued
presence. We removed them from the threatening
bonds of a dictatorship and helped them reach a
level of self-government which, whether or not they
succeed in maintaining it, they would not likely have
achieved on their own.
The writer was certainly correct in calling for us
to remain committed to the consequences of our
actions, but I submit that the commitment should be
to honoring and caring for the American sons and
daughters whom we asked to sacrifice their youth
and, in so many cases, their bodies and lives there. I
would join him in that wholeheartedly, and I salute
him for his personal service.
John R. Harney, New Carrollton
No need for kid gloves in the military
Regarding the Dec. 29 front-page article “Penta-
gon thinning ranks of top brass”:
I served on active duty in the military and am in
the reserves. Vice Adm. William E. Gortney’s com-
ment that it takes so long to eliminate senior officers
because “you need time to work this” and “you can’t
just give people their pink slips” shows a disconnect
with the real world. General officers serve at the
pleasure of the president. Since they are all eligible
for retirement (with immediate collection of bene-
fits), why wait to let them go? In the civilian world,
folks get let go on short notice all of the time.
Sean F. Conroy, McLean
Editorial and opinion pages:
FRED HIATT
Editorial Page Editor
JACKSON DIEHL Congress’s popular home town
Deputy Editorial Page Editor
So the popularity of Congress is in free fall even as
the District — the only patch of U.S. soil with no
member to call its own — is outpacing the rest of the
country in attracting residents [“Number of District
residents skyrockets,” front page, Dec. 22]. A coinci-
dence? Maybe. Or maybe not.
Perhaps the District should swap out its old
“Taxation Without Representation” slogan for some-
thing more enticing: “Give us your politician-tired,
your representation-poor, your befuddled masses
yearning to be free of these dolts.” The District might
have to ditch its limit on building heights to handle
the resulting flood of congressional refugees.
George Brazier, Arlington
MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
In Egypt,
jailed but
not broken
BY I LAN G RAPEL
F
ive months in an Egyptian jail gives a
person a lot of time to think. When you
are not pacing or trying to catch an
hour of afternoon sun through the barred
window, there are thoughts of home, family,
the freedoms Westerners take for granted,
what exactly got you into the mess and even
why you came to the country that locked you
up. Two months after my release, as I watch
news of the Egyptian military’s violent sup-
pression of protests and raids on nongov-
ernmental organizations, I still think of my
first hours of arrest, when I was handcuffed
and blindfolded.
When I went to Egypt to spend the
summer working at a nongovernmental
organization that provides legal assistance
to asylum seekers from Sudan and Iraq, I
was no stranger to the Middle East. I had
studied Arabic in Cairo and spent more than
two years in the Israel Defense Forces. I
hoped that my summer would prove that my
Zionist ideals could coexist with support for
the right of human migration and sanctuary.
I also hoped to convince the Arabs I met that
my Zionism did not have to be antithetical to
their interests and that we could work
together for peace.
But in post-revolutionary Egypt, my at-
tempts to educate and interact with the local
population led to my arrest, to solitary
confinement and eventually to the threat of
five simultaneous life imprisonments for
“espionage” and “incitement.”
On previous visits, the friendships I devel-
oped overpowered the omnipresent anti-Is-
rael propaganda of the Arab world. Some
former adherents of the Muslim Brother-
hood actually wished me luck when I left to
do reserve duty in Israel. Most Egyptians I
met and chatted with over coffee ended our
conversations by admitting to holding mis-
conceptions about Israelis. This reinforced
my hopes for common ground.
So during the summer I emphasized my
Israeli background, even when I entered
Egypt as an American. I identified as a
Zionist Israeli to all of my Egyptian friends,
taught them Hebrew and showed them
Israeli movies. In return, I received lessons
in Arabic, Islam and Egyptian culture.
Some who do not know me considered my
actions peculiar or harmful. But that con-
demnation only underscores a particular
abyss into which the Middle East conflict
has descended since once-influential Zion-
ists and Egyptians considered cooperation
to be beneficial, as did the early Zionist
leader Chaim Weizmann and Dawood Ba-
rakat, the former editor of the Egyptian
daily al-Ahram.
On June 12, two dozen state security
officials barged into my hostel room, hand-
cuffed and blindfolded me, and transported
me to their general prosecutor.
People ask, “Were you scared?” I was
terrified and confused. Over time I also
became angry and lonely. The initial 14 days
were the “best” part of my imprisonment
because there was at least human interac-
tion. The prosecutor and I bantered about
politics, religion and the Middle East con-
flict. The conversations were jovial, mostly
innocuous, save for some random accusa-
tions: “Security reports inform us that you
were smuggling weapons from Libyan revo-
lutionaries into Egypt,” or my favorite — but
perhaps irrelevant — charge: “Ilan, you used
your seductive powers to recruit Egyptian
women and that is a crime.”
After these first two weeks, the interroga-
tions ended, but my detention continued.
Thus began my solitary confinement, which
became the true ordeal — near-complete
isolation, interrupted just twice a month by
consular visits that lasted only 40 minutes.
But thanks to the work of so many U.S. and
Israeli government officials, I was not lost in
the system. My parents and U.S. officials got
me books, which I read slowly because I did
not know whether I would get more or how
long I would be jailed.
People ask, “Were you tortured?” I was
not beaten — but consider what it’s like to
spend nearly 150 days (3,600 hours) alone in
a 10-by-10 room with a bed and chair, a small
barred window and no idea what would
come next.
People ask, “So what do you think of Egypt
and your mission now?” My answer is con-
stantly evolving. As my detention and recent
events and repressions in Egypt make clear,
the revolution brought only superficial
change. The junta’s focus on external actors
represents a desperate attempt to avoid
culpability and abdication of power.
Hosni Mubarak’s notorious state security
forces still arbitrarily arrest Egyptians with-
out real charges or trials (as they did me),
denying anything resembling due process.
Prosecutors and judges go through the mo-
tions of court proceedings, but the Supreme
Council of the Armed Forces really calls the
shots.
Was my trip reckless or “wrong”? No.
Despite the peril, the U.S. government sends
Peace Corps volunteers to volatile regions
because of the benefit of grass-roots diplo-
macy. Hasbara, the Hebrew term that refers
to efforts to explain the Israeli viewpoint,
has much to gain from such a strategy, given
the pernicious myths about Israel and Jews
prevalent in much of the Arab world.
My hasbara provided a viewpoint that
changed the mentalities of former Muslim
Brotherhood members, the prosecutor and
my guards, whose last words were “Shalom,
we hope you forgive us.” Israelis and Arabs
can continue to maintain the status quo of
mutual avoidance or they can dare to coex-
ist. To those who wrongly held me, I say
simply, I forgive you.
The writer is a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen and law
student at Emory University. He was held in Egypt
from June to late October on charges of spying.
Ron Paul signs a toy car during a campaign stop Friday in Le Mars, Iowa.
MICHAEL GERSON
Ron Paul’s poison pill
His quest to undo the party of Lincoln
L
et us count the ways in which
the nomination of Ron Paul
would be groundbreaking for
the GOP.
No other recent candidate hailing
from the party of Lincoln has accused
Abraham Lincoln of causing a “sense-
less” war and ruling with an “iron fist.”
Or regarded Ronald Reagan’s presi-
dency a “dramatic failure.” Or pro-
posed the legalization of prostitution
and heroin use. Or called America the
most “aggressive, extended and ex-
pansionist” empire in world history.
Or promised to abolish the CIA, de-
part NATO and withdraw military
protection from South Korea. Or
blamed terrorism on American mili-
tarism, since “they’re terrorists be-
cause we’re occupiers.” Or accused the
American government of a Sept. 11
“coverup” and called for an investiga-
tion headed by Dennis Kucinich. Or
described the killing of Osama bin
Laden as “absolutely not necessary.”
Or affirmed that he would not have
sent American troops to Europe to
end the Holocaust. Or excused Irani-
an nuclear ambitions as “natural,”
while dismissing evidence of those
ambitions as “war propaganda.” Or
published a newsletter stating that
the 1993 World Trade Center attack
might have been “a setup by the Israeli
Mossad,” and defending former Ku
Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke
and criticizing the “evil of forced inte-
gration.”
Each of these is a disqualifying
scandal. Taken together, a kind of
grandeur creeps in. The ambition of
Paul and his supporters is breathtak-
ing. They wish to erase 158 years of
Republican Party history in a single
political season, substituting a plat-
form that is isolationist, libertarian,
conspiratorial and tinged with rac-
ism. It won’t happen. But some con-
servatives seem paradoxically drawn
to the radicalism of Paul’s project.
They prefer their poison pill covered
in glass and washed down with bat-
tery acid. It proves their ideological
manhood.
In many ways, Paul is the ideal
carrier of this message. His manner is
vague and perplexed rather than an-
gry — as though he is continually
searching for lost car keys. Yet those
who reject his isolationism are called
“warmongers.” The George W. Bush
administration, in his view, was filled
with “glee” after the Sept. 11 attacks,
having found an excuse for war. Paul
is just like your grandfather — if your
grandfather has a nasty habit of con-
RIGHT TURN
Excerpts from Jennifer Rubin’s commentary on politics and policy:
washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn
The president
we need for 2013
Both the left and right agree that 2011
was a year for drawing lines, for setting
forth distinct positions and, ultimately,
for gridlock. The last is inevitable when
the two major parties have fundamental-
ly different assessments of the role of
government, the requirements for a job-
creating economy and even the meaning
of “equality.”
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who became
the effective legislative and ideological
leader of his party, described two con-
trasting visions, one aimed at redistribut-
ing the pie and the other at growing it;
one that empowers government to play
an ever-expanding role in directing eco-
nomic and personal behavior and the
other that aims to reform government to
promote personal choice and responsi-
bility. Mitt Romney, who may well be the
leader of the GOP at the end of the
primary process, has presented a nearly
identical choice: an entitlement society
vs. an opportunity society.
The 2012 election will therefore be not
only a referendum on President Obama’s
economic performance but also a choice
between these two philosophies.
We would like to think the election
will produce a clear signal from voters as
to which direction they favor. But elec-
tion results are never so decisive as the
winners would have us believe. We will,
in all likelihood, wind up with a mixed
message and a still-divided government.
We therefore will be electing a presi-
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spiratorial calumny.
Recent criticism of Paul — in reac-
tion to racist rants contained in the
Ron Paul Political Report — has fo-
cused on the candidate’s view of civil
rights. Associates have denied he is a
racist, which is both reassuring and
not particularly relevant. Whatever
his personal views, Paul categorically
opposes the legal construct that end-
ed state-sanctioned racism. His liber-
tarianism involves not only the aboli-
tion of the Department of Education
but also a rejection of the federal role
in civil rights from the Civil War to the
Civil Rights Act of 1964.
This is the reason Paul is among the
most anti-Lincoln public officials
since Jefferson Davis resigned from
the United States Senate. According
to Paul, Lincoln caused 600,000
Americans to die in order to “get rid of
the original intent of the republic.”
Likewise, the Civil Rights Act of 1964
diminished individual liberty because
the “federal government has no legiti-
mate authority to infringe on the
rights of private property owners to
use their property as they please.” A
federal role in civil rights is an attack
on a “free society.” According to Paul,
it is like the federal government dic-
tating that you can’t “smoke a cigar.”
The comparison of civil rights to
the enjoyment of a cigar is a sad
symptom of ideological delirium. It
also illustrates confusion at the heart
of libertarianism. Government can be
an enemy of liberty. But the achieve-
ment of a free society can also be the
result of government action — the
protection of individual liberty
against corrupt state governments or
corrupt business practices or corrupt
local laws. In 1957, President Eisen-
hower sent 1,000 Army paratroopers
to Arkansas to forcibly integrate Cen-
tral High School in Little Rock. This
reduced Gov. Orval Faubus’s freedom.
It increased the liberty of Carlotta
Walls LaNier, who was spat upon
while trying to attend school. A choice
between freedoms was necessary —
and it was not a hard one.
Paul’s conception of liberty is not
the same as Lincoln’s — which is not a
condemnation of Lincoln. Paul’s view
would have freed African Americans
from the statism of the Emancipation
Proclamation and the Civil Rights Act.
It would have freed the occupants of
concentration camps from their de-
pendency on liberating armies. And it
would free the Republican Party from
any claim to conscience or power.
michaelgerson@washpost.com
dent who will need to figure out how to
accommodate the opposition, strike
agreements and address our consider-
able fiscal challenges. The liberal base
has pushed Obama to be more strident
and confrontational. The right blogo-
sphere has skewered Romney for being
insufficiently venomous in his attacks
and inadequately rigid in his ideology.
But ironically, the president we will need
beginning in January 2013 must be some-
one who can not merely confront but also
govern and not excoriate but persuade.
In short, what the right and left demand-
ed of their standard-bearers in 2011 is not
what the country will need in 2013.
The Democrats have made their
choice for 2012, but Republicans are only
beginning their nominating process.
While their hearts may long for a fire-
brand, their heads should tell them that
come 2013 they’ll need someone to gov-
ern, a task for which Obama is especially
ill-suited. Despite the yelps from the
right blogosphere and the media portray-
al of the GOP base as rabid, it may be that
Republican voters have figured this out.
As you’ve no doubt noticed, the two
candidates rising to the the top of the
field are the former governor of Massa-
chusetts, who learned to govern in a
deep-blue state, and a former Pennsylva-
nia senator who talks about his ability to
forge bipartisan deals.
Maybe Republican primary voters are
more judicious and farsighted than they
are portrayed. They seem intent on find-
ing someone who can win and then
govern. If they succeed, they will do a
great service to the conservative move-
ment, the GOP and the country.
EZ RE
ROBERT J. SAMUELSON
The economic wild card
Why Obama will (won’t) win in 2012
C
ould 2012 turn conventional wis-
dom on its head? Here’s the con-
ventional wisdom: President
Obama’s reelection is vulnerable to the
weak economy and high joblessness.
Here’s what might happen: The econo-
my gradually improves, and although
unemployment stays high (exceeding 8
percent), what counts politically is the
palpable sense that things are moving
in the right direction. This allows
Obama to argue, as he already does,
that his policies are slowly repairing the
economic calamity he inherited from
Republicans.
To which they respond: Obama’s
anti-business rhetoric and policies have
impeded recovery; the Affordable Care
Act (“Obamacare”) and new regulations
create uncertainties that deter hiring;
and Obama hasn’t dealt with the explo-
sion of federal debt.
Just which narrative triumphs may
well determine the election. If Obama
convinces Americans that he’s set a
course for a stronger recovery, then he
wins. If the Republicans successfully
cast his policies as producing prolonged
stagnation, they win. Though the de-
bate matters, the economy’s actual per-
formance — for better or worse — will
decide how many Americans feel. And
this will depend on forces and events
over which the candidates have little or
no control.
What’s the 2012 outlook?
Many forecasts see modest growth.
Here are some numbers from IHS
Global Insight, a major consulting firm.
The economy will expand 1.8 percent,
almost the same as in 2011 (estimate: 1.7
percent). Payroll jobs will grow about
145,000 a month, rising gradually;
that’s decent but probably wouldn’t cut
the unemployment rate. Indeed, nor-
mal labor force growth and the pros-
pect that some discouraged workers
will start looking for jobs indicate the
unemployment rate (8.6 percent in
November) could average 8.7 percent,
only slightly below the 9 percent of
2011.
This forecast depicts a plodding
economy; should it materialize, it
would favor the Republicans. “Consum-
ers face too many negatives to allow a
robust spending recovery — a weak
labor market, high debt burdens, house
prices that have not yet hit bottom,
price increases that have outpaced
wage growth, and a lack of confidence
in the government’s ability to make
things better,” says IHS.
But the mainstream forecast may be
too glum. Starting with the 2008 finan-
cial crisis, economic predictions have
routinely been wrong. At this time last
year, they were too optimistic; now they
might be too pessimistic. Many indica-
tors are exceeding expectations. Weekly
E.J. DIONNE JR.
Can a messiah win twice?
F
our years ago this week, a young
and inspirational senator who
promised to turn history’s page
swept the Iowa caucuses and began his
irresistible rise to the White House.
Barack Obama was unlike any candi-
date the country had seen before. More
than a mere politician, he became a
cultural icon, “the biggest celebrity in
the world,” as a John McCain ad accu-
rately, if mischievously, described him.
He was the object of near adoration
among the young, launching what often
felt like a religious revival. Artists
poured out musical compositions de-
voted to his victory in a rich variety of
forms, from reggae and hip-hop to the
Celtic folk song. (My personal favorite:
“There’s no one as Irish as Barack
O’Bama.”) Electoral contests rarely hold
out the possibility of making all things
new, but Obama’s supporters in large
numbers fervently believed that 2008
was exactly such a campaign.
As the attention of the politically
minded has focused on the rather more
down-to-earth contests in Iowa and
New Hampshire that will help deter-
mine which Republican will face
Obama in November, let us ponder
what the coming year will bring for
someone who must now seek reelection
as a mere mortal.
Obama’s largest problem is not the
daunting list of difficulties that have left
the country understandably dispirited:
the continuing sluggishness of the econ-
omy, the broken political culture of
Washington, the anxiety over America’s
future power and prosperity.
On each of these matters, Obama has
plausible answers and, judging by im-
provements in his poll ratings since
September, he has made headway in
getting the country to accept them.
Most Americans still believe that
Obama inherited rather than caused
the economic turmoil. Barring another
crisis in Europe, there is a decent
chance of somewhat better times by
Election Day. Obama’s fall offensive
against Republicans in Congress has
paid dividends. Voters seem inclined to
blame Washington’s dysfunction on the
GOP, not on a president they still rather
like. Most also think Obama’s foreign
policy has put the nation on a steadier
course. To the extent that bellicosity
from the Republicans — notably from
Mitt Romney — portends a return to
George W. Bush’s foreign policy, Obama
will enjoy an advantage. Ron Paul’s
strength in Iowa and New Hampshire
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initial claims for unemployment insur-
ance, which peaked at more than
600,000, are running under 400,000 —
a level often associated with a low or
declining unemployment rate. Housing
construction was up 9.3 percent in
November over October and 24.3 per-
cent over November 2010.
For Obama, the economy holds two
large potential pluses.
First, there’s huge pent-up demand
for homes and vehicles, because both
sectors collapsed in the recession. Car
and light-truck sales, which totaled
about 17 million annually in 2004 and
2005, fell to 10.4 million in 2009. In
2011, IHS estimated sales to reach 12.7
million. The decline in housing con-
struction was even deeper, from about 2
million units annually in 2004 and 2005
to an estimated 600,000 in 2011.
Second, the consumer debt burden is
dropping rapidly, notes Timothy Taylor,
managing editor of the Journal of
Economic Perspectives, on his blog.
Households have repaid some debts.
Others have been written off; interest
rates on many remaining loans have
declined. On average, households paid
16.15 percent of their income toward
loans, rents and leases in the third
quarter of 2011, according to Federal
Reserve data. That was the lowest since
1993 and down from a peak of 18.85
percent in the third quarter of 2007.
The upshot: More Americans may be
in a position to borrow to buy a home or
vehicle, relieving some pent-up de-
mand. Home sales may already be
reviving. In November, new contracts
reached their highest level in 19
months.
By contrast, Europe and China pose
big risks. In Europe, Italy and Spain
have nearly 500 billion euros worth of
maturing debt in 2012, reports the
Institute of International Finance. If
they can’t refinance — if bond markets
won’t renew loans at acceptable inter-
est rates — they would default or need
to be rescued. Either way, Europe would
face greater austerity and a deep reces-
sion. This would hurt U.S. exports and
the profits of American multinational
firms.
The danger from China is a collaps-
ing real estate “bubble” that, if it
occurred, would result in bankruptcies
of developers, loan losses to banks and
slower economic growth. The effects
would spread beyond China, because
construction fuels its demand for ce-
ment, steel, copper and other raw
materials traded on world markets.
Again, U.S. exports could suffer.
Given all the possibilities, handicap-
ping the election based on the economy
is nearly futile. It’s 2012’s political wild
card that — when played — may prove
decisive, if accidental.
suggests that there are even Republi-
cans who are exhausted with foreign
military adventures.
For all these reasons, Democrats are
far more bullish on the president’s
reelection chances than they were even
a few months ago, and for what it’s
worth, I put the odds in his favor. Yet the
threat that should most concern Obama
may not be any of the particulars that
usually decide elections but the inevi-
table clash between the extravagant
hopes of 2008 and the messy reality of
2012.
In traveling around Iowa and New
Hampshire over the last few weeks, I
have been struck by the number of
Democrats and independents who still
more or less want Obama to win and
deeply fear the consequences of a gov-
ernment dominated by Republicans.
But having made this clear, they then
bring up the ways in which they cannot
summon the emotions on Obama’s be-
half this year that they felt the first time
around.
Some point to disappointment over
his failure to confront the Republicans
early enough and hard enough. How,
they ask, could Obama possibly have
expected cooperation from conserva-
tives? Others are frustrated that he
couldn’t bring Washington together, as
he said he would. Still others point to
real Obama achievements, including
the stimulus and especially the health-
care law, and ask why he was unable to
sell their merits to a majority of the
electorate. And then there are those
who wonder why the malefactors of
finance have faced so little accountabili-
ty.
Few of these voters would ever sup-
port a Republican, and most will turn
out dutifully for Obama again. But a
president who won election with 52.9
percent of the vote does not have a lot of
margin. He needs to worry not just
about issues but also about the spirit
and morale of his supporters. In their
jaunty song on Obama’s behalf four
years ago, the alternative reggae band
Michael Franti & Spearhead promised a
country that would “soar through the
sky like an eagle” and saw Obama as
“seeking finds of a new light.”
These are not the standards of nor-
mal politics. Can voters who supported
someone as a transcendent figure re-
elect him as a normal, if resilient,
political leader? This is Obama’s chal-
lenge.
ejdionne@washpost.com
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Obituaries Eva Zeisel, a ceramicist whose
simple tablewares have graced American dinner
tables for decades, was 105. B4
Capital Weather Gang
We’re in for a reminder of what
winter is all about as cold, dry and
windy weather moves in. Get the
latest forecast and conditions.
After midnight, first in line
The region’s first baby of 2012 came into the
world at 12:12 a.m. The third child of Irja and
Greg Bonafede, their first girl, was born at
Southern Maryland Hospital Center a couple
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Despite
Not all shoppers are ready for Montgomery County’s 5-cent surcharge on bags
federal
holiday,
class is on
MONDAY’S A SCHOOL DAY
IN ALEXANDRIA AND MD.
Some parents unhappy;
officials cite calendar crunch
BY E MMA B ROWN

Nevermind that it’s a federal holiday.

And nevermind that the vast majority of
Washington area schoolchildren will be
snoozing late, savoring their last day of
winter break.
On Monday morning, a few students
are headed to class.
Schools opened their doors Jan. 2 in
Alexandria and Howard, St. Mary’s and
Charles counties, while elsewhere in the
region — and in eight of the nation’s 10
largest school systems — students are
free to enjoy the nation’s official celebra-
tion of New Year’s Day.
Some parents in Alexandria, home to
thousands of federal workers and count-
less others who follow the federal calen-
PHOTOS BY KATHERINE FREY/THE WASHINGTON POST dar, assumed their kids would have the
Safeway customer Jeff Bulman declines cashier Sheila Jones’s offer of a free reusable bag Sunday, the first day of Montgomery County’s tax on day off. As 2012 approached, they were
shopping bags. Bulman took his own bright red insulated bags to the Bethesda supermarket. Other shoppers around the county weren’t as prepared not pleased to discover otherwise.
for the new 5-cent surcharge, which applies to purchases at nearly all types of retail establishments. Matt Petersen said he would keep his
two children home despite initial objec-
tions from his fifth-grade daughter, who

Getting a handle on a new tax

BY K ATHERINE S HAVER
AND V ICTOR Z APANA
Delores Price hit the grocery store on
New Year’s Day prepared to beat Mont-
gomery County’s new nickel bag tax.
But she emerged from the Shoppers
Food & Pharmacy in Wheaton clearly
irked. Although Price had brought sev-
eral cloth bags from home, she said, she
had underestimated her shopping by
four bags, drawing a 20-cent surcharge.
“This is ridiculous,” said Price, a re-
tired federal worker, as she unloaded a
full cart into the trunk of her car outside
the store on Randolph Road. “You
shouldn’t have to pay for bags when you
spend enough money in the store.”
Across Montgomery, the debut of the
bag tax surprised many shoppers, drew
praise from some who said they hope it
will clean up the environment and an-
gered others who said any new tax is too
much in a tight economy.
Stores had updated self-guided check-
out stations overnight with new software
to ask how many bags, if any, a customer
Self-checkout machines at the Safeway on Bradley
Boulevard in Bethesda have been programmed to ask
customers how many bags they use and to charge them a
nickel per bag. Pharmacy bags are exempt from the fee.
wanted. Some stores, including a Safe-
way in Bethesda, had retrained employ-
ees to load bags more tightly, knowing
customers paying for each one would be
eyeing their packing prowess.
At a Starbucks in Germantown, con-
fused customers asked whether the tax
applied to the little bag for their muffin.
Answer: Muffin bags are still free, but the
bigger bags with the handles will cost
you.
Montgomery’s tax on plastic and pa-
per bags, which the County Council
approved in May, is an expanded version
of a 5-cent bag tariff enacted in the
District two years ago. While the Dis-
trict’s surcharge applies only to business-
es that sell food or alcohol, Montgomery’s
bag tax involves nearly all retail estab-
lishments, not just those that sell food.
The few exceptions include paper bags
from restaurants and pharmacy bags for
prescription drugs.
Montgomery officials have said they
expect the tax to raise $1 million a year,
tax continued on B6
fretted about ruining her perfect attend-
ance record.
“We won’t literally be out of town,” he
said, “but it’s one of the main holidays on
the calendar, and it’s just inappropriate
for them to have class.”
Others see an unequivocal upside.
“I was very surprised that the kids were
going to be in school Monday, but once I
thought about it — it’s great!” said Scott
Boggess, also of Alexandria. “My wife and
I are going to go out to eat a nice lunch
and to see a movie that’s not animated.”
School boards discuss and approve
academic calendars the way they do most
of their business: in public but without
much of an audience. Alexandrians did
not object to schools being in session
Jan. 2 before the Alexandria School
Board voted on the matter in May, said
chairwoman Sheryl Gorsuch.
She said those who are peeved might
blame Virginia’s so-called “Kings Domin-
ion law.” It prohibits schools from open-
ing before Labor Day and makes it diffi-
cult, Gorsuch said, to shoehorn enough
instructional days into the calendar be-
fore standardized tests are administered
in the spring.
Moreover, not every parent has a paid
holiday Monday.
“There’s a big voice out there that’s just
as happy to have their kids go back to
school on January 2nd, because they’re
going back to work,” Gorsuch said.
browne@washpost.com

For Redskins, two things are constant:
Poor reputation and contested name
B
ack in 1992, Washington reigned
as Super Bowl champion with
high hopes for two in a row under
Coach Joe Gibbs. That year, a Native
American resident of the District, Suzan
Harjo, became the lead plaintiff in a
lawsuit seeking to change the team’s
disparaging name: Redskins.
As the legal battle over the name
enters its 20th year, let’s review some
highlights of a struggle in which moral
victories by the plaintiffs often
coincided with demoralizing losses by
the team on the field — including
dashed hopes of winning another Super
Bowl.
1992: The American Jewish
Committee voices support for the
lawsuit. The term “redskins” is not an
honorific to Native Americans, as
Washington claims; it’s an insult, says
the AJC. Seven years later, when
communications executive Daniel
Snyder buys the team, Native
Americans assume that he’ll be more
sympathetic than the previous owner
because he is Jewish. They are sorely
mistaken.
On the gridiron, Gibbs takes the team
to the NFC divisional playoffs (January
1993) but loses to the San Francisco
49ers. After 12 seasons and three Super
Bowl wins, Gibbs retires. It is the end of
times for Washington football.
1993: Webster’s Third New
International Dictionary Unabridged
(3rd ed., Merriam-Webster, 1993)
defines the team name as “taken to be
offensive.” This contrasts with a
Washington Post-ABC News poll the
previous year in which 89 percent of
respondents said they favor keeping the
team’s name because “the name is not
intended to be offensive.”
Defensive coordinator Richie
Petitbon replaces Gibbs as head coach
and is promptly fired after losing 12 of
the season’s 16 games.
1994: The InterFaith Conference of
Metropolitan Washington joins the call
for a name change.
Washington hires Norv Turner as
COURTLAND MILLOY
head coach and the team loses 13 of 16
games.
1995-99: The lawsuit, Harjo et al v.
Pro­Football Inc., finally gets a hearing
before the U.S. Trademark Trial and
Appeal Board. A three-judge panel rules
that the team name and logo violate the
Lanham Act prohibition on any
trademark that “consists or comprises
. . . matter which may disparage . . .
persons, living or dead . . . or bring
them into contempt, or disrepute.”
Washington takes the case to the U.S.
Court of Appeals, which eventually
overturns the trial board’s ruling,
saying that Harjo and the others had
waited too long to file the lawsuit. The
plaintiffs later petition the U.S.
Supreme Court to reverse that decision,
but the high court refuses to take the
case.
milloy continued on B3
Metro employees: More time
needed for restroom breaks
BY D ANA H EDGPETH
Try driving a 40-foot-long bus through
crowded city streets. Weaving around
obstacles. Bouncing through potholes.
Stopping and going. And not going to the
restroom — sometimes for long stretch-
es.
Metrobus operators say that’s their
world, one with a lack of clean facilities
along their routes and without enough
time for bathroom breaks between runs,
sometimes leading to chronic health is-
sues.
Some operators say they have had to
relieve themselves in a cup or bag at the
back of buses or in doorways. Train
operators have reportedly used pocket
tracks on the rail system as “a lavatory”
because they had “inadequate time” to
have bathroom breaks, according to a
2010 report by Metro’s inspector general.
“There’s not enough time allowed in
the schedules for operators to use the
restroom,” said Jackie Jeter, president of
Amalgamated Transit Local 689, which
represents most Metro employees. “It’s
not something the managers at the Jack-
son Graham Building give much thought
to because they can go right down the hall
whenever they want to use the bath-
room,” she said, referring to Metro’s
headquarters.
According to Metro chief spokesman
Dan Stessel, there are procedures that
allow for bus operators to take bathroom
breaks. They are supposed to contact
central command and ask permission.
Once they receive approval, the operator
should stop the bus at “the appropriate
location, properly secure the bus and
notify the passengers on the bus that
he/she needs to step off the bus momen-
tarily to a restroom,” Stessel wrote in an
e-mail.
“The fact is, most operators know their
route and — just like anyone about to
take a road trip — plan accordingly,” he
said.
But union officials and bus operators
say drivers often don’t have enough time
for the breaks because the schedules are
too tight, and there’s no leeway if they run
late because of traffic. They might get a
breaks continued on B6
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In India, a college building boom
Out of a population of 1.2 billion, one-third of residents are under age 14 and will need to be educated
BY S ARAH G ARLAND
IN PATNA, INDIA
O
n the outskirts of this
sprawling city in one of
India’s poorest states, the
whitewashed columns
and domes of Chanakya
National Law University
rise next to a deep and
murky swamp. To get there, visitors
bump along potholed streets lined with
idle men sipping tea and cows rooting
through piles of garbage.
Despite its inauspicious location, the
four-year-old university has high aspira-
tions.
“We’re in a position to be a leading
national law school,” said Ravi Sarma, an
assistant professor of property law.
The university is part of an ambitious
plan to expand higher education to
India’s most destitute corners, where the
country’s vast population of young peo-
ple is concentrated.
Of 1.2 billion Indians, one third are
under the age of 14. Realizing that the
youth bulge could be an asset in India’s
drive to become a world power, or a
disaster that drains its resources and
fuels social unrest, the government has
responded with an ambitious university
building spree.
The effort could help India in its
economic competition with China and
the United States. While the United
States may have enough colleges, Presi-
dent Obama has warned that its higher
education system is falling behind. Poor
graduation rates plague lower-tier
schools with the vast majority of U.S.
students, even as budget cuts and rising
tuition make it more difficult to enter
college and to graduate.
In India, dozens of new public univer-
sities are opening. Officials say 374 new
“model” colleges, meant as demonstra-
tion projects, will be constructed in
remote areas. The plan is to increase the
postsecondary enrollment rate for 18- to
23-year-olds to 30 percent, from 18 per-
cent, by 2017, said Ved Prakash, chairman
of India’s University Grants Commission.
The enrollment rate for 18- to 24-year-
olds in the United States is 41 percent.
“It has never happened in the history
of India, this massive expansion of high-
er education,” Prakash said.
The government estimated that India
had 13.6 million postsecondary students
in 2009, about 6 million fewer than the
United States. But if India reaches its
goals, it could have nearly twice as many
college students as does the United
States by the end of the decade.
The construction boom is transform-
ing Patna, a city of more than 5.7 million
long written off as a poverty-stricken
backwater, into a college town, and the
The Answer Sheet
VALERIE STRAUSS
Excerpt from washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet
It was the best of years;
it was the worst of years
The year 2011 was monumental in edu-
cation — monumentally good or monu-
mentally bad, depending on your view.
School reformers who believe in using
business principles to run public schools
had a banner year. More states expanded
the number of charter schools, promoted
vouchers and moved toward using stu-
dent test scores to evaluate teachers.
It was a miserable year for those who
believe that school reform cannot happen
without taking into account the social
context in which students live. Yet, toward
the end of the year there were real signs
that educators, parents and even students
were pushing back.
Test yourself on 2011 issues that will
continue to play out in 2012.
1. “Corporate education reform” refers
to proposals driving education policy at
the state and federal level. What is not
one of those proposals:
a. Increased test-based evaluation of stu-
dents, teachers and schools.
b. Eliminating or weakening teacher ten-
ure.
c. Paying teachers for experience and ad-
vanced degrees.
d. Replacing governance by local school
boards with various forms of mayoral and
state takeover or private management.
2. Teach for America recruits top col-
lege graduates, trains them and places
them in high-poverty schools. How
much training do the recruits get before
they start teaching on their own?
a. One year as a student teacher while
earning a masters.
b. Six months as a student teacher.
c. Three months in a summer institute.
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Ads for schools and tutoring services line the streets of Patna, India, where a postsecondary building boom is underway.
The new campus of Chanakya National Law University was inspired by the Taj
Mahal but is located next to a swamp in one of India’s poorest areas — the city of
Patna, Bihar state, along the border with Nepal.
state of Bihar, which borders Nepal, into
a hub of higher education.
The government is doubling the num-
ber of its renowned and selective Indian
Institutes of Technology to 16. IIT Patna
opened in 2008 and is waiting to expand
d. Five weeks in a summer institute.
3. Because Congress failed to rewrite
No Child Left Behind, what did the
Obama administration say it would do
to help schools dealing with the law’s
onerous requirements?
a. Issue waivers that would release all
public schools from the requirements.
b. Issue waivers to states that promised to
institute approved school reforms.
c. Put pressure on congressional Republi-
cans to reach an NCLB deal in 2012.
d. Nothing.
4. Why did the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
School District try out 52 standardized
tests in the spring?
a. To detect cheaters.
b. To find the best test for a new account-
ability program.
c. To pick standardized tests in every
subject so teachers can be evaluated by
student scores.
d. It didn’t because that would be prepos-
terous.
5. What percentage of American chil-
dren live in poverty, according to new
Census Bureau data?
a. 22 percent
b. 18 percent
c. 13 percent
d. 9 percent
6. Who said: “We’ve lost our competi-
tive spirit. We’ve become so obsessed
with making kids feel good about them-
selves that we’ve lost sight of building
the skills they need to actually be good
at things.”
a. Bill Gates
b. Steve Jobs
c. Michelle A. Rhee, former D.C. schools
chancellor
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into a 500-acre campus in a nearby
village.
A National Institute of Fashion Tech-
nology opened downtown in the same
year, and in 2006, a state technical
college opened an expansive new campus
d. Amy Chua, author of “Battle Hymn of
the Tiger Mother”
7. What did President Obama do on
Friday, March 4?
a. Went to Wisconsin to support teachers
protesting efforts to restrict collective-
bargaining rights.
b. Went to Ohio to support teachers pro-
testing efforts to restrict bargaining
rights.
c. Started a three-day weekend.
d. Appeared in Miami with Jeb Bush, a
leader of corporate education reform.
8. Obama disagrees with Republicans
on:
a. The importance of increasing charter
schools.
b. Whether students should get taxpayer-
funded vouchers to pay for private school.
c. Evaluating educators by student test
scores.
d. Encouraging private-sector help for
public schools.
9. Who said, “I’m beginning to think we
are living in a moment of national insan-
ity?”
a. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.)
b. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R)
c. Education historian Diane Ravitch
d. Bill Gates
10. What is the Opt-Out Movement?
a. Opting out of high-stakes standardized
tests.
b. Opting out of sex education classes.
c. Opting out of physical education class-
es.
d. Opting out of school-required vaccines.
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near the city’s airport.
The Central University of Bihar, one of
15 new government-sponsored univer-
sities that aims to compete with the
global elite, opened in 2009 and has been
allocated 1,000 acres on the edge of the
city. Plans call for enrollment to grow
over the next decade from 200 students
to as many as 40,000.
Sixty miles south of Patna, down a
two-lane highway clogged with rick-
shaws, motorcycles and idling trucks,
plans are under way to open Nalanda
International University. The campus
will be located near the ruins of a
Buddhist university that, in the 5th
century, drew students from around the
world. The hope is that the new school
will do the same.
For some poor students in Bihar, the
universities are turning farfetched
dreams of higher education into reality.
Abhishek Ujjwal, 18, grew up in a
small village in Bihar, where most people
worked on farms and the roads out of
town were unpaved. His father has a
small business selling the milk of local
cows and his mother is a housewife.
Neither went to college. But in middle
school, Ujjwal decided he would aim for
admission to an IIT.
Virginia Schools Insider
BY EMMA BROWN
Excerpts from washingtonpost. com/vaschoolsinsider
Change and continuity
at odds in Fairfax County
Fairfax County schools chief Jack D.
Dale got a new set of bosses when the
school board took the oath of office last
month at Luther Jackson Middle School.
The board, sworn in Dec. 19, consists
of six veterans and six newcomers
elected in November.
Ten of the board members are en-
dorsed by Democrats and two by Repub-
licans — but political affiliation, while
key to winning votes, is expected to
matter very little in policy decisions.
Instead, the board’s deepest division
appears to be between those who defend
how the region’s largest school system
does business and generally seem to
trust Dale, and those who have a record
of challenging Dale and advocating for
change.
At a Dec. 10 retreat, there were hints
of alliances, divisions and frustrations
during heated discussions over disci-
pline policies and how deeply board
members should be involved in, for
example, addressing parent complaints
about principals, teachers and policies.
Among the outspoken critics of the
former board were newcomers Eliza-
beth Schultz (Springfield), who led
community resistance to the closure of
Clifton Elementary School, and Megan
McLaughlin (Braddock), who headed
the Fairgrade campaign to revise the
county’s strict grading policy.
Brad Center (Lee), who has left the
board, advised the members to learn
how the system works before trying to
overhaul it.
“Try on the shoes for a couple months
before you decide you want to change
the shoes,” he said. “If you don’t like it,
tweak it.”
MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
“It’s a very global brand,” he said. “You
can go anywhere.”
A tutoring program for the poor called
Super 30 helped him prepare for the
entrance exam. Last summer, he quali-
fied for IIT Bombay, a branch opened in
1961 with a stronger reputation than the
one in Patna.
Ujjwal enrolled for the fall term in IIT
Patna instead, because he wanted to be
near his family as he embarked on the
intensive course work. “They gave me
moral support,” he said.
The founder of Super 30, Anand Ku-
mar, said that for many in Bihar, the
universities remain out of reach. One-
room schoolhouses lacking basic amen-
ities such as toilets are often the only
option for children in slums and villages,
even though the government is investing
in elementary and secondary education.
Many children drop out as early as age 10.
“With more and more institutions
coming up, they will certainly increase
access,” Kumar said. “For the poor stu-
dents, however, it is tough as always to
make the most of these opportunities.”
The new universities are also targeting
the expanding middle class in an effort to
keep talented students in India. More
than 100,000 Indians study abroad, most
of them in the United States.
Ravi Prakash, 22, a middle-class Patna
native, might have chosen to study in
Delhi or abroad. Instead, he opted for the
Chanakya law school.
“Law is a means to bring social change,
and I’m interested in developing my
state,” he said.
Indian officials acknowledge that the
rapid expansion of public colleges and
universities will not come close to meet-
ing the demand.
Privately run schools fill the gap
through distance education, but often
their offerings are of low quality, said
Devesh Kapur, a political scientist at the
University of Pennsylvania. And corrup-
tion and nepotism are rife in the postsec-
ondary system.
Pawan Agarwal, an adviser to the
federal government’s planning commis-
sion on higher education, said that in
2012 the Indian government will start to
shift its attention “from rapid expansion
to quality expansion,” although he ac-
knowledges that solutions will be elusive.
India’s new institutions are fulfilling
one mission already, however: They are
raising the expectations of a new genera-
tion of Indians. “All the Biharis, now they
are dreaming that ‘I will go for this
institution,’ ” said Ujjwal, the IIT student.
“We are imagining what we could be.”
This story was produced by The Hechinger
Report, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education-
news outlet affiliated with Teachers College,
Columbia University.
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Jack D. Dale, Fairfax County schools
chief, meets newly elected board.
The new board doesn’t have much
time to find its footing before it’s tossed
into that annual whirlwind of heartache
known as the budget cycle.
Dale is scheduled to present his 2013
proposal Jan. 12, the board’s first regular
meeting. On Jan. 18 and 19, the board
will hold sessions to hear community
feedback.
Returning members:
Jane K. Strauss (Dranesville), Ilryong
Moon (At Large), Kathy Smith (Sully),
Dan Storck (Mount Vernon), Patty Reed
(Providence) and Sandy Evans (Mason).
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Pat Hynes (Hunter Mill), Tamara
Derenak Kaufax (Lee), Ryan McElveen
(At Large), Ted Velkoff (At Large),
McLaughlin and Schultz.
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COURTLAND MILLOY
Two decades
of struggle on
field, in court
milloy from B1
Snyder purchases the
Washington team in 1999, along
with two-year-old Jack Kent
Cooke Stadium in Landover. He
immediately removes the former
team owner’s name from the
arena and sells the naming
rights to FedEx for an estimated
$250 million. Friends of Cooke,
who had died of a heart attack
two years earlier, pitch a fit. But
Snyder calms them by declaring
that, out of respect for tradition,
he will never give in to the
demands of the Native
Americans.
Then again, they don’t have
millions to spend on naming
rights.
2000-04: Hundreds of high
schools and universities stop
using Native American imagery
as sports logos and mascots. As
African Americans press their
fight to change the Virginia state
song, “Carry Me Back to Ole
Virginny,” which makes
references to “darkies” and
“massas,” Native Americans
hope that more of Washington’s
black fans will join in solidarity
with their struggle.
Hope springs eternal.
Turner takes Washington to
the NFC divisional playoffs
against the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers. With less than two
minutes to go, the team is
poised to take the lead with a
field goal when — oops! — the
snap is botched and the game is
lost, 14-13.
Turner is fired in the middle
of the following season and
Terry Robiskie takes over as
interim coach for the last three
games. Marty Schottenheimer
replaces him and, a year later, he
is canned for Steve Spurrier,
who is eventually let go to make
way for the return of Joe Gibbs.
2005-10: The American
Psychological Association
supports the Native Americans’
case with research showing the
corrosive effects of racial
stereotyping on children. But
after a dejected Gibbs retires in
2008, it is the Washington fan
who seems to need
psychological help the most. It’s
as if spiritual war is being waged
against the team, which soon
becomes one of the most
dispirited franchises in the NFL.
By the time Jim Zorn is hired
and fired as head coach and
Mike Shanahan arrives to take
his place, Washington will have
burned through eight head
coaches since 1992. The team
has also started 21 quarterbacks.
About the only thing that
hasn’t changed through all that
is the team’s reputation as losers
— and that cursed name.
2011: Harjo tells the U.S.
Senate Committee on Indian
Affairs: “The term ‘redskins’ is
the most vile and offensive term
used to describe Native
Americans. It is most disturbing
to the overwhelming majority of
Native Americans throughout
the country that the professional
football team in the nation’s
capital uses a team name that
demeans us.”
2012: Another lawsuit to get
rid of the team name,
Blackhorse et al v. Pro­Football
Inc., will be working its way
through the courts, this one
from a younger group of Native
Americans who cannot be said
to have “waited too long to file.”
But they have already waited
too long for justice.
milloyc@washpost.com
VIRGINIA
Arlington reports zero homicides in 2011
BY M ARTIN W EIL
The number of homicides de-
clined last year in the District and
in many other jurisdictions
throughout the United States, but
in Arlington County the figure
reached an absolute minimum —
none.
No homicides were reported in
Arlington last year, for the first
time in at least 50 years, said
Detective Crystal Nosal, county
police spokeswoman.
JOHN KELLY’S WASHINGTON
Gee, so whatever
happened to . . .
H
appy New Year! But before
we get too far into 2012,
let’s check in with some of
the people I wrote about in 2011.
Room service
Christy Winton got an
inadvertent lesson in how mean
the Internet can be. In October,
Christy’s 79-year-old mom, Joy
Bricker, moved out of the
TownePlace Suites by Marriott in
Falls Church where she’d lived for
10 years. I wrote about how Joy
was moving to New York state to
live in the farmhouse Christy
rents.
“Some of the retaliation toward
me was not nice,” Christy told me
when I called her recently. Some
online commenters said anyone
who let their mother live in a
hotel for 10 years must be an
awful daughter.
“That was where she wanted to
be,” Christy said. “It’s amazing the
perception people get when they
read stories. And the negativity.
. . . Just shows you how people
are.”
But there was plenty of good,
too. The coverage — in my
column, on CNN, in the
Huffington Post — helped Joy
reconnect with people she’d
known over the years.
“It’s an adjustment, of course,”
Christy said of her mother’s new
rural life. “But she’ a very
adaptable person.”
Then Joy shouted over the
phone: “I plan to be in
Washington in 2012!”
Vigil at the White House
Concepcion Picciotto has had
an unusual living arrangement,
too. She’s the peace activist who
since 1981 has mounted a vigil in
front of the White House.
While she spends the majority
of every day and night in her
makeshift camp in Lafayette
Park, Concepcion retreats for a
few hours each day to a house on
12th Street NW to shower and eat.
That house is for sale, and it
looked like Concepcion would
have to leave.
She’s still able to use the house,
she told me last week. While she
and owner Ellen Benjamin —
who inherited the house when
her peace activist husband
William Thomas Hallenback
died in 2009 but who does not live
there — still don’t get along,
Concepcion is being allowed to
stay for now.
“I’m in limbo,” she told me.
Ellen said two people have
expressed interest in buying the
Peace House, one of whom is
connected with the Occupy D.C.
movement. Both have assured her
that they would like to use the
house as a headquarters for
activists. It would be up to the
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Nosal said that statistics avail-
able to her “go back to 1960, and
this is the first year that we have
had zero homicides.”
The number of homicides in
Arlington in recent years has been
small. In 2010 there was one; in
2009, there were two; and in
2008, there were four. The num-
ber was as high as 12 in 1990 and
1991.
An FBI report estimated that
about 14,700 people nationwide
were victims of homicide in 2010
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new owner whether Concepcion
could stay.
History, channeled
There’s nothing sadder than a
locked library, and that was the
state of things when I last wrote
about the Historical Society of
Washington. The handsome
Kiplinger Library, gem of the
society’s headquarters at Mount
Vernon Square, had been forced
to close, the most visible victim of
the society’s slow slide into
insolvency.
A savior came in the form of
the agency that runs the D.C.
convention center. It will operate
a visitors center in the old
Carnegie Library building and
take over the site’s expensive
overhead.
The Kiplinger Library’s doors
are still locked, but they will be
open Jan. 16 — Martin Luther
King Jr. Day. The hope is to open
the library two days a week after
that.
So, we still have to wait — and
two days a week is a fraction of
how often the library used to be
open — but it’s better than
nothing. What’s more, the society
just got a donation of fascinating
graphical materials that show the
evolving landscape of
Washington. The collection, more
than 4,000 pieces, was assembled
over the years by Kiplinger
Washington Editors, the
personal-finance publishers,
headed today by major
Washington history buff Knight
Kiplinger. It includes maps,
paintings panoramic prints,
photographs by Mathew Brady.
There’s even a receipt for a D.C.
dog licensing fee, signed by
Thomas Carbery, the city’s mayor
from 1822 to 1824.
Children’s Hospital
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make a difference in our 2011
fundraising drive for Children’s
National Medical Center. The
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— a rate of about 4.8 per 100,000
people. Arlington’s population
was about 208,000 in 2010, ac-
cording to census figures, sug-
gesting that about 10 homicides a
year would conform to national
averages.
Several other local jurisdic-
tions had homicide rates last year
that fell well below the national
rate. But of the counties and large
cities in the Washington area, only
Arlington reported no homicides.
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Monday’s closings
CLOSED EVERYWHERE
Banks Federal Post offices Courts
Most government
offices
No mail delivery except
for Express Mail
Except for adult arraignments and
new juvenile referrals in the District
VARIED RESTRICTIONS
Traffic,
DISTRICT
Sunday traffic regulations.
MARYLAND
No parking fees except for
VIRGINIA
Sunday parking regulations in
parking Meters not enforced. Prince George’s County’s New
Carrollton Garage.
effect; meters not enforced;
HOV restrictions lifted.
Trash,
recycling
No trash or recycling
collections.
Regular trash collections
except in Howard and Prince
Regular trash collections in
Arlington and Fairfax counties
George’s. In Howard, Monday’s and Alexandria. No collections
collections will be made in City of Fairfax. Landfills
Tuesday and slide one day for closed.
the remainder of the week.
Prince George’s trash
collections will be made the
next regularly scheduled day,
and curbside recycling pickups
for Monday will operate on a
normal schedule. Landfills
closed except in Calvert,
Charles and St. Mary’s.
Liquor Owner’s discretion. Montgomery County ABC Open.
stores stores closed.
Schools Closed. Most closed; Howard, St. Most closed; Alexandria open.
Mary’s and Charles open.
Libraries Closed. Closed. Closed.
Local Closed. Closed. Closed.
government
offices
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
·Metrobus, Metrorail, MetroAccess, DASH, Ride On, Fairfax Connector and ART (Routes 41 and 51) will operate on a Sunday
schedule.
·MARC, Loudoun Bus, MTA Commuter Bus, PRTC Omniride, The Bus and VRE will not be in service.
·CUE will operate on a modified weekday schedule.
LOCAL DIGEST
THE DISTRICT charged with first-degree murder in the 4400 block of Jones Bridge
and was being held with no bond Road near Lancaster Drive.
Five people stabbed at the Prince George’s County According to a preliminary in-
as the year turns jail. vestigation, a white 2007 Chevy
On Saturday at 9:05 a.m., po- TrailBlazer headed west on Jones
Five people were stabbed in lice officers were called to the Bridge Road from the direction
the District on New Year’s Eve 3800 block of Walters Lane in of Connecticut Avenue struck the
and in the early hours of 2012, District Heights. When the offi- curb, went up on the sidewalk
police said. None of the injuries cers arrived, they found Wilson’s and struck a chain link fence and
was fatal. brother, Chappell Wilson, unre- then a tree, said Capt. Paul
Two of the five cases involved sponsive and with trauma to his Starks, a Montgomery County
domestic violence incidents, and body. He was pronounced dead at police spokesman.
three people were arrested in the scene. There were five people in the
those cases, said Officer Anthony Detectives quickly identified vehicle. They ranged in age from
Clay, a police spokesman. The Samuel Wilson as a suspect. He 18 to 22.
other three stabbings are under was located a short time later Police said they were trying to
investigation. and taken into custody. confirm the identifies of the two
The incidents, which occurred — Dana Hedgpeth who died. One was a man who
late Saturday and early Sunday in was a passenger in the front seat;
different parts of the city, are not the other was a woman who was
believed to be related, Clay said.
Two people killed in the back seat, directly behind
— Donna St. George in crash in Bethesda him.
Starks said the cause of the ac-
MARYLAND Two people were killed early cident was under investigation.
Sunday morning when the sport- Police also were investigating
55-year-old charged utility vehicle they were riding in whether the riders were wearing
in brother’s death left the road and struck a tree on seat belts.
Jones Bridge Road in Bethesda, Two men in the vehicle were
Prince George’s County police according to Montgomery Coun- taken to Suburban Hospital for
arrested a 55-year-old man in ty Police officials. non-life-threatening injuries,
connection with the slaying of Police said they received a call Starks said. The driver was sent
his brother. about 2:51 a.m. from an un- to shock trauma in Baltimore.
Samuel Ulysees Wilson was known person about an accident — Dana Hedgpeth
WEATHER
Rainbow caps a balmy day in Washington
BY M ARTIN W EIL waning hours of daylight that the with their backs to the descend-
mercury at Reagan National Air- ing sun, spotted a rainbow.
Sunday was the first day of the port reached 60. That was nine It is an atmospheric phenom-
new year, but that was only one of degrees below the record for the enon that has been seen as a
the day’s distinctions. The tem- date. But it was 16 degrees above symbol of benevolence at least
perature rose to 60 degrees in the New Year’s Day normal. since biblical times.
Washington, a January rarity. “Open windows on New Year’s A comment on the Weather
There was brilliant sunshine, Day” read a comment on the Gang site described the splendor
fog, cloudiness, rain and a rain- Washington Post’s Capital Weath- of the sunset and noted that the
bow. er Gang Web site. “Golly.” day’s glories also included “for
Most of Sunday afternoon had As the light faded on New about 5 minutes around 4:50ish,
0-0-4 been in the 50s, which was pleas- Year’s Day afternoon, some peo- a full rainbow towards the east.”
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OBITUARIES

EVA ZEISEL, 105

Her designs brought a simple,

modern touch to dinner tables
BY E MILY L ANGER

Eva Zeisel, who designed and

produced stylish but simple lines
of tableware that were credited
with enhancing the serenity of
American dinnertime, died Dec.
30 at her home in New City, N.Y.
Mrs. Zeisel was 105 and had
come to America just before
World War II, after a harrowing
series of adventures in the turbu-
lent Europe of the 1930s.
Her daughter, Jean Richards,
confirmed the death but said she
did not know the medical cause.
Mrs. Zeisel was widely regard-
ed as a master of modern design.
Her salt and pepper shakers,
creamers and ladles are included
PHOTOS BY SARAH L. VOISIN/THE WASHINGTON POST in the collections of the Museum
Irja and Greg Bonafede get acquainted with their baby girl, who weighed more at birth than either of her of Modern Art in New York. Yet she
brothers despite arriving two weeks early. The Bonafedes have not yet selected a name for their first girl. resisted being characterized as an
artist. “Art has more ego to it than

12 minutes into ’12, it was time

Area’s first baby of the year arrives early after visit to B&O museum
BY D ONNA S T. G EORGE
There was a certain symmetry
to the arrival of the Washington
area’s first baby of the new year:
As 2012 made its debut, so did a
baby girl in Maryland — at pre-
cisely 12:12 a.m.
She is the first daughter and
third child of Irja and Greg
Bonafede, a military family from
Upper Marlboro, who pro-
nounced themselves “a little as-
tounded” by their midnight-hour
delivery.
A healthy baby Bonafede —
with dark hair, blue-brown eyes
and round cheeks — weighed in
at 8 pounds 10 ounces at South-
ern Maryland Hospital Center in
Clinton. By shortly after 1 a.m.,
she was followed by babies in
Rockville and Leesburg.
“We had no idea it would be
smack-dab at midnight,” Greg
Bonafede said from the hospital
Sunday afternoon as his newborn
snuggled up with her mother.
“But of course the baby has her
own idea of things.”
Eyeing a due date of Jan. 16,
her parents had thought they had
another week or two before their
daughter made an appearance.
Sunday, as news crews showed
up one after another, they had
little time to choose among sev-
eral favorite names.
Irja, 36, had begun to recog-
nize labor pains Saturday during
an outing to the B&O Railroad
Museum in Baltimore, where the
family took in Christmas dis-
plays. The Bonafedes’ sons —
Leo, 5, and Dean, 3 — had such a
good time they did not want to
leave.
Footprints record the baby’s birth at Southern Maryland Hospital
Center shortly before Jan. 1 arrivals in Rockville and Leesburg.
“Halfway through the day, I
started realizing this really could
be it,” Irja said. So Greg, 45, drove
them all home, and by 6 p.m.
babysitters were in place for their
sons and the Bonafedes were
heading to the hospital.
Irja says she is glad — that she
really wanted a January baby.
The family already has two
December birthdays on the cal-
endar — Greg’s and Leo’s. Plus,
Irja thought January would hon-
or her late mother, who had a
birthday in that month.
Her baby’s arrival at 12:12 a.m.,
in January 2012, struck both
parents as meaningful.
But how?
“To me, it makes me think of
the 12 days of Christmas, which
we’re still in,” she concluded.
Greg Bonafede was still mull-
ing it over.
A lieutenant colonel in the Air
Force who works as a speechwrit-
er at the Pentagon, he had
worked in earlier years as an
English professor at the Air Force
Academy and taken a particular
interest in medieval literature.
“I know there’s a lot of fun you
can have with all of these numer-
ological relationships,” he said. “I
don’t know at the moment what
they are. I will have to do some
research.”
The new baby had a momen-
tous arrival in another way, too:
outdoing her brothers’ birth
weights by nearly two pounds
and nearly three pounds. But the
Bonafedes, mindful of the danger
of sibling comparisons, were
quick to widen the spotlight.
Said Greg, “All of our children
are little miracles.”
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what I do,” she once told the New
Yorker.
What Mrs. Zeisel did was create
everyday objects that fundamen-
tally changed the look of Ameri-
can kitchens and dining rooms.
She brought “a trained design-
er’s eye and touch to the kind of
inexpensive daily goods that were
available to everyone,” said Karen
Kettering, vice president for Rus-
sian art at Sotheby’s and a former
curator at the Hillwood Estate,
Museum and Gardens in the Dis-
trict, which featured a retrospec-
tive of Mrs. Zeisel’s work in 2005.
Mrs. Zeisel received artistic
training in her native Hungary in
the years after World War I. She
moved to the Soviet Union, where
she worked in a factory and, after
building a reputation as a talented
ceramicist, landed a job as art
director of the state-run porcelain
and glass industries.
While in that position, Mrs. Zei-
sel was falsely accused of conspir-
ing to assassinate Soviet dictator
Joseph Stalin. She spent more
than a year in a Soviet prison,
much of that time in solitary con-
finement. Her experience there
would deeply inform “Darkness at
Noon,” the novel about life under
Stalinism written by a childhood
friend, Arthur Koestler.
When guards called Mrs. Zeisel
from her cell one day, she thought
she was about to be executed.
Instead, she was released. She fled
to Austria, only to be forced to flee
again when Adolf Hitler’s Ger-
many annexed that country. Mrs.
Zeisel went to England and then
to New York, where the design
community quickly recognized
her talent.
Mrs. Zeisel often said that her
work was about the “playful
search for beauty.”
Along with some of her contem-
porary designers, Mrs. Zeisel re-
placed the florid, gilded style of
earlier eras with simple colors.
Her most famous table collection
from the 1950s is pure white.
Eva Zeisel, shown in her studio in 2001 with some of her early work,
said her designs were guided by “the playful search for beauty.” Her
tableware featured simple colors and lines, a break from the more
florid styles in vogue earlier.
Her work often was described
with words not usually associated
with tableware: human, sensual,
voluptuous. Many of her designs
are curvaceous and reminiscent of
the “feminine midriff,” Kettering
said. Mrs. Zeisel designed flower
vases with belly buttons. Her
bowls were not meant to be
stacked but rather to nestle to-
gether. Big spoons could be seen
as protecting smaller ones.
“All of my work is mother-and-
child,” Mrs. Zeisel once said.
Her work reached the height of
its popularity during the Cold
War. Art critics believe it helped
provide a sense of tranquillity dur-
ing the tensions of the time, Ket-
tering said.
She added that critics have not-
ed a resurgence in the popularity
of Mrs. Zeisel’s work since the
terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. A
tableware collection from the
1950s was re-released several
years ago by Crate and Barrel.
Eva Amalia Striker was born
Nov. 13, 1906, in Budapest. She
originally trained as a painter but
pursued industrial arts, in part to
avoid the fate of the starving art-
CARY CONOVER FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
ist. She was reported to be one of
the first female members of the
Hungarian guild of chimney
sweeps, oven makers, roof tilers,
well diggers and potters.
Once in the United States, Mrs.
Zeisel broke onto the artistic
scene in the 1940s when Castleton
China invited her to design a table
collection. It would later by dis-
played at MoMA.
Her first marriage, to Alex
Weissberg, ended in divorce. Her
second husband, Hans Zeisel, died
in 1992 after 54 years of marriage.
Survivors include two children
from her second marriage, Jean
Richards of New City and John
Zeisel of Montreal; and three
grandchildren.
Mrs. Zeisel was the author of
“Eva Zeisel on Design: The Magic
Language of Things.” Her memoir
of the Soviet prison is forthcom-
ing, her daughter said.
“I search for beauty,” Mrs. Zeisel
told The Washington Post in 2003.
“I never wanted to do something
grotesque. I never wanted to
shock. I wanted my audience to be
happy, to be kind.”
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STEPHEN J. MCCORMICK, 97

Broadcaster emphasized neutrality on job

BY M ATT S CHUDEL
Stephen J. McCormick, 97, a
White House radio correspon-
dent in the 1930s, who later was
the host of Washington-based
news programs for NBC-TV, died
Nov. 30 at a rehabilitation facility
in Bar Harbor, Maine.
He had congestive heart fail-
ure, his daughter said.
Mr. McCormick came to Wash-
ington in the mid-1930s and
worked for a local radio station
before joining the Mutual Broad-
casting System. He broadcast the
“fireside chats” of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, went on to
cover three other presidents and
became a top executive for the
MATT MCCLAIN FOR THE WASHINGTON POST Mutual network.
Beginning in 1954, Mr. McCor-
Plunging into the new year mick was the host of two public
affairs programs broadcast na-
Dan Mills, front, of Frederick rushes out of the Potomac River as he and others take part in the
tionally by NBC-TV, “The Ameri-
Polar Bear Plunge at River Bottom Park in Williamsport, Md., on Sunday. The Humane Society can Forum” and “Youth Wants to
of Washington County sponsored the event, which is traditionally held on New Year’s Day and Know.”
is designed to raise money for the organization and benefit animals at the shelter. The plunge is With “American Forum,” he
served as moderator between two
an official city event for Williamsport, according to the Humane Society’s Web site.
people arguing opposite points of
a public issue. “Youth Wants to
Know” was an interview show in
which children and teens asked
questions of politicians and other
Home delivery public figures in the news.
is convenient. “The moderator must be neu-
tral,” Mr. McCormick told The
Washington Post in 1956, describ-
ing the role of a news-show mod-
1-800-753-POST erator. “No public affairs discus-
sion program can last for very
long if word gets around that the
moderator favors one point of
view. Guests will just refuse to
SF take part in the show.”
In March 1956, Sen. John F.
Kennedy (D-Mass.) appeared on
“Youth Wants to Know” and was
asked if he would consider ac-
cepting an offer to be a vice
presidential candidate.
“I think it’s a bad idea in
politics and ev-
ery other kind
of job to accept
or refuse
things which
have not and
probably will
not be offered
to you,” Ken-
Stephen J. nedy replied.
McCormick “I suppose
it’s like saying
to a girl, ‘If I asked you to marry
me, and I’m not asking you to
marry me, would you marry me?’
I suppose, when the time comes,
we can make a better judgment
on it.”
Amid gentle laughter, Mr. Mc-
Cormick added, “I wouldn’t be
surprised, after reading about
you for many years, Senator, if we
had a lot of girls who were
thinking of marrying you.”
Stephen Joseph McCormick
was born May 4, 1914, in Taunton,
Mass., and attended Boston Uni-
versity before coming to Wash-
ington.
During World War II, he served
in the Army in the Pacific and
received the Bronze Star Medal
for service during the Battle of
Saipan. He stayed in the Army
reserves for many years, reaching
the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Mr. McCormick’s television ca-
reer was at its height in the 1950s.
He played himself in the 1959
Doris Day-Jack Lemmon film “It
Happened to Jane.”
By 1960, he had returned to
radio as a vice president in charge
of the Mutual Broadcasting Sys-
tem’s Washington operation. He
continued to appear on the air,
with news and interview shows,
well into the 1970s.
Mr. McCormick was Mutual’s
anchor at national political con-
ventions for 20 years and also
produced and directed the net-
work’s coverage of the Mercury,
Gemini and Apollo manned
spaceflights. He sometimes con-
tributed feature stories to the
BBC.
He lived in Alexandria and
Potomac for many years before
moving to Swan’s Island, Maine,
about five years ago. He was a
founding member of the Radio
and Television Correspondents
Association and was a member of
the White House Correspondents
Association, National Press Club
and Army and Navy Club.
A daughter, Patricia Delano,
died in 2010.
Survivors include his wife of
66 years, Theo Henelt McCor-
mick of Swan’s Island; daughter
Teddi Harrison of Carlsbad, N.M.;
and five grandchildren.
In describing his broadcasting
style in 1956, Mr. McCormick
called himself “the greatest neu-
tral in Washington.”
“I have absolutely no opinions
when I’m on the air,” he told The
Post, “and I have very few opin-
ions when I’m off the air.”
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MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
OBITUARIES
Johanna Vogelsang
ARTIST
Johanna Vogelsang, 82, a for-
mer Washington artist who had
done portraits of civil rights
leaders and graphic designs for
civil rights organizations, died
Dec. 1 at a hospital in Murietta,
Calif.
She had complications from
a hip fracture, her daughter
Kirsten V. Eyerman said.
Mrs. Vogelsang lived in
Washington for about 30 years
before moving to California in
1992. She lived most recently in
Temecula, Calif.
Joanna Kathryn Schmalhorst
was born in Cincinnati, and she
graduated from Rockford Col-
lege in Illinois in 1952. She
added the “h” to her first name
as an artist.
Her artwork was exhibited at
the Spectrum gallery in George-
town and elsewhere, and she
had done graphic designs for
Women’s Strike for Peace,
Neighbors Inc. and Art for Peo-
ple.
Her marriage of 25 years to
Frederic Vogelsang ended in
divorce.
A daughter, Hana Vogelsang,
died in 1995.
Survivors include a daughter,
Kirsten V. Eyerman of Temecu-
la; a brother; a sister; and a
granddaughter.
— Bart Barnes
Michael A. Alvarez
NAVY YEOMAN, NASA
ANALYST
Michael A. Alvarez, 86, a
retired Navy administrative spe-
cialist who spent 28 years at
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight
Center in Greenbelt, died Dec.
14 at his home in Fairfax County.
He had congestive heart fail-
ure, his son Danny Alvarez said.
Mr. Alvarez enlisted in the
Navy at 17 and served in the
Pacific during World War II. He
specialized in communications
and radio work before serving in
administrative roles at the Navy
Annex near the Pentagon. He
retired from the Navy in the
early 1960s as a yeoman first
class. He worked as a computer
analyst for NASA from 1967 to
1993 and contributed to space
shuttle missions.
Michael Angel Alvarez was
born in Tampa. He moved to the
Washington area in 1961 and
lived for many years in Annan-
dale.
Survivors include his wife of
59 years, Delia Fernandez Alvar-
ez of Fairfax County; two sons,
Michael A. Alvarez Jr. of Ger-
rardstown, W.Va., and Danny
Alvarez of Santa Cruz, Calif.; a
sister; six grandchildren; and
four great-grandchildren.
— T. Rees Shapiro
IN MEMORIAM
NEWSOM
JOEL A. NEWSOM
August 6, 1970 - January 2, 2011
Beloved son, wonderful brother, cherished
husband, great teacher, kind person.
Our hearts ache at your loss.
Your Loving Family
REED
ROBERT J. REED, SR.
06/19/1915 - 01/02/2006
Memories of you will remain with us forever.
Love always, Mary and Rob
WESLEY
LILLIAN M. WESLEY
Happy Birthday 70th Birthday to Our Mother!
Love Sharon and Daniel,
Grands and Great-Grands
DEATH NOTICE
BARNES
RICHARD A. BARNES
On Friday, December 23, 2011 of Kensington,
MD. Beloved husband of Elaine E. Barnes;
father of Melanie A. (husband, Keith) Ivey and
Michael D. (wife Sylvia) Barnes; grandfather of
Aaron and Tanner Ivey, Meghan Stello, Kristina,
Brianna and Ashley Barnes; brother of Art
Barnes and Nancy Crawford. Many nieces
and nephews also survive. Memorial Service
will be offered at St. Paul's United Methodist
Church, 10401 Armory Avenue, Kensington,
MD 20895 on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 2
p.m. with a reception to follow. Contributions
may be made to the Children's Inn at NIH for
their playground, 7 West Drive, Bethesda, MD
20814. Please view and sign family guestbook
at:
www.pumphreyfuneralhome.com
DEATH NOTICE
BREVARD
SAMUEL BREVARD, SR.
Members of Prince Hall Lodge #14
are requested to assemble Janu-
ary 3, 12 noon at Fort Lincoln
Funeral Home, 3401 Bladensburg
Rd., Brentwood, MD 20722.
James L. Taylor, Jr., WM
CLARK
IONA A. CLARK (Age 91)
Departed this life December 25, 2011. She
leaves to mourn one daughter, Ilene Clark
Tillman; seven grandchildren; 20 great-grand-
children; four great-great-grandchildren; a spe-
cial nephew, and a host of other relatives and
friends. Services on Tuesday, January 3, 2012.
CLARK
SUSAN BALL CLARK
On December 19, 2011, died at home in
Alexandria, Virginia. In addition to her husband,
Howard L. Clark, she is survived by her brother,
William B. Ball (Jackie); sister-in-law, Patricia
Ball; several nieces and nephews.
A Memorial Service is to be held at 3 p.m.,
January 15, 2012 at the Old Presbyterian Meet-
ing House, 323 S. Fairfax St., Alexandria, VA
22314. Expressions of sympathy may be made
to the Old Presbyterian Meeting House or to
one's own choosing. Interment was private.
COVINGTON
ELAINE COVINGTON
On Tuesday, December 27, 2011. Survived
by three sisters, Helene Washington, Wilma
Tucker and Edith Bland; nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Covington will lie in State at Mt. Horeb
Baptist Church, 2914 Bladensburg Rd., NE,
Tuesday, January 3, 10 a.m. until services at
11 a.m. Interment Roosevelt Memorial Park,
Norfolk, VA. Arrangements by STEWART.
EUBANK
LOTTIE DELILA WRIGHT EUBANK
On Saturday, December 31, 2011 of Lorton,
VA formerly of Amherst County, VA. Beloved
wife, of 57 years, to Marion Gray Eubank, Sr.;
mother of Barbara Eubank Thurston (Tommy),
Rosie Gilbert (Rick), Susan Eubank Spindel
(Burrell), Marion Eubank, Jr. and Jerry Eubank;
grandmother of Sarah, Hannah and Jesse Gil-
bert. Relatives and friends may call at Jefferson
Funeral Chapel, 5755 Castlewellan Dr. Alexan-
dria, VA on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 from 2 to
4 and 7 to 9 p.m., where funeral service will be
held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Interment Mt.
Comfort Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions may be made to Capital Caring,
2900 Telestar Ct. Falls Church, VA 22042.
GOLDBERG
JAMES F. GOLDBERG "Jim" (Age 72)
Of Cambridge on Saturday, December 31, 2011
of lung cancer at home. A writer, editor, and
public policy analyst, he was passionate about
social and economic justice, with a long history
of advocacy and political activism: he took
part in the Columbia University protest in '68,
helped organize the Hearings on Economic
Insecurity MA in '96, and was an advocate for
local affordable housing. Jim was a humble,
kind, and generous man, who loved
Beethoven's Violin Concerto, old movies, the
Red Sox, and playing poker with old and new
friends. He was persnickety about language, a
student of 19th century British literature and
social theory. He loved Amherst College (class
of '61) and was devoted to the friends he made
there. He grew up in Washington D.C, spending
summers at Camp Ramah and Habonim. After
college, Jim lived for a year in Israel, teaching
English at Moshav Kfar Vitkin. Jim was the son
of the late Sidney Goldberg and the late Gladys
(Winocur) Goldberg. He was a devoted and
loving husband to Trudy Bauer. A loving father
to Matthew Goldberg and his wife Rain Kramer
and an adoring Gramps to Noah and Sophie.
He was a loving brother to Judy Goldberg.
And a loving step-father to Sika Sullivan and
her husband Kevin and an adoring Opa to
Sarah and Kate. He also leaves his extended
Goldberg, Winocur, Bauer, Giuliano, and Wood
families. And many dear, long-time friends.
Services at Levine Chapels, 470 Harvard St.,
Brookline on Tuesday, January 3 at 11 a.m.
Interment will follow at the Workmen's Circle
Cemetery, 776 Baker St., W. Roxbury, MA.
GRAY
VIRGINIA PHILLIPS MENDENHALL GRAY
Virginia Phillips Mendenhall Gray, age 102,
died in the Health Center at Collington Life
Community, Mitchellville, MD on December
10, 2011. Born July 31, 1909, the only child
of Franklin Phillips Mendenhall and Annie
Myrtle Dawson. She was raised in Peekskill,
NY; graduated magna cum laude and Pi
Beta Kappa, with honors in economics from
Mt. Holyoke College; won a Fellowship to
the University of Chicago, receiving a MA
in economics; then won a year’s Fellowship
to Ecole Des Sciences Politicque (now part
of The Sorbonne) in Paris, France (1933-
34). She began employment with the US
government in May 1934 in Washington, DC;
married Edward R. Gray in September 1934,
and settled permanently in the Washington,
DC area.
During the early years of World War II and
while raising three daughters, she taught
Economics at American University, after the
War she moved with the family to Paris while
her husband worked with the Marshall Plan;
then returned to Washington in 1948 where
she spent the next 40+ years doing volunteer
work with a wide variety of organizations,
especially those involving her daughters’
schools and Girl Scouts. She and her hus-
band were strong supporters of Tusculum
College, where her father-in-law had been
College President for 25 years. She was a
Founding and Life member of Arena Stage;
helped start the International Center in DC-
one of the first to be asked by the State
Department to entertain international guests
in her home, a Founding and Life Member
of the National Museum of Women in the
Arts; Life Member of US Capitol Historical
Association; League of Women Voters; Unit-
ed Nations Association, Women’s National
Democratic Club, Cleveland Park Citizens
Association; and numerous other civic and
cultural organizations. She joined All Souls
Unitarian Church in 1947 and served a term
on the Board of Trustees and as Finance
Chairperson.
In 1950, while still devoted to raising her
daughters, she began volunteer work with
UNICEF and began testifying in Congress
for UNICEF and the national PTA (plus 36
other national organizations). In 1954, she
became Executive Secretary of the Citizens
Committee for UNICEF, with principal
responsibility to represent them before the
appropriate committees on Capitol Hill. She
became well known for representing UNICEF
and was called “MRS UNICEF”, so named
by Sen. Hubert Humphrey. In 1984, she
authored a book “LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH:
Recollections of a Capitol Hill Lobbyist for
UNICEF”, which included first hand accounts
of many of her world travels for UNICEF.
The book’s title stemmed from a comment
from Sen. Humphrey that “Everyone loves
children!” after a Senate Appropriations
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GROVES
LTG. RICHARD H. GROVES
Richard H. Groves, 88, a retired three-star
general who served in the Army 36 years,
passed away December 26, 2011 at The Fair-
fax, a military retirement community outside
Fort Belvoir.
Lt. Gen. Groves is survived by his wife of 66
years, Patricia Hook Groves; a sister, Gwen
Groves Robinson of Northampton, Massachu-
setts; four children, Carolyn Groves Lewis of
Alexandria, Virginia; Patricia Groves Campbell
of Tucson, Arizona; Richard Wilson Groves of
Hong Kong; and Ann Groves Odell of New
Orleans, Louisiana; and nine grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held at the Old Chapel
at Fort Myer on March 22, 2012 at 11 a.m.
Interment at Arlington National Cemetery and
a reception at the Fort Myer Officer's Club will
follow.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may
be made to Deerfield Academy, 7 Boyden Lane,
Deerfield, MA 01342.
GRUVER
JOHN J. GRUVER "Lefty"
The Members of the Retired Fire-
fighters Association of Washing-
ton, DC regret to announce the
passing of Brother John J. "Lefty"
Gruver on December 30, 2011.
Brother Gruver was appointed
1963, E-3 and retired September 1, 1985,
T-9 Technician.
Marion D. Sanchez, President
George T. Kenny, Secy. Treasurer
JACKSON
GREGORY KEITH JACKSON
Obviously desirous of a very special after
Christmas gift for himself, Jesus took Greg on
December 27, 2011. Beloved son of Frank and
Blanche Mills. Greg also leaves three sisters,
Sonia Schwandt, Jennifer Schwandt-Gayle and
Jacquelynn Spence; a brother, Frank Mills III
and a host of other relatives and friends.
Memorial services will be held at the Twelfth
Street Christian Church, 1812 12th St., NW,
Washington, DC on Sunday, January 8, 2012
at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, tax deductible
donations may be made to Joseph's House,
1730 Lanier Place, NW, Washington, DC 20009.
KELLY
CHARLENE THERESA LAMBERTZ KELLY
Charlene Theresa (Lambertz) Kelly, passed
away on Monday, October 3, 2011, following
a long illness. She was a longtime resident
of Annandale, Virginia. She was born on April
22, 1928, in Kansas City, MO. Charlene Kelly
was an employee and retired sales manager
at Woodward & Lothrop. She was preceded
in death by her husband of 49 years, Lt. Col.
Thomas Joseph Kelly (USMC) and sister Char-
lotte O’Hara. She is survived by her sister,
Mary Prater of Millport, AL; children, Sean M.
Kelly (Shana) of Austin, TX; daughter, Anne
K. Schuyler (Michael) of Culpeper, VA; son,
Patrick K. Kelly (Anne) of Richmond, VA; son,
Brian T. Kelly (Stephanie) of South Riding, VA;
and daughter Katherine K. McManus of Ellicott
City, MD; grandchildren, Timothy Kelly, Taryn
Kelly, Mary Kelly, Meghan Kelly, Emily Schuyler,
Matthew Kelly, Joseph Schuyler, John (Jack)
Kelly, Shelby McManus and Abigail McManus
and many nieces and nephews. On Wednes-
day, January 4, 2012 at 12:45 p.m., a Catholic
mass will take place at the Memorial Chapel,
Ft. Myer, VA, followed by funeral services at
Arlington National Cemetery. The family asks
that in lieu of flowers, a memorial gift be made
to Gilchrist Hospice Care of Howard County,
(6336 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD).
Committee hearing to which she replied
“But, Senator, love is not enough.”
She received numerous awards from a vari-
ety of NEA/PTA and UN organizations and
was listed in Who’s Who of American Women
for several years. She was honored at the
BPW of Capital Area Human Rights Lun-
cheon. In 1979, she received the UNICEF
“Oscar” for distinguished service to the Unit-
ed Nations Children’s Fund.
In the late 1960’s, she built a “vacation
home” in Berkeley Springs, WV; then bought
additional acreage and planted tree
seedlings to grow for 30-40 years. She
became a strong conservationist to save
natural resources for future generations.
She had wide-ranging interests and support-
ed many programs in the arts – music
groups, artists and art galleries, museums
of US and French history, and she was an
avid reader on all subjects. She enjoyed
gardening and watching her flowers bloom
and trees grow. But most of all she enjoyed
her family, raising her daughters and encour-
aging her grandchildren.
In June 1993, Mrs. Gray relocated from her
home of 50+ years in Cleveland Park to the
Collington Continuing Life Care Community
and remained until her death.
She is survived by Charlotte O. Gray of
Albany, NY, Virginia G. “Ginette” (Mrs. Lucien)
Polak of Berkeley, CA and Phyllis G. Webster
of Portland, OR; former son-in-law, David B.
Webster of Gaithersburg, MD; five grandchil-
dren and 10 great-grandchildren. She was
predeceased by her husband, Edward R.
Gray in March 1974 and a grandson.
The family gratefully thanks the staff of the
Arbor Unit of Collington for their compas-
sionate care of Mother since 2003, especial-
ly Beverly Dawkins and Linwood Simmons
and (Aide) Lurleen Kelly for their enhanced
and concerned caring during the last week
of Mother’s life.
Rapp Funeral Home in Silver Spring, MD
handled her cremation and her ashes will
be buried in Shiloh Cemetery, Greeneville,
TN in May. Those arrangements will be
made by Doughty Stevens Funeral Home at
the convenience of the family. In March, a
Memorial Service will be held at Collington
Life Care Community at the convenience of
the family.
In lieu of flowers, those wishing to remember
Virginia Gray may make a contribution to
the Museums of Tusculum College, Office
of the President, PO Box 5048, Greeneville,
TN 37743 or to the Collington Residents
Association, 10450 Lottsford Road,
Mitchellville, MD 20721-2734.
DEATH NOTICE
LOVELADY
DUANE K. LOVELADY
Members of the Association of
Retired Police Officers of D.C. are
notified of the December 29, 2011
death of Duane K. Lovelady. He was
a SGT with the MPD-ID&R when
retired on August 23, 1980.
PARSONS
ELIA S. PARSONS
On December 26, 2011; Elia Sanchez Par-
sons of Washington, DC; beloved wife of the
late Richard K. Parsons; devoted mother of
Ramon Parsons of Manhasset, NY, Nadia
Richman of Boston, MA, and Amalia Jones
of Washington, DC; sister of Richard X.
Sanchez of Hattiesburg, MS; grandmother
of Richard Parsons , Antonia Parsons, Pauli-
na Parsons, Ariel Richman, Beau Richman,
Calie Richman, Nicholas Richman, Lena
Jones, and Marcelus Jones. Service at St.
Paul Rock Creek Church, Rock Creek
Church Rd. and Webster Streets NW, Wash-
ington, DC on Thursday, January 5, 2012 at
10 a.m. Interment Rock Creek Cemetery,
Washington, DC. In lieu of flowers, dona-
tions may be made to Fisher Center for
Alzheimer's Research Foundation, One
Intrepid Square, West 46th Street and 12th
Avenue, New York, NY 10036.
Family and friends may visit
www.josephgawlers.com
for additional information.
ROGERS
JOSEPH A. ROGERS, U.S. ARMY (Ret.)
On Monday, December 26, 2011; beloved hus-
band of Juanita Rogers; devoted father of
Nichelle, Sharice, Charlene, Monica, Clinton,
Joseph Jr., and Jarrell. He is also survived by 19
grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; four
sisters Elverda, Mildred, Betty Ann and Pauline;
three brothers Edward, Charles and Danny;
other relatives and friends. Mr. Rogers may
be viewed at the STEWART FUNERAL HOME,
4001 Benning Rd. NE, Tuesday, January 3, from
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. He will lie in state at First
Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church, 602 N Street
NW, Wednesday, January 4, from 10 a.m. until
Services at 11 a.m. Rev. Raymond Bell officiat-
ing. Interment Maryland Veterans Cemetery,
Cheltenham, MD. on Monday January 9, 2012
at 11 a.m.
SANTIAGO
NANETTE SANTIAGO
Wife of Roberto Santiago; mother of Andrea
Santiago Connor; mother-in-law of William
Connor; grandmother of Michael Connor and
Victoria Connor, passed away on Saturday,
December 31, 2011 as a result of heart failure.
Nanette was born March 8, 1934 in Liputan
Island in the Philippines. She resided in Tem-
ple Hills with her husband and was active
as a substitute teacher at Crossland High
School where she brought pleasure to students
and teachers with her culinary talents and
beautiful courtyard gardens. Nanette loved her
family, teaching, gardening and cooking. She
was a wonderful loving person who always
managed to do nice things for others. She will
be missed by all of her friends and family,
but will be seated in a position next to the
Lord. Wake is at St. Ignatius Catholic Church,
2315 Brinkley Road., Fort Washington, MD
on Wednesday, January 4 from 6 to 8 p.m.
and Funeral Mass is at St. Ignatius Catholic
Church, 2315 Brinkley Road., Fort Washington,
MD on Thursday, January 5 at 11 a.m. Burial
at 1 p.m. at Resurrection Cemetery, Clinton,
MD. Arrangements by STRICKLAND FUNERAL
SERVICES.
www.stricklandfuneralservices.com
SHACTER
SELMA K. SHACTER (Age 85)
Of Springfield, VA passed away
January 1, 2012. A Graveside ser-
vice will be held Tuesday January
3, 2011 12 p.m. at King David
Memorial Gardens. 7482 Lee High-
way Falls Church, VA 22402.
SNYDER
DONALD CHARLES SNYDER
On Saturday, December 31, 2011,
of Kensington, MD. Beloved hus-
band of the late Kathryn Snyder;
father of William Snyder, Donald
Snyder, Jr., Michael Snyder, and
Mary Lastorina. Also survived by
five grandchildren and three great-grandchil-
dren. Relatives and friends may call at St.
Catherine Laboure, Veirs Mill & Claridge Roads,
Wheaton, MD, on Wednesday, January 4, from
10 to 11 a.m.; where Mass of Christian Burial
will follow at 11 a.m. Interment Gate of Heaven
Cemetery.
www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.com
DEATH NOTICE
McDANIEL
CHRISTINE DONAHUE WARNER
McDANIEL
Christine Donahue Warner McDaniel, passed
away on Friday, December 30, 2011, after
a courageous 15 year battle with Breast
Cancer surrounded by her loving family at
home in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Beloved
wife of Chris McDaniel, loving mother of
Matt; Maggie; Casey; and the late Meghan
McDaniel. Beloved daughter of Denny and
Mary Lou Warner, her sisters, Kathleen Bula
(Jim), Mary Susan Kernan (Terry) and Ann
DeVol (Kevin); daughter-in-law of Jerry and Flo
McDaniel, as well as many cousins, nieces
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MARY GROGAN STOHLMAN
On Thursday, December 29, 2011
of Rockville, MD. Beloved wife of
the late J. William Stohlman, M.D.;
loving mother of J. William "Bill"
Stohlman (Yvonne), Mary Eliza-
beth MacLauchlan (Donald), Helen
Stohlman, Theresa Mohan (James), Clare Lang-
ley (the late Raymond), Eileen Linares (Marco),
Barry Stohlman (Laura) Louis Stohlman (Ellyn),
Carolyn Ringling (Wayne), Francis Stohlman,
and the late Martha Stohlman. Mary was
predeceased by three sisters Ann Miskovsky,
Helen Orem and Kathleen Neill. Also survived
by 27 grandchildren and predeceased by a
granddaughter. Friends may call at DeVol
Funeral Home, 10 East Deer Park Drive,
Gaithersburg, MD on Monday from 2 to 4 pm
and 6 to 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will
be offered at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church,
9705 Summit Avenue, Kensington, MD 20895
on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. EDITH CHRISTINE LANE
Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery. In lieu of On December 26, 2011 of Washington, DC.
flowers, memorial contributions may be made Beloved and cherished mother of Roberta
in her name to Pathfinder Village, Martha K. Cooper, Anna Parker, Robert Cooper, and
Stohlman Scholarship Fund, 3 Chenango Road, Nathan Lane. Also survived by her mother,
Edmeston, NY 13335. Please sign family guest
book at:
Thelma N. Lane; two sisters Arzina and Eliza-
beth Lane; two brothers Raymond Lane (Olivia)
www.DeVolFuneralHome.com and Theodore Garvin; eight grandchildren, six
great grandchildren; best friend Peter G. Sam;
and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.
Family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until
time of service, 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January
3 at St. Stephen Baptist Church, 5757 Temple
TIPPETT Hill Rd., Temple Hills, MD. Arrangements by
WATSON.
PATRICIA LEE TIPPETT
On December 30, 2011 of Mechanicsville, MD.
Beloved wife of Joseph Guy Tippett, Sr.; loving
mother of Tina Marie Barrett and Joseph Guy
WALLACE
Tippett, Jr. Family will receive friends on Mon-
day, January 2, 2012 from 6 to 8 p.m. at
the BRINSFIELD-ECHOLS FUNERAL HOME, PA,
30195 Three Notch Rd., Charlotte Hall, MD
20622. Mass of Christian Burial will be held
at St. Joseph's Church, Morganza, MD on
Tuesday, January 3 at 10 a.m. Interment will
follow of Queen of Peace Cemetery, Helen,
MD. Memorial donations may be made to
Hospice of St. Mary's, P.O. Box 625, Leonard-
town, MD or Leukemia and Lymphoma Society,
Maryland Chapter, 100 Painters Mill Rd., Suite
800, Owings Mills, MD 21117.
WATSON ROSANNA B. WALLACE
JANE McKEE WATSON On Monday, December 26, 2011 of Washing-
On Thursday, December 28, 2011, ton, DC. Beloved mother of Amelia; cherished
of Brandywine, MD. Loving wife of grandmother of Kenneth, Ahsia, Donald and
the late Peregrine Watson; sister Shumeka. She is also survived by her great-
of Hannah McKee MacMartin of grandchildren, Gerald and Nyjeria, other rela-
Mitchellville, MD. Also survived by several tives and many friends. Visitation on Wednes-
nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends may
call at the HUNTT FUNERAL HOME, 3035 Old
day, January 4, 9 a.m., Service, 11 a.m. at Mt.
Horeb Baptist Church, 2914 Bladensburg Rd.,
Washington Rd., Waldorf, MD on Wednesday, N.E. Interment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery,
January 4 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Funeral
service will be held 1 p.m., January 4, 2012
Suitland, MD. Services entrusted to Jordan
Funeral Service.
at Brookfield United Methodist Church, 12806
Croom Rd., Upper Marlboro, MD 20772. Inter-
ment Trinity Memorial Gardens, Waldorf, MD. In
lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the
Brookfield United Methodist Church.
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The big story in the area Monday will be
a radical change in the weather. Even
under partly sunny skies, highs will
struggle to get above 40 degrees, with 15-
to-25 mph winds (and gusts near 35 mph)
making it feel more like the 20s. You’ll also
notice how much drier the air will become.
Rather than pay 5 cents for a bag, Vicki Seed of Bethesda opts to carry her purchases by hand from the Safeway store on Bradley Boulevard.
She said she had shopped there earlier in the day but forgot to buy the two items.
New bag tax takes some by surprise
tax from B1
most of which will go toward
financing storm water manage-
ment and water quality pro-
grams. Some revenue will be used
to buy reusable bags for the poor
and elderly, officials have said.
The goal, supporters say, is to
encourage shoppers to reduce the
number of plastic bags that end
up polluting the Anacostia and
Potomac rivers. By taxing paper
bags as well, officials said, they
will prevent shoppers from sim-
ply choosing paper. Local officials
have said the tax is easily avoid-
able: Just bring a reusable bag.
But that’s easier said than
done, many said Sunday.
Barbara Fisher of Bethesda
had a red-and-white cloth bag
rolled up tightly in her purse as
she pushed her cart down the
EZ SU
Safeway aisles on Bradley Boule-
vard. Fisher said she has gotten
used to tucking a cloth bag into
her purse and briefcase to use for
shopping and eating out during
her workday in the District.
“I probably remember 20 per-
cent of the time,” Fisher said. “I
have a lot of very nice bags at
home, and I don’t have a car. If it’s
not in my purse, it’s not going to
happen.”
Montgomery County Council
President Roger Berliner (D-
“I actually do think the 5-cent tax is good for people
like me, who forget and need that little reminder,
that little smack upside the head.”
Roger Berliner, Montgomery County Council president
KLMNO
Bethesda-Potomac) said he ap-
preciates that creating new habits
takes time. Berliner said he keeps
about five reusable bags in the
back of his black Toyota Prius but
often forgets to take them into his
local Giant.
“I actually do think the 5-cent
tax is good for people like me, who
forget and need that little re-
minder, that little smack upside
the head,” Berliner said.
Jeff Bulman, owner of Original
Pancake House restaurants in
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Bethesda and Rockville, took his
usual bright red insulated bags to
Safeway. Fewer disposable bags
means less trash, he said. Al-
though in the past he has opted
for store bags when he has forgot-
ten his own in the trunk, he said,
“I’ll run back now” to avoid the
tax.
Several shoppers said they’ll
reluctantly pay for the conven-
ience of not having to remember
to bring their own bags.
Julie Simms of Germantown
said she spent 20 cents on plastic
bags at Safeway on Sunday, even
though she has plenty of bags at
home that she forgot to bring.
“It’s ridiculous,” Simms said of
the new tax. “With today’s econo-
my the way it is, every 5 cents
adds up.”
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Metro operators call
bathroom breaks scarce
breaks from B1
chance to go during layovers be-
tween routes, but those can some-
times be five minutes or less,
operators said. Operators also get
20-minute meal breaks when
they can use the restroom on their
shifts, according to Metro offi-
cials.
However, Stessel acknowl-
edged that operators might not
have adequate time for bathroom
breaks. He said Metro recently
opened a hot line for bus opera-
tors to give input on making
changes to the scheduling of
routes.
Union officials say it’s not just a
question of driver comfort; it’s a
health issue.
Jeter said she hears of at least
one incident each quarter where a
Metrobus operator has developed
a problem, usually a urinary tract
infection, related to having to
wait too long to use a bathroom.
Larry Hanley, president of the
national Amalgamated Transit
Union, said he’s heard of cases
throughout the country where
bus operators have developed di-
gestive diseases and bladder
problems from not being able to
use a bathroom frequently.
Hanley, who started his career
driving a bus in Brooklyn in the
1970s, cited a case in 2004 where a
driver in Oregon was killed when
her bus rolled over her after she
didn’t properly set her brake. She
was running behind schedule and
was racing to get to a bathroom,
according to news reports.
“It is a fundamental dignity
question,” Hanley said. “Nowhere
else would it be assumed that
bosses would be allowed to mis-
treat people to the rights of their
bodily function.”
Metro employees said it’s an
issue that affects them and pas-
sengers.
On a recent afternoon, a union
official tried to get one of the bus
operators to chat about the long
routes and short times for bath-
room breaks, but the operator
had no time as he parked at the
Minnesota Avenue station.
“I’m on my way to the bath-
room,” the operator yelled as he
jumped off his bus and hustled to
the bathroom at the rail station. “I
have 11 minutes and then my
customers are going to get salty.”
Bus operators spoke about the
problem on the condition of ano-
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nymity because Metro employees
are not allowed to speak to the
media without prior authoriza-
tion.
Another operator waiting to
start his route said he often
doesn’t drink enough water be-
cause he’s worried he’ll have to
stop for a bathroom break along
his route. He recently got stuck in
major congestion and had to hold
his water for more than two
hours.
“I could hardly get out of my
seat,” he said. “That water just
built up on me.”
One operator said he’s had cus-
tomers ask, “What the heck are
you doing?”
“You apologize and try to ex-
plain that traffic ate into your
time for a quick break, and you let
them load onto the bus at a stop
while you run to use the rest-
room.”
Another operator added:
“Sometimes they’ll ask, ‘How long
will you be?’ You tell them, ‘I’ll be
right back.’ ”
For women who are pregnant,
stopping for a restroom break
becomes essential, bus operators
said.
When one driver was seven
months pregnant, she said she
had to simply “stop and go when I
needed to, regardless of who was
on the bus or where I was.”
Some longtime drivers say life
used to be different.
Before Sept. 11, 2001, guards at
federal buildings used to let them
in to use the restrooms, but now
they often aren’t allowed into the
secure facilities. Some restau-
rants and convenience stores
once let Metrobus operators free-
ly use their bathrooms, but many
operators say that’s no longer the
case because they’re expected to
purchase something.
One driver said she recently
asked a guard at a federal build-
ing to use the bathroom.
“The security officer said no, so
I took it upon myself to find
another spot,” she said. Her bus
was nearly full of passengers, but
she said they didn’t get too mad at
her for having to leave the bus for
a moment. When she passed by
the ice skating rink on the Mall,
she pulled over and used the
bathroom.
“When you have to go, you’ve
got to go,” she said. “You simply
can’t hold it.”
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monday , january 2, 2012
BOOK WORLD
Wrenching Danish read
is worth the anguish
“The Boy in the Suitcase,”
Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete
Friis’s tale about a kidnapped
child, makes for a terrific
thriller. C3
After 50 years, pioneer
in picture books lives on
In 1962, ‘The Snowy Day’
became the first to feature a
black child as main character
BY Y VONNE Z IPP
Children in snow suits are a common
sight during winter. But in 1962, Peter
from “The Snowy Day” was something
most children in the United States had
never seen before: an African American
character who was the hero of his own
book.
“None of the manuscripts I’d been
illustrating featured any
black kids — except for
token blacks in the back-
ground,” wrote author
and illustrator Ezra Jack
Keats, who died in 1983.
“My book would have him
there simply because he
should have been there all
along.”
First published 50
years ago, “The Snowy Day” is a gentle
story that revels in the wonder of an
urban snowfall. It also was quietly
groundbreaking, both as what is widely
considered the first picture book to star
a black child and in its use of collage,
for which Keats won the 1963 Caldecott
Medal. Writers such as National Book
Award winner Sherman Alexie, who
thanked Keats in his 2007 acceptance
speech, and award-winning author/il-
lustrator Bryan Collier have cited “The
Snowy Day” as an inspiration.
“The fact that it’s still around — and
picture books are like lettuce in the
grocery store, they disappear so fast —
A LASTING GEM: On a page from the 50th anniversary edition of “The
Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats, the main character makes a snow angel.
Oh, the humanities! Imagine
Socrates as a modern blogger.
Atwitter over Twitter,
philosophers search for
meaning — and jobs
BY M ONICA H ESSE
The philosophers were in town last
week, swarming the Marriott Wardman
Park hotel for the American Philosoph-
ical Association’s annual conference, at
which the meaning of a great many
things was debated, including the
meaning of meaning (“What Is Mean-
ing?” Hall IV-F, 9-11 a.m.), and a great
many thoughts were thought, includ-
ing thoughts about thought (“Thinking
About Thinking,” Hall IV-J”).
In one largish ballroom, a different
sort of panel was happening. It fea-
tured the Dish’s Andrew Sullivan and
two other men who looked like Andrew
Sullivan — pleasant, bearded, round-
faced men, which is a chic sub-style
among many of the attendees here,
optionally accessorized with square
glasses and male-pattern baldness. The
panel was called “From Philosophical
Training to Professional Blogging.”
“Perennially, departments of philos-
ophy are under attack,” said Andrew
Light, the George Mason University
professor who organized and moni-
This isn’t going to sound credible, but I’ll say it anyway: Stop taking this guy’s
indifference personally.” Carolyn Hax, C3
NAMES & FACES
Bron-Bron’s wedding bells
LeBron James pops the question to
his longtime girlfriend. C2
the fact that it’s still with us is some-
thing,” said Newbery and National
Book Award winner Katherine Pater-
son, who is the National Ambassador
for Young People’s Literature. “It’s so
important for a child to be able to say,
‘There I am in the book,’ ” said Pater-
son, whose daughters are Chinese and
Native American. “That’s been a won-
derful change, even in the lifetime of
my children, who are in their 40s now.”
To celebrate the book’s 50th anniver-
sary, Viking has issued a special edition
that includes eight pages of supplemen-
tal material, including the magazine
photos of a little boy that inspired Keats
and a fan letter from poet Langston
Hughes. “The Snowy Day
and the Art of Ezra Jack
Keats,” the first major U.S.
exhibition about Keats,
opened this fall at the
Jewish Museum in New
York and will travel to
Massachusetts, California
and Ohio in 2012 and
2013.
Collier, whose book
“Uptown” won the first Ezra Jack Keats
award, still remembers his mother, a
Head Start teacher, bringing home
“The Snowy Day.” “It was the first time I
saw a kid that looked like me,” Collier
said. “At 4, I didn’t have the vocabulary
to articulate what I was looking at. But
I remember seeing Peter, and this kid
looked just like me. The yellow-print
housedress the mom wears — my moth-
er had a housedress like that, too. Even
the pattern of the pajamas — my
great-uncle had pajamas like that. It
felt so real.”
snowy day continued on C2
THE EZRA JACK KEATS FOUNDATION
tored the panel discussion. “We’re al-
ways looking for better ways to sell the
major.”
There are jobs for philosophers.
(There is, at least, “Jobs for Philoso-
phers,” a publication of the APA). But
the irksome perception persists that a
philosophy degree is only slightly more
useful than an English degree, and so it
was thought that a panel such as this
might give frightened philosophers —
many of whom came to this conference
in search of gainful employment — a
spot of hope.
Philosophers: If you are pinning
your hopes of gainful employment on
blogging, don’t.
But the three men on the panel have
done so, and splendidly, with varying
degrees of national recognition for
their thoughtful punditry on political
and cultural issues. Besides Sullivan,
who has a PhD in political philosophy
and is known for his writings on con-
servatism and gay marriage, the other
participants included Slate blogger
Matthew Yglesias, who majored in phi-
losophy at Harvard, and Grist maga-
zine writer/blogger David Roberts, who
has a master’s degree in philosophy
from the University of Montana.
“What blogging created was a Pla-
tonic dialogue,” Sullivan said, to per-
philosophy continued on C5
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GOING OUT GUIDE
What are you doing today?
It’s your last chance to catch “The
Great American Hall of Wonders.” C3
Mitt Romney with son Craig
This time around,
stay-at-home sons
Mitt Romney urges his boys
to live their own lives
away from campaign trail
BY S ANDHYA S OMASHEKHAR
IN WINDHAM, N.H.
F
our years ago, the five
Romney sons were a staple
on the campaign trail,
their heavy brows, square
jaws and penchant for
corny jokes coming togeth-
er in a sort of cubist por-
trait of their father.
This time around, Mitt Romney’s kids
have been more scarce, but four of them
made a rare joint appearance in New
Hampshire last week. Mingling with
supporters over pizza and sticky buns,
they offered a few mild jabs at their
father but spent most of their time
lavishing the kind of praise on him that
many parents would envy.
“My dad is my hero,” son Josh Rom-
ney, 36, a Salt Lake City real estate
Tagg Romney Matt Romney investor, told supporters at a cafe here
on a recent morning. “He’s taught me
everything I know about being a father,
about loving this country and about
raising a family, so for me to be able to be
on the campaign trail and talk about
him and share stories about my dad to
other people is a thrill.”
In many ways, they are the ideal
surrogates to hold down the fort in New
Hampshire, one of Romney’s strong-
holds, while the GOP presidential candi-
date focuses his efforts on Tuesday’s
Iowa caucuses. They are clean-cut and
attractive, conversant about taxes and
foreign policy, at ease in the media spot-
light and full of darling tales about
growing up with their energetic father.
But they have done little to dispel the
impression that Romney is a little too
polished and aristocratic. Three of the
five attended Harvard Business School,
like their father, and showed up wearing
versions of Romney’s jeans-and-blazer
campaign trail uniform. Matt and Craig
Romney work in real estate. Ben Rom-
ney, who was absent, is completing his
medical residency in Utah.
The brothers, who range in age from
31 to 41 and together have 16 children
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NAMES & FACES

Wedding for Miami’s all-star
Miami Heat player LeBron James
started off the year in an exciting way
by proposing to girlfriend Savannah
Brinson, the New York Daily News
reports.
James proposed at his belated
birthday celebration and New Year’s
Eve party at the Vesper American
Brasserie at South Beach’s Shelborne
hotel. The exclusive 60-person
celebration included fellow Miami Heat
player Dwyane Wade and girlfriend
Gabrielle Union, Chris Bosh, Queen
Latifah, Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Jessica
White. These famous names were
serenaded by ex-Fugee Lauryn Hill, who
performed a surprise duet with rapper
Nas, who was also in attendance.
James, who turned 27 on Friday, has
been dating Brinson, 25, since their
days at St. Vincent-St. Mary High
School in Ohio. They have two children,
LeBron Jr. and Bryce, who were present
for their parents’ happy moment.
Prince Philip sighting
Prince Philip, the Duke of
Edinburgh, attended a New Year’s Day
service at St. Mary Magdalene Church
in Sandringham, his first public
appearance since being hospitalized
Dec. 23, Reuters reports. Queen
Elizabeth’s husband was seen happily
walking to and from the church.
The 90-year-old was hospitalized for
chest pains for four nights at the
Papworth Hospital, causing him to
miss the British royal family’s
Christmas festivities.
Philip, who is Britain’s longest-
serving consort, underwent a a minor
procedure to ease a blocked heart
artery during his stay.
Some speculate that he might have
to scale back his official
responsibilities.
Queen Elizabeth, who will celebrate
her 60th year as Britain’s monarch in
2012, married Prince Philip in 1947.
Singer’s condition improves
Etta James’s condition continued to
improve, and the “At Last” singer
started the new year breathing without
the help of a respirator, her manager
confirmed to Us Weekly.
James was having problems
breathing and was admitted to a
Southern California hospital Dec. 21.
She suffers from dementia and has
terminal leukemia.
The 73-year-old is a six-time Grammy
Award winner.
— Gabriela Melendez Olivera, from news
services reports
HAPPY NEW YEAR:
NBA star LeBron James
and girlfriend Savannah
Brinson got engaged at a
belated birthday bash for
James. ANDY KROPA/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sparing use of
Romney sons
in campaign
romney from C1

among them, say they have largely stayed

away this year at the request of their
father, who did not want them to uproot
their lives once more, considering their
work and parental responsibilities. But
they say they will likely step up their
activity as the primaries approach, and
supporters say that is exactly what they’d
like to see.
“It shows what a strong candidate he is
that the boys are out here for him while
he’s out there in Iowa,” said Pam Skinner, a
local Romney activist. “Of course, it helps
to have a big family.”
Within the Republican field, Romney’s
family is hardly the largest. Jon Hunts-
man Jr. and Rick Santorum each have
seven children, and Rep. Michele Bach-
mann (Minn.) famously raised five chil-
dren and fostered 23.
Nor is the Romney family the most
visible. That distinction probably belongs
to the self-described “Huntsman girls,”
who grabbed attention with their quirky
Web videos about Huntsman’s rivals and
irreverent tweets. (They lamented last
month that tweets directed to the Romney
brothers go unreturned.)
But Romney’s sons are a potent force
for a candidate who has struggled to
connect personally with voters. Along
with their mother, Ann, Romney’s wife of
42 years, they provide a stark contrast to
rival Newt Gingrich, who has been mar-
ried three times. And they would help
level the playing field in a general election,
presenting a wholesome image to rival
that of President Obama.
Tagg Romney, the eldest and a venture
capitalist, sits in on strategy sessions, and
Josh, the middle son, goes out on the trail
about once a week. But it is a smaller role
than last time, when Tagg quit his job with
the Los Angeles Dodgers to work full-time
with the campaign and Craig, the young-
est Romney son, took his toddler son to 35
states. Gone, too, is the blog, “Five Broth-
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WINTER WONDERLAND: The universality of the story and Ezra Jack Keats’s stunning collages keep children interested in the picture book.
“It shows what a strong

After 50 years, children still candidate he is that the boys

are out here for him while he’s
out there in Iowa.”

revel in magic of ‘A Snowy Day’ Pam Skinner, an activist in New Hampshire for
Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign

snowy day from C1
Back in the 1940s, 22 years before “The
Snowy Day” was published, Keats had cut out
pictures from Life magazine of the young boy,
who was being vaccinated, said Deborah Pope,
executive director of the Ezra Jack Keats
Foundation in New York, which supports arts
and literacy programming in schools, libraries
and other institutions. He pinned them to a
wall in his studio; meanwhile, he continued
illustrating other people’s books.
Keats’s book, when it appeared, “was both a
social, personal and artistic breakthrough,”
said Pope, whose father was Keats’s best friend.
“It really opened up the wellspring of his inner
voice. He said that the book — as artists
sometimes say — the book kind of burst out of
him. He had never done anything like this
before.”
If it had purely been a “cause” book, some
argue, “The Snowy Day” would be just a
footnote. The fact that children still read it
today has to do with the universality of the
story and Keats’s stunning collages.
“That’s what struck me: It was gorgeous,”
said Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Tomie
dePaola, who has written or illustrated more
than 200 books. “It deserves all the fame and
notice it’s going to get.”
Keats’s art has a richness and depth, Christo-
pher Award-winning author and illustrator
Jerry Pinkney said, that only increases as you
peel away its layers.
“He brought his sensibilities as a painter, his
ability to remember his childhood and express
it in a way that other kids could connect to, his
total love of the city,” said Pinkney, who curated
an exhibit in Los Angeles in the 1990s that
included Keats’s work. “You take a 32-page
picture book — packed into those 32 pages is all
of that.”
Keats once attended art classes with Jackson
EARLY CRITICISM: When the book was
published, some critics questioned whether
Keats, who is Jewish, had the right to tell a
story about an African American child. Fan
letters from poet Langston Hughes and
other black activists helped stem criticism.
Pollack and was working during the height of
abstract expressionism.
“He’s been compared to Edward Hopper:
taking the ordinary and making it extraordi-
nary,” said Nick Clark, chief curator for the Eric
Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst,
Mass., where the exhibit will be on display this
year. Collage, Clark suggested, might be a way
of using scraps of paper to suggest “life’s
detritus.” Clark added that Keats had the
ability to take the poverty and squalor he saw
as he walked through his neighborhood and
recombine them in a way that was beautiful:
“So there are these exquisitely rendered repro-
ductions of graffiti. He found a way to capture
this other beauty.”
Although the 50th anniversary has been
cause for celebration, when “The Snowy Day”
was first published some critics questioned
whether a Jewish man had the right to tell a
story about an African American child.
“Carry that to an extreme, and none of us
could write,” Paterson said. “There’s no space
for the imagination.”
The controversy was “devastating” to Keats,
Pope said. He had grown up in a poor immi-
grant family and changed his last name from
Katz to Keats after years of anti-Semitism. Pope
says he asked: “How can you put a color on a
child’s experience in the snow?”
Winning the Caldecott Award and receiving
fan letters from Hughes and other African
American activists helped stem the criticism.
“It was such a vindication,” said Regina Hayes,
president and publisher of Viking Children’s
Books in New York. At the time, full-color
printing was very expensive, and most picture
books were either black and white, or alternat-
ed between black and white and color pages.
“It was really a commitment. Everyone [at
Viking] was completely aware that this was
going to be the first mainstream picture book
to feature an African American child as a main
character.”
“It holds up the need for everybody to be
included,” Pinkney said. “But I think, you know
what, the art stands up. And good art gets
better. . . . It’s going to stand up 50 years from
now. We’re going to celebrate that 100th year.”
bookworld@washpost.com
ers,” which inspired some mocking for its
wholesome banter.
During their campaign swing through
New Hampshire, the brothers kept it light
with the occasional policy answer or
flubbed attempt at humor — for example,
when Matt, 40, the second son, made a
joke about Obama’s birth certificate. “Re-
peated a dumb joke,” he later tweeted. “My
bad.”
They made a few cracks about their
father but never at his expense. About his
habit of planning out every moment of
their vacations, when the boys wanted to
laze around on the beach. About his stin-
giness, which “Congress is going to learn
pretty quickly.” About how, as head of the
2002 Winter Olympics organizing com-
mittee, he learned how to ride a skeleton
sled just to get on NBC’s “Today.”
They told of his devotion to God and
family, about the meandering Sunday
conversations that invariably center on
the grandchildren. And about their shock,
as teenagers, to learn that “the dad that we
liked to tease” was so well respected at his
venture capital firm, Bain Capital.
Matt said it was a misconception that
his father is stiff and formal. “I can see
how people might get that impression,” he
said in an interview. “He knows that peo-
ple have that impression of him. We tell
him to act differently, and he’s like, ‘Look,
I’m on a news program or I’m at a debate.
I’m acting responsibly for that setting.’
But if you get to see him in other settings
like we get to see him, he’s the most fun
guy out there.”
Asked about the brothers’ relative com-
fort speaking publicly for their father, he
said it was largely a function of their
earnestness.
“We’re all still kind of nervous talking
about this stuff with folks. Having done it
before helps a lot,” Matt said. “The one
thing that really helps is if you’re sincere,
and we are sincere about my dad and what
he’s done.”
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BOOK WORLD

With a child in danger, thriller won’t wait

BY R ICHARD L IPEZ Kongsted, the woman who left the the world,” according to her exas- strength and cunning she didn’t
boy there, but the woman who perated husband. “It was only her know she had as she maneuvers

N
ovels about stolen children
are emotionally hard for
most readers to handle,
and yet they are instantly compel-
ling because so much is at stake: a
child’s tender psyche or even life.
With a mystery about a stolen
inheritance or even a great paint-
ing filched from a museum, it’s
easy enough to assume a common-
sensical Buddhist point of view: In
the end, it’s only stuff. But when a
3-year-old is forcibly taken from
his anguished mother, as happens
in this terrific Danish thriller, you
know you’re in for a frantic read. Is
this “fun”? Yes and no. What’s for
sure is that, once you start reading,
you can’t stop — it’s as if the poor
kid’s life depends on your getting
to the end as fast as possible.
Even the title of this first in a
series by two Danish writers with
their own careers — Lene Kaaber-
bol does fantasy, Agnete Friis
writes children’s books — induces
finds him, Nina Borg, is wonder- own family who could reduce her desperately to find her child.
fully, painfully vivid right away. to abject helplessness.” Borg’s reason for not simply
She’s the central figure in this new You keep rooting for this basi- taking the found boy to the police
series — a Red Cross nurse with a cally decent woman to get her act is not entirely plausible: The bad
social conscience so ro- together, while even Pole has spotted her at the train
bust that she some- more wrenching is the station and is soon chasing her
times neglects her hus- dilemma facing Sigita around Denmark, and she has lost
band and children to Ramoskiene in Vilnius, her cellphone. Well, okay. . . . The
help maltreated refu- Lithuania. While the fa- suspense is nonetheless abun-
gees and illegal immi- ther of her little boy, Mi- dant, with scenes like the one
grants. kas, is off working in where a man who plans on pur-
Kaaberbol and Friis Germany, a strange chasing the boy is stuck on an
have packed plenty of woman at a playground airliner that keeps losing its place
depressing information lures the boy to her in the takeoff queue while the fate
about human traffick- with chocolate. She and of the boy hangs by a thread. An-
ing into their labyrin- her sadistic Polish boy- other ticking-clock element is
THE BOY IN THE
thine tale, much of it friend then drug Sigita Borg’s search for someone — prac-
SUITCASE
related to poverty and and make off with her tically anyone — who speaks the
By Lene
social breakdown in the child. Sigita wakes up boy’s language so she can find out
Kaaberbol and
Eastern European in a hospital. The police who he is.
Agnete Friis
countries once domi- wrongly suspect her of This series debut — translated
Translated from
nated by the Soviet being a drunk and a bad with assurance by Kaaberbol —
the Danish by
Union. Most of the nov- mother. As a refugee looks like another winning entry
Lene Kaaberbol
el’s richness, however, from a dysfunctional in the emotionally lacerating
Soho. 313 pp.
comes from the supple rural family, Sigita has Scandinavian mystery sweep-
$24
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apprehension and dread. The boy
in the suitcase is exactly that: a
naked tot, drugged but alive, who
turns up in a suitcase in the Copen-
hagen railway station. It takes a
while to learn much about Karin
mothers whose stories
are told on parallel
tracks. Borg is all too believable, a
nurse who “could always be count-
ed on. She led a remarkably effi-
cient one-woman crusade to save
her boy. “She did not bookworld@washpost.com
want to admit to [a po-
lice detective] just how alone she
was. It was shameful, like some
Lipez writes the Don Strachey private
eye novels under the name Richard When two people no longer fit,
embarrassing disease.” Sigita is
forced to draw on reserves of
Stevenson. “Red White Black and
Blue” was recently published. it’s time to let go
Adapted from a recent online
discussion.

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‘St. Louis Blues’
The Library of Congress’s Packard Campus
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consecutive days of music-oriented films:
First comes “St. Louis Blues,” the story of
legendary bluesman W.C. Handy with Nat
King Cole, Eartha Kitt and Ella Fitzgerald.
Then, on Friday, revisit George Harrison’s
historic 1972 “Concert for Bangladesh,”
featuring performances by Eric Clapton,
Bob Dylan, Leon Russell and Ravi
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7:30 p.m. Library of Congress, Packard
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Opening reception — ‘Tickling the
Ivories’
Solas Nua teams up with Flashpoint to
exhibit works by contemporary Irish artist
Aoife Collins, which combine such
elements as history and fashion.
6 to 8 p.m. 916 G St. NW. 202­315­1305.
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SATURDAY
Three Kings Celebration
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SUNDAY
Iota poetry kickoff
Iota Club & Cafe in Arlington is known for
its music shows, but the venue kicks off its
2012 poetry series with a free reading by
Gregory Luce and Anne Harding
Woodworth. Audience members are
invited to read after the program.
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— Jess Righthand
Maybe he’s got guacamole in
his fridge and she’s a tortilla chip
connoisseur.
If you’re always the one
making the effort, and this is
what it took for you to see that,
then this hint to call it quits is
actually one of those very well-
disguised blessings. CGI-quality
disguised. But still a blessing.
Make an effort for people who
make an effort for you.
Carolyn:
We have a long history, but,
ever since they broke up, it always
comes down to his “friendship”
with his ex. Our relationship was
built according to his terms. It’s
basically one-sided 99 percent of
the time.
I get the gist, that our
relationship is very close to
friends with benefits. I knew going
in that was what I would have with
him — but he knows that is not
what I want. He can’t understand
that it is not easy for me or why.
He acts like I shouldn’t be having
feelings for him. Apparently, it
doesn’t affect him at all if he
doesn’t see me for a month.
I feel frustrated, sad and angry
not knowing how to deal with my
feelings and knowing he can just
disregard me like this by not
rescheduling his “plans,” as I
asked him to do for the grocery-
shopping fiasco.
In a way I blame his ex for who
he is now, because he lived with
her, and he has changed. He
doesn’t seem like the person I
knew years ago and I miss his old
self.
He said he misses the old days,
too, but it is confusing to me
because we will never get that
back.
So I’m just trying to go with my
life and hope the awful feeling
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Mopeyville again
This isn’t going to sound
credible, but I’ll say it anyway:
Stop taking this guy’s
indifference personally.
Throughout your letter, you’re
saying that you and he just don’t
have what you used to, don’t get
along the way you used to, aren’t
who you used to be.
So, end it. Accept that people
change, accept that it’s over, and
accept that not fitting anymore is
a perfectly adequate reason for
ending a relationship; it doesn’t
have to involve any judgments
about someone not being good
enough or caring enough or
whatever else, or a girlfriend
changing him, just because you
need to blame something and
put your anger somewhere.
It’s not your fault, or his, and
it’s certainly not his ex’s.
You.two.just.don’t.fit.
Now, once you’ve rolled that
into a decision to stop calling
this guy, the next step is onerous
but strongly advised: good
therapy. You’ve agreed to be
treated indifferently by someone
for, apparently, a pretty long
time. Please find out — and fix —
the underlying reason for that,
because the first thing you bring
to a relationship and the last
thing you have to count on when
it goes wrong is: You. That’s it.
Make sure you’re able to see
yourself as a person you can
count on in the clutch.
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in your philosophy demonstrate the practical value
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— the John Dewey types — were the panel found this concept rath-
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that the “P” should be capitalized. the early part of the 20th century. by the comment-jacking that he Reading the comments “is a tive, the benefits of freewheeling
Philosophy, Roberts said, But in recent decades, Light said, sees happen on message boards. truly existential” experience, one intellectual rigor online far out-
taught him to dissect and make “philosophers have ceded these “It’s zigzags and red herrings . . . of the panelists assured him. weigh the downsides.
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were regular engagers in main- prone to taking the important above in 2007, has a PhD in Q&A portion of the event. How achieves an outsize importance together.”
stream cultural conversation, questions of life and sticking political philosophy and is could one enter the blogosphere on Twitter. Like, Roberts said wryly, “Jus-
contributing to discussions of is- numbers on them. known for his writings on without relinquishing one’s cre- Perhaps, the panelists agreed. tin Bieber’s paternity test.”
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Monday, January 2, 2012
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DISTRICT Grand Canyon Adventure: River
at Risk 3D (NR) 11:10-3:50
New Year’s Eve (PG-13) 2:00-7:00
The Sitter (R) 11:15-4:35-9:45
We Bought a Zoo (PG) 10:40-
12:20-1:40-3:20-4:35-6:20-7:35-
The Sitter (R) 10:05 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
We Bought a Zoo (PG) 1:05-3:45- (R) 1:20-2:10-5:00-6:00-8:30-9:55
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Chipwrecked (G) 10:35-1:00-3:20- (R) (!) 10:10-1:30-4:55-8:30
Rave Motion Pictures
Centreville 12
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of
Shadows (PG-13) 12:05-1:25-3:05-
AMC Loews Georgetown 14 Happy Feet Two: An IMAX 3D Sherlock Holmes: A Game of 9:15-10:30 6:50-9:50 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip- 5:45-8:10-10:25 Alvin and the Chipmunks: 6201 Multiplex Drive 4:25-6:20-7:20-8:20-9:20-10:15
3111 K Street N.W. Experience (PG) 5:40 Shadows (PG-13) 10:00-12:50- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of wrecked (G) 1:00-3:10-6:00-8:30 Hugo 3D (PG) 10:05-1:10-4:05 Chipwrecked (G) 10:00-12:20- The Adventures of Tintin (PG) The Muppets (PG) 3:30
The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Born To Be Wild IMAX 3D (G) 3:40-6:30-9:15 Shadows (PG-13) 10:25-11:15- Shadows (PG-13) 11:00-1:45- New Year’s Eve (PG-13) 10:45 The Twilight Saga: Breaking 2:35-5:00-7:15-9:40 10:10-3:45 Regal Fox Cinemas
(!) 1:20-7:00 10:15-1:15 The Darkest Hour (PG-13) (!) 12:40-1:35-2:35-4:50-5:45-7:05- 4:40-7:45-10:30 War Horse (PG-13) 12:10-1:50- Dawn - Part 1 (PG-13) 7:05-10:00 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Mission: Impossible - Ghost
8:05-9:10-10:15 22875 Brambleton Plaza
Hugo 3D (PG) 9:55-12:50-3:45 Tornado Alley 3D (NR) 12:15-2:50 11:55-5:15-10:00 The Muppets (PG) 1:30 3:40-5:10-7:40-8:45-10:50 War Horse (PG-13) 10:45-2:10- Shadows (PG-13) 10:20-1:25- Protocol (PG-13) 10:00-11:00-
Young Adult (R) 11:50-2:20-5:00- 4:50-7:45-10:40 1:00-2:00-4:00-5:00-7:00-8:00- Mission: Impossible - Ghost
The Twilight Saga: Breaking U.S. Navy Memorial Burke Theater The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) 7:30-9:55 Regal Cinemas Bowie Crossing Mission: Impossible - Ghost 5:40-9:10
Protocol: The IMAX Experience
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The Adventures of Tintin: An
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of 2:45-7:30 12:35-5:35
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10:15-1:00
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3D Experience (PG) 10:15AM Le Havre (NR) 11:30-5:30-7:40 Regal Westview Stadium 16 Mission: Impossible - Ghost
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The Descendants (R) 10:50-1:45- 9:50 2:15-6:15-9:05 War Horse (PG-13) 11:45-1:15- The Adventures of Tintin: An
3:05-4:30-6:45-7:45-10:00 2:20 Chipwrecked (G) Open Caption: IMAX 3D Experience (PG) 9:55AM Tornado Alley (NR) 10:25-1:00- The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) The Adventures of Tintin (PG)
4:40-7:40-10:40 AMC Loews White Flint 5 Mission: Impossible - Ghost 12:55-7:45 11:40AM
The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) 4:35
The Artist (PG-13) 11:10-1:50-
4:30-7:30-10:00
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
(R) 10:30-11:40-1:05-2:10-3:25- Protocol (PG-13) 12:20-1:20-3:20- Hugo 3D (PG) (!) 1:50-4:40 11:15-2:00-4:50-7:40-10:25 Mission: Impossible - Ghost
12:50-6:20-8:55-11:35
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
War Horse (PG-13) 9:30-12:50- 4:40-6:00-7:00-8:25-9:40-10:25 4:30-7:10-8:00-10:15-10:55 Mission: Impossible - Ghost The Descendants (R) 9:35-12:20- Protocol: The IMAX Experience (R) 11:50-3:05-4:05-6:50-7:50- (R) 10:20-1:50-3:10-5:20-6:40-
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo AFI Silver Theatre Cultural Center 4:05-7:20 War Horse (PG-13) 11:50-3:00- Protocol: The IMAX Experience 3:15-6:05-8:50 (PG-13) 5:40-8:10-10:40 8:50-10:10
(R) 10:30-2:00-5:40-9:15 8633 Colesville Road The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) 10:10-11:10
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of 3:10-8:00-10:35 4:05-6:15-7:20-9:25-10:30 (PG-13) (!) 4:20-7:00-10:00 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Alexandria Old Town Theater Arthur Christmas (PG) 11:15-1:35 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-
Young Adult (R) 9:50-12:10-2:30- The Artist (PG-13) (!) 12:20-2:30- Shadows (PG-13) 9:40-12:35- New Year’s Eve (PG-13) 9:20 The Adventures of Tintin: An wrecked (G) 10:10-11:10-12:30-
5:00-7:50-10:15 4:40-7:00-9:20 Hoyt’s West Nursery Cinema 14 (R) Closed Caption: 11:25-3:05- 815 1/2 King St The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13)
3:50-6:45 Alvin and the Chipmunks: IMAX 3D Experience (PG) (!) 6:40-10:15 1:40-4:50-7:10-9:25-11:40 1:20-2:40-3:50-5:10-6:15-7:20-9:45
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Shame (NC-17) (!) 12:50-3:05-5:15- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 1591 West Nursery Rd. Chipwrecked (G) 12:10-12:50- 11:35-2:00 Mission: Impossible - Ghost The Twilight Saga: Breaking
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J. Edgar (R) (!) 10:05-1:05 My Week with Marilyn (R) 2:40- Mission: Impossible - Ghost 11:00-1:35-6:45-9:10 The Twilight Saga: Breaking (!) 1:30-4:10-7:10-9:40 The Adventures of Tintin (PG) War Horse (PG-13) 10:00-1:10-
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tion: 10:50-1:45-4:40-7:40-10:40 The Way (PG-13) 12:15 4:35-7:40 (R) 11:10-12:10-2:30-3:30-6:15- We Bought a Zoo (PG) 12:55-3:45- 8:20-10:45 Bow Tie Cinemas Reston Town
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost 5:05-7:35-10:10
AMC Columbia 14 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip- 7:05-9:35-10:25 6:50-9:40 The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) (!) J. Edgar (R) 11:00AM Center 13 Rave Motion Pictures Fairfax Protocol (PG-13) 11:00-12:00-
Protocol (PG-13) 10:55-2:10- 10300 Little Patuxent Parkway wrecked (G) 10:25-1:35-4:50-7:55 The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) The Sitter (R) 6:50-9:00 1:10-3:35-5:45-8:10-10:25 11940 Market Street Corner 14 2:00-3:00-5:00-6:00-8:00-9:00
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: (!) 1:50-7:25 The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of 5:00-7:50-10:35 10:40-3:50 Mission: Impossible - Ghost 6:35-9:20
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3:50-6:30-9:00 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (PG-13) 10:15-1:30-
Protocol (PG-13) 1:00-2:50-4:10- 2:00-3:25-5:05-7:05-8:15-10:05 4:20-7:30-10:20
10:30-1:25 The Adventures of Tintin (PG) (!) Protocol (PG-13) 12:15-1:10-3:15- 5:00-6:30-7:50-10:50 The Adventures of Tintin (PG) 4:45-8:00
War Horse (PG-13) 9:30-12:40- 7:30-9:40-10:40 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Sitter (R) 8:30-10:40
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The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) 9:00-10:00 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Young Adult (R) 7:15-9:45
11:30-4:50-10:20 3:05-9:15 (!) 2:10-7:30 Chipwrecked (G) 12:25-12:55-
Dawn - Part 1 (PG-13) 9:55 2772 South Randolph St. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 6:45-7:35-8:30-10:10
The Darkest Hour (PG-13) 12:40- Mission: Impossible - Ghost The Muppets (PG) 10:55AM The Muppets (PG) 11:40AM The Way (PG-13) 11:10-1:50- (R) 11:20-12:00-3:30-6:00-7:00- Arthur Christmas (PG) 10:10- The Descendants (R) 12:30-3:50-
The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) (!) The Darkest Hour (PG-13) 2:45-5:15-7:40-9:45 12:55 6:50-9:50
5:30-10:05 Protocol: The IMAX Experience 2:15-7:05 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of 4:45-7:20 10:30
War Horse (PG-13) 12:45-2:40- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) (PG-13) (!) 3:50-7:10-10:30 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
11:15AM
4:00-5:55-7:20-9:05-10:35 Shadows (PG-13) 11:30-2:20- The Descendants (R) 11:15-1:55- Arthur Christmas (PG) 10:10AM The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13)
2:10-7:40 5:10-8:00-10:50 4:30-7:10 Young Adult (R) 11:40-2:10-4:40- 10:00-12:45-3:10-5:30-8:00-10:35 (R) 11:15-2:35-3:30-6:10-7:10-
The Adventures of Tintin: An (R) (!) 11:00-12:05-2:30-3:30-6:00- Kentlands Stadium 10 Mission: Impossible - Ghost 9:30-10:30
Hugo (PG) 1:10-6:50 IMAX 3D Experience (PG) (!) 12:45 7:00-9:45-10:00 629 Center Point Way The Artist (PG-13) (!) 10:20-12:45- 7:10-9:50 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Pro-
Protocol (PG-13) 12:30-1:10-3:30- Rivertowne 12 Cinemas Arthur Christmas (PG) 1:00
The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) Mission: Impossible - Ghost Mission: Impossible - Ghost 4:20-6:30-7:30-9:30-10:40 6075 Oxon Hill Road 3:10-5:35-7:55 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo tocol (PG-13) 9:55-1:05-4:25-7:40
10:00-3:00-7:50 (!) 11:10-4:40-10:10 My Week with Marilyn (R) 11:20- (R) 2:40-9:20 $3.00 upcharge applies to Rave The Adventures of Tintin (PG)
Protocol (PG-13) (!) 12:10-3:20- Protocol (PG-13) (!) 11:50-2:25- New Year’s Eve (PG-13) 3:05- The Darkest Hour (PG-13) (!) 12:05-2:40
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 6:40-9:50 4:55-7:35-10:05 1:50-4:50-7:35 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Reserved
6:05-9:00 12:30-2:35-4:40-6:45-8:50 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-
(R) (!) 12:10-3:40-7:10-10:40 (R) (!) 11:15-3:00-6:55-10:45 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin and the Chipmunks: We Bought a Zoo (PG) 12:20-3:15- We Bought a Zoo (PG) (!) 12:15- A Dangerous Method (R) 10:00- Protocol (PG-13) 11:30-6:10 Regal Ballston Common 12
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of 12:15-2:40-5:00-7:30 We Bought a Zoo (PG) 10:30-1:30- wrecked (G) 11:05-12:10-1:15-
The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) Chipwrecked (G) (!) 11:45-2:15- Chipwrecked (G) 12:15-2:35-5:10- 6:10-9:15 2:55-5:35-8:15 671 N. Glebe Road 2:20-3:25-4:30-5:30-6:45-8:55
Shadows (PG-13) (!) 10:30-1:30- 11:50-6:05 4:45-7:20 7:35-9:30 The Sitter (R) 10:25 Shame (NC-17) 10:05-12:25-2:45- 4:30-7:30-10:30 Young Adult (R) 12:40-3:05-5:30-
4:30-7:30-10:30 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Pro-
Young Adult (R) (!) 11:05-1:55- The Twilight Saga: Breaking War Horse (PG-13) (!) 1:00-4:00- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Chipwrecked (G) 11:40-1:40-3:40- 5:05-7:40 The Muppets (PG) 10:00AM 8:10-10:35 tocol (PG-13) 11:00-12:00-1:55-
Alvin and the Chipmunks: 4:45-7:35-10:25 Dawn - Part 1 (PG-13) 9:45 7:00-9:45 Shadows (PG-13) 12:00-12:50- 5:40-7:40-9:40 Young Adult (R) 10:10-12:30-3:00- The Darkest Hour (PG-13) 12:50- The Descendants (R) 2:00-4:50-
Chipwrecked (G) (!) 12:00-2:20- 3:15-4:50-6:30-7:45-9:25-10:50
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo War Horse (PG-13) (!) 12:15-3:35- New Year’s Eve (PG-13) 7:30- 3:00-4:05-5:50-7:00-9:10 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of 5:15-7:45 3:10-5:30-7:50-10:10 7:35-10:25
4:40-7:00-9:15 War Horse (PG-13) 11:40-12:40-
(R) (!) 2:00-6:00-10:00 6:50-10:10 10:00 The Muppets (PG) 12:05 Shadows (PG-13) 11:30-2:10- AMC Potomac Mills 18 Cinema Arts Theatre The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 3:00-4:00-6:15-7:20-9:35-10:35
We Bought a Zoo (PG) (!) 10:20- Alvin and the Chipmunks: We Bought a Zoo (PG) (!) 12:40- We Bought a Zoo (PG) (!) 11:50- 4:50-7:30-10:10 (R) 11:00-1:00-2:30-3:00-4:30-6:00-
1:20-4:20-7:20-10:10 Regal Cinemas Majestic 2700 Potomac Mills Circle 9650 Main St New Year’s Eve (PG-13) 8:00-
Chipwrecked (G) (!) 11:45-2:40- 4:10-6:55 2:25-4:55-7:30-10:00
The Muppets (PG) (!) 10:10- 5:00-7:25-9:45 Stadium 20 & IMAX The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo The Adventures of Tintin (PG) The Descendants (R) 9:45-12:05- 6:30-8:00-9:30-10:00 10:45
Academy Stadium Theaters Sherlock Holmes: A Game of 900 Ellsworth Drive (R) (!) 11:55-3:10-6:25-9:40 (!) 1:10-6:45 2:25-4:55-7:50-10:10 Mission: Impossible - Ghost We Bought a Zoo (PG) 1:45-
4:00-9:40 The Twilight Saga: Break- Shadows (PG-13) 11:50-2:20- Protocol (PG-13) 12:55-1:20-3:50-
6198 Greenbelt Rd. Mission: Impossible - Ghost The Sitter (R) 12:00-1:55-3:50- Mission: Impossible - Ghost The Artist (PG-13) 9:55-12:10- 4:35-10:20
Albert Einstein Planetarium - ing Dawn - Part 1 (PG-13) (!) 4:50-7:30-10:05 5:45-7:40-9:35 Protocol (PG-13) (!) 10:05-1:20- 4:20-6:50-7:20-9:50-10:20 The Sitter (R) 11:20AM
2:55-8:00 War Horse (PG-13) 11:25-2:25- Protocol: The IMAX Experience 2:30-5:00-7:30-9:40
National Air and Space Museum
6:00 The Muppets (PG) 12:00-2:25-5:05 New Year’s Eve (PG-13) 11:35- 4:40-8:10 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Alvin and the Chipmunks: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of
6th Street and Independence Ave SW The Sitter (R) 11:35-5:40-10:50 The Darkest Hour (PG-13) (!) (PG-13) (!) 4:20-7:10-10:05 Chipwrecked (G) 11:30-12:30-
The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) 12:15-2:40-5:05-7:40-9:55 The Adventures of Tintin: An 2:10-4:45-7:20-9:55 Alvin and the Chipmunks: (R) 10:00-1:00-4:00-7:00-10:00 Shadows (PG-13) 12:20-1:30-3:10-
Infinity Express (NR) 11:00-12:30- AMC Loews Center Park 8 (!) 11:55-2:20-6:45 IMAX 3D Experience (PG) (!) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Chipwrecked (G) 9:50-12:30-3:20- A Dangerous Method (R) 10:05- 1:50-2:45-4:05-5:00-7:30-9:35 4:20-6:25-7:35-9:20-10:25
2:00-3:30-5:00 4001 Powder Mill Rd. The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) Dawn - Part 1 (PG-13) 11:30-2:00- 6:00-8:30 12:15-2:35-4:45-7:40-9:35 The Twilight Saga: Breaking The Muppets (PG) 12:55-3:35-6:40
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 11:30-2:00 Dawn - Part 1 (PG-13) 12:45
Journey to the Stars (NR) 10:30- The Adventures of Tintin (PG) (R) (!) 11:40-3:00-6:40 (!) 12:05-2:25-5:00-7:25-9:45
The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) 4:30-7:00-9:30 Hugo 3D (PG) 10:50-2:10 War Horse (PG-13) 10:15-1:25-
12:00-1:30-3:00-4:30 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo The Muppets (PG) 11:45-2:05- War Horse (PG-13) 12:40-3:20- Regal Potomac Yard 16
(!) 3:45 The Adventures of Tintin (PG) (!) 11:10-1:40-4:10-6:45-9:20 The Twilight Saga: Breaking 4:20-7:20-10:05 3575 Jefferson Davis Highway
Cosmic Collisions (NR) 11:30- (R) (!) 12:00-2:00-3:15-5:15-6:30- 4:00-6:40-7:15-10:05-10:30
1:00-2:30-4:00
Mission: Impossible - Ghost (!) 4:35
8:30-9:35 The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) (!) 4:25-6:45-9:05 Dawn - Part 1 (PG-13) 5:10-8:00 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of
The Sitter (R) 12:50 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of
Protocol (PG-13) (!) 1:45-4:45-7:45 Alvin and the Chipmunks: 12:20-3:15-5:35-8:00-10:15 Happy Feet Two (PG) 12:15-2:30- War Horse (PG-13) (!) 9:40-1:00- Shadows (PG-13) 10:10-1:15-
Arthur Christmas (PG) 11:50AM Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) Open Caption:
Avalon Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip- Chipwrecked (G) (!) 11:55-2:20- Young Adult (R) 1:05-3:30-6:20- 4:45-7:00-9:15 4:20-7:50 4:10-7:10-9:45
Shadows (PG-13) 1:10-4:10-6:20- 1:10-7:05
5612 Connecticut Avenue wrecked (G) 1:30-3:50-6:00-8:15 4:25-6:35 Landmark Bethesda Row Cinema 8:40-10:55 Tower Heist (PG-13) 11:35-2:10- New Year’s Eve (PG-13) 6:10-9:05
Cobb Village 12 Leesburg 7:10-9:40-10:10 The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG)
Le Havre (NR) 10:45-12:45-5:45 War Horse (PG-13) (!) 1:20- The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) (!) 7235 Woodmont Avenue The Descendants (R) 11:15-1:55- 4:45-7:20-9:55 The Sitter (R) 6:40-9:10 1600 Village Market Boulevard (!) 1:50-4:25-6:55-9:35
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 4:30-7:40 11:25-1:30-5:40 Young Adult (R) 10:30-12:55-3:10- 4:30-7:25-10:25 The Movies at Montgomery Mall Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Regal Cinemas Manassas
Shadows (PG-13) 9:45-12:50- The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Stadium 14 & IMAX The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) (!)
(R) 1:15-4:45-8:15 We Bought a Zoo (PG) (!) 2:00- The Darkest Hour (PG-13) (!) 5:25-7:45-9:55 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 7101 Democracy Blvd. 5:00 1:00-3:15-5:35-7:50-10:15
The Man Nobody Knew: In 5:00-7:50 3:35-7:45 The Descendants (R) 10:45-1:30- (R) 11:00-1:25-2:15-3:35-4:45-6:00- Alvin and the Chipmunks: 4:15-7:40 11380 Bulloch Drive
Mission: Impossible - Ghost The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Search of My Father CIA Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Pro- 4:15-7:05-9:45 6:55-8:15-9:35-10:20 Chipwrecked (G) 11:00-1:00-3:00- The Muppets (PG) 9:40-12:20-3:10 Protocol (PG-13) 12:40-2:05-3:50- Mission: Impossible - Ghost (R) 11:30-12:00-2:30-3:00-3:30-
Spymaster William Colby (NR) Shadows (PG-13) 1:30-4:20-7:30 tocol (PG-13) (!) 11:45-3:45-7:00 The Artist (PG-13) 11:30-2:00- Hugo (PG) 2:05 5:00-7:00 The Darkest Hour (PG-13) (!) Protocol: The IMAX Experience 6:05-6:30-7:00-9:30-10:00-10:25
5:15-7:00-8:25-10:10 (PG-13) (!) 5:00-8:00-10:50
10:30-8:00 The Darkest Hour (PG-13) (!) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of 4:30-7:00-9:30 Arthur Christmas (PG) 12:35 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of 12:40-6:30
War Horse (PG-13) 12:00-3:30- Hugo (PG) 11:00AM
The Way (PG-13) 3:00 3:30-8:00 Shadows (PG-13) 11:35-2:10- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Shadows (PG-13) 11:15-2:15- Mission: Impossible - Ghost The Adventures of Tintin: An
6:45-10:00
Protocol: The IMAX Experience New Year’s Eve (PG-13) 11:05- IMAX 3D Experience (PG) (!) Arthur Christmas (PG) 12:05
The Adventures of Tintin 3D 4:50-7:35 10:10-11:00-1:00-2:30-4:00-5:30- 12:55 5:15-8:15 The Adventures of Tintin (PG)
Landmark E Street Cinema (PG) (!) 6:30 We Bought a Zoo (PG) 11:40-2:15- 7:15-8:30-10:00 (PG-13) (!) 2:20-5:40-8:50 9:30-12:00-2:30
555 11th Street NW Mission: Impossible - Ghost War Horse (PG-13) 11:00-2:00- 4:35-7:50-10:40 11:05AM
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 4:55-7:30 A Dangerous Method (R) 10:40- Protocol (PG-13) 11:05-2:10-3:25- 5:00-8:00-9:00 The Adventures of Tintin: An The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG)
The Descendants (R) 11:40-2:10- (R) (!) 3:40-7:00 IMAX 3D Experience (PG) (!) We Bought a Zoo (PG) 1:20-4:20- (!) 3:30-6:40-9:10 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-
Bow Tie Annapolis Mall 11 1:40-4:45-7:10-9:35 5:05-6:30-8:35-9:30 UA Snowden Square Stadium 14 11:05AM 7:20-10:15 wrecked (G) 11:10-11:35-1:15-
4:40-7:10-9:40 The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) War Horse (PG-13) 10:00-12:15- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Young Adult (R) 2:10-10:20
The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of
The Artist (PG-13) 11:30-12:15- 1020 Annapolis Mall 9161 Commerce Center Drive 1:55-3:35-4:15-5:45-6:35-9:00
(!) 5:45 1:15-3:20-4:20-6:30-7:30-9:50 Chipwrecked (G) 11:30-12:45- The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) (!)
The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Shadows (PG-13) 12:45-4:25- War Horse (PG-13) 12:10-12:35-
2:00-2:45-4:30-5:15-7:00-9:30
AMC Loews Rio Cinemas 18 11:30-5:30 Show Times Shown For Today Only 1:00-1:35-2:45-3:00-3:45-4:50-5:30- The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) (!) 10:20-4:05-9:20 7:30-10:25
12:30-2:40-5:20-8:10-11:00
3:20-6:45-7:15-9:55-10:35-3:45
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) 7:05-7:40-10:00 (!) 10:55-1:40-4:30-7:05-9:40 Arthur Christmas (PG) 10:40- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
11:30-12:30-2:30-3:30-5:30-6:30- 9811 Washingtonian Blvd. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Marlow 6 Theatre We Bought a Zoo (PG) Closed 1:15-3:55 The Muppets (PG) 1:55 (R) 12:10-2:50-3:50-6:10-7:10- Mission: Impossible - Ghost
Protocol (PG-13) 10:20-12:10- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Young Adult (R) 11:50-2:25-4:45- 9:40-10:40 Protocol (PG-13) 11:15-12:50-
7:30-8:30-9:15 The Adventures of Tintin (PG) 3899 Branch Ave
Dawn - Part 1 (PG-13) 9:10 Caption: 12:40-7:25 The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) (!) 7:35-9:55
My Week with Marilyn (R) 11:50- 10:30-4:00-9:30 1:10-2:10-3:10-4:20-6:20-7:30- The Adventures of Tintin (PG) The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) (!) 1:25-2:15-3:50-4:20-5:10-6:50-7:30-
War Horse (PG-13) 11:35-12:50- 10:10-3:30-9:25 Arthur Christmas (PG) 11:50AM 8:10-9:50-10:40
2:20-4:50-7:20-9:50 Arthur Christmas 3D (PG) 12:05 8:30-9:30 11:45-2:05-4:20-6:35-8:50 12:20-2:50-5:30-8:00-10:40 Young Adult (R) 2:05-4:35-7:10- (R) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo The Adventures of Tintin (PG)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: 2:55-4:00-6:05-7:30-9:15-10:45 12:15-3:45-7:10-10:35 New Year’s Eve (PG-13) 7:55-
A Dangerous Method (R) 12:05- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Mission: Impossible - Ghost New Year’s Eve (PG-13) 5:10- Don 2 in 3D (NR) (!) 6:10-10:05 9:30 10:10-12:40
Chipwrecked (G) 10:30-11:20- 10:45
2:35-5:05-7:35-9:55 Chipwrecked (G) 10:05-12:20-
12:00-12:50-1:50-2:30-3:20-4:10-
Protocol (PG-13) 11:30-2:15- 7:50-10:30 Young Adult (R) 6:20-9:10 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Hugo (PG) 11:00AM Hugo (PG) 11:30AM We Bought a Zoo (PG) 11:00-1:40-
Shame (NC-17) 12:10-2:40-5:10- 2:40-5:05-7:30-9:55 5:00-7:45 Arthur Christmas (PG) 11:30AM
5:00-5:50-7:10-8:10-9:20 We Bought a Zoo (PG) 12:40-3:50- The Descendants (R) 11:15-2:15- (R) (!) 11:40-12:35-3:50-4:30- Alvin and the Chipmunks: 4:30-7:20-10:20
7:40-10:00 War Horse (PG-13) 11:35-3:10- Alvin and the Chipmunks: 6:40-9:45 5:10-7:50-10:50 7:30-8:25 The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) Chipwrecked (G) 9:50-10:50-2:20-
Show Times Shown For Today Only 6:35-10:00 New Year’s Eve (PG-13) 5:00-8:00 Chipwrecked (G) 12:00-2:00-4:00- Don 2 (NR) 11:10-2:20 11:40-2:20-7:45-10:20 The Sitter (R) 10:45
The Sitter (R) 8:30-10:35 J. Edgar (R) 11:15-2:40 3:20-4:30-5:30-6:50-9:00
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of We Bought a Zoo (PG) 10:10-1:00- 6:00-8:00 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Mission: Impossible - Ghost Pro- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo War Horse (PG-13) 10:40-11:40- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of
Lincoln Theatre
Shadows (PG-13) 10:45-1:45- 3:50-6:50-9:50 We Bought a Zoo (PG) 11:40-2:10- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of (R) 2:30-6:00-9:20 Shadows (PG-13) 1:45-2:20-4:00-
1215 U Street NW Shadows (PG-13) 11:45-1:15- (R) 11:00-12:00-2:30-3:30-6:00- tocol (PG-13) (!) 11:20-3:00-7:20 3:10-4:10-6:20-7:20-9:30-10:30
4:40-7:50-10:50 The Sitter (R) 10:00 4:40-7:10 The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) 4:45-5:20-7:45-8:15-10:05
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 2:30-4:15-5:20-6:10-7:10-8:10-9:00- 7:00-9:30-10:30 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Mission: Impossible - Ghost The Muppets (PG) 11:50AM
The Darkest Hour (PG-13) 12:10- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of 9:55-11:00 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) 11:10-1:40-4:10- 12:30-3:00-5:30-8:00-10:25 Protocol (PG-13) 10:00-1:00-3:00-
(R) (!) 1:00-4:00-7:30 5:00-10:15 Shadows (PG-13) 11:40-1:40-2:40- Shadows (PG-13) 12:05-2:40- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of
The Muppets (PG) 12:25-3:05-5:45 Chipwrecked (G) 11:30-12:30- 7:00-9:20 4:00-6:00-7:00-8:50-9:50 Tally Ho Theatre
Regal Gallery Place Stadium 14 Young Adult (R) 10:15-12:35-3:15- 4:40-5:40-6:40-7:40-8:40-9:40 5:15-7:50 1:55-2:45-4:10-5:00 War Horse (PG-13) (!) 10:30-2:00- Shadows (PG-13) 12:45-4:25- New Year’s Eve (PG-13) 7:50 19 West Market Street
707 Seventh Street NW 5:40-8:05-10:25 The Muppets (PG) 11:10-2:00 The Darkest Hour (PG-13) 12:15- Regal Hyattsville Royale War Horse (PG-13) 12:45-4:00- 5:20-8:40 7:30-10:30 We Bought a Zoo (PG) 10:30-1:50-
The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) Stadium 14 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of
Hugo 3D (PG) (!) 1:10 Mission: Impossible - Ghost 2:20-4:15-6:20-8:15 7:15-10:35 We Bought a Zoo (PG) (!) 10:45- Alvin and the Chipmunks: 4:50-7:40-10:10 Shadows (PG-13) 12:00-2:30-
6505 America Blvd.
The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) Protocol: The IMAX Experience 10:30-1:40-4:30-7:20-10:00 Montgomery Royal Theatres We Bought a Zoo (PG) 3:45-10:20 1:45-5:00-8:05 Chipwrecked (G) 11:10-1:35-3:55- The Sitter (R) 10:35 5:00-7:30-10:00
(!) 2:45-5:10-7:45-10:15 (PG-13) 7:45-11:00 Bow Tie Harbour 9 Young Adult (R) 12:05-2:30-4:55- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Sherlock Holmes: A Game of 6:15-8:35
Alvin and the Chipmunks:
11006 Viers Mill Road Sherlock Holmes: A Game of
Young Adult (R) 12:45-3:10-5:30- The Adventures of Tintin: An 2474 Solomons Island Road We Bought a Zoo (PG) (!) 12:00-
7:20-9:50 Protocol (PG-13) 12:15-1:00-3:15- Shadows (PG-13) 11:00-5:50-8:55 Manassas Cinemas Shadows (PG-13) 11:20-12:20- Chipwrecked (G) 1:15-3:15-5:15-
8:10-10:40 IMAX 3D Experience (PG) 11:30- The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) 4:15-6:45-7:45-10:15-11:00 8890 Mathis Ave. 3:40-4:40-6:30-7:30-9:20 7:15-9:15
Hugo 3D (PG) 10:20-1:10-4:00-6:50 2:30-5:00-7:30 AMC Tysons Corner 16
The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) (!) 2:15-5:00 (!) 4:00-7:25-10:05 The Sitter (R) 10:55 We Bought a Zoo (PG) (!) 12:00- The Muppets (PG) 1:40
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Chipwrecked (G) 12:10-2:20-4:40- Hugo (PG) 1:35-7:00
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Arthur Christmas (PG) 11:40AM Protocol (PG-13) (!) 11:45-2:20- Hugo 3D (PG) 3:20-9:20 6:40-9:25
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9:40-12:25-3:10-5:55-8:40 (R) 12:00-3:20-6:50-10:25 (R) 11:50-3:10-6:30-9:50 New Year’s Eve (PG-13) 7:05-9:55 A Very Harold & Kumar Christ-
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CHIP SAYS Hannah TODAY Partly sunny,
may have a really good getting cooler
idea here. Turns out that HIGH LOW
Americans buy 7 billion
greetings cards each
year!
46 26
LUKA KITAROVIC, 7, WASHINGTON,
D.C.

KIDSPOST.COM What’s your New Year’s resolution? Vote in our online poll.

BIRTHDAYS
of the week
MONDAY 2
Photo opportunity
PARHAM Woodbridge’ s Jordan Parham (2003).
Washington’s Natalie Bock (2000). Actor Taye
BOCK
12-year-old’s pictures earn money and help save polar bears
Diggs (1971). Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. (1968).

TUESDAY 3
Chevy Chase’s Celia Ottinger (2002). Silver
Spring’s Matthew Rosenthal (2000). Football
OTTINGER player Eli Manning (1981). Author J.R.R. Tolkien
(1892).
WEDNESDAY 4
Upper Marlboro’s Jasmine Hall (2000).
Musician Michael Stipe (1960).
THURSDAY 5
HALL
Chevy Chase’s Jack Bricknell (2006). Silver
Spring’s Rochelle Berman (2004). Actress
Diane Keaton (1946). Journalist Charlie Rose
(1942). Dancer Alvin Ailey (1931). Actor Robert
Duvall (1931).
FRIDAY 6
BERMAN
Springfield’s Erin Newberry (2004). Chevy
Chase’s Lukas Nielsen (2001). Author Kahlil
Gibran (1883). Poet Carl Sandburg (1878).
SATURDAY 7
Davidsonville’s James Rizek and Meredith
Rizek (2006). Springfield’s Jason Richter
JAMES RIZEK
(2004). Takoma Park’s Allyson Herner-Betts
(2003). Arlington’s Grant Weeter (2003). Actor
Nicolas Cage (1964). Journalist Katie Couric
H
annah Isenhart has gotten
up close and personal with
black bears, photographing
ROSENTHAL several roaming around Yel-
lowstone National Park.
She has captured images of moose
exploring Wyoming’s Grand Tetons
and wolves nestled in the grass of the
Flatirons of Colorado — all taken from
just a few feet away.
BRICKNELL
Unlike what’s found in the pages of
National Geographic, the animals in
Hannah’s photos are plush toys that
she carefully arranges against the
backdrop of their natural habitats.
And at 12 years old, she has found a
NEWBERRY way to use her interest in photograph-
ing the great outdoors to make money,
one card and calendar at a time.
“I made them into a Christmas
present card for family and friends,
but one time someone asked, ‘Do you
sell these cards?’ ” Hannah said re-
MEREDITH RIZEK
cently. “I started making them for a
winter fair that my school did each
year.” CLIFF GRASSMICK/ASSOCIATED PRESS

(1957). 13th U.S. President Millard Fillmore
(1800).
SUNDAY 8
RICHTER
Vienna’s Sydney Guthrie (2006). Rockville’s
Patrick Gee (2004). Oakton’s Isabella
Sobolewski (2001). Clarksville’s Sammy
Spiegel (2001). Musician David Bowie (1947).
Author Stephen Hawking (1942). Musician Elvis
Presley (1935).
WEETER
Birthday announcements are for ages 6 to 13 and are
printed on a first-come, first-served basis. They must be
submitted by an adult. We need photos at least four
months ahead of publication. We need names (to be
included without photos) at least four weeks before
publication. We need name, address and birth date
(including year of birth). Send to kidspost@washpost.com or
KidsPost, The Washington Post, 1150 15th St. NW,
Washington, D.C. 20071.
SOBOLEWSKI
In the five years since, the Colorado
seventh-grader’s hobby has turned
into a business called Hanimals. Her
HERNER-BETTS collection captures images of 20
stuffed animals — an owl, an elk, a
porcupine and a chickadee included
— taken in some of the country’s most
famous national parks.
The photos are sold primarily as
greeting cards and calendars and are
GEE
available online at myhanimals.com.
(Always ask a parent or teacher before
going online.)
Hannah started off by selling the
cards at stores near her Boulder, Colo-
rado, home. “I just walked in [to the
SPIEGEL stores] and kind of asked them, ‘Do
Hannah Isenhart’s “wildlife” greeting cards star her own stuffed animals.
you think you would sell my cards
here?’ And they told me yes,” she said.
Hannah donates one-third of the
money she receives from the sales of
her cards to support research at Polar
Bear International, an organization
that does research to help save the
animals. So far, her donations total
more than $1,000.
Hanimals is a family affair for the
Isenharts. Her father got Hannah in-
terested in photography when she was
4, and he has taught her about shutter
speed, autofocus and lighting tech-
niques. Her mother introduced her to
cashier’s checks and invoices, which
Hannah uses to track the printing
expenses that she has to pay every
month. Even younger brother Jesse,
10, has found a way to get involved
with his sister’s photography busi-
ness.
Hannah said she pays him to fold
greeting cards and to use his stuffed
animals in her photos. She has also
paid him to act as a human prop.
— Associated Press
kidspost@washpost.com

ASK AMY

Wedding day: Do or don’t?

Dear Amy:
Is it appropriate to wear a
wedding dress and stage a
wedding ceremony (featuring
bridesmaids, groomsmen, etc.)
after an elopement that caused
huge rifts and heartache in the
family?
This young, headstrong girl ran
off in secret and lied to her
family. The groom offered to
annul the marriage, and there
were more ultimatums and
manipulations. My sister has
been saving money for a wedding
for two years to appease her
daughter. I want to support my
sister but find the whole thing
ridiculous.
We all suggested a nice family
dinner and party, but my niece
refuses to consider this. She
wants her wedding dress and the
wedding of a lifetime.
We would all be happy to
celebrate in an appropriate way,
but the wedding dress seems
over the top and this seems like
the result of another spoiled
tantrum. Since she chose to
elope, I’d say that choice
precludes getting married again.
It’s like having your cake and
eating it — twice! Your view?
Angry Aunt
I believe that all marrying
couples should finance their
own parties — at the time of or
after their marriages.
Your niece is financing her
party through her mother’s good
graces. These two women have
the right to make this choice. If
your sister asks your opinion
about all of this, you should give
it. Otherwise, you’ll feel better if
you exercise the discipline to
keep your judgment to yourself.
It is not unheard of to elope
and then stage a full wedding
after the fact. (Military couples
sometimes choose to do this
because of deployments, for
instance.)
It is obvious that you think
this wedding is a sham. You also
don’t seem to appreciate your
niece’s behavior or pretensions.
You have a choice to make. If
you decide to go to this wedding,
you should do your utmost to be
a great guest. You should not
gossip about the bride or groom,
or speculate about their
motives. If you feel you cannot
keep your behavior and
opinions in check, you should
probably stay home.
Dear Amy:
A friend calls me frequently.
She had a tumultuous childhood.
She has been through the wringer
with relationships, jobs, family,
drugs and alcohol.
I am her sounding board. I
have been happily married for 35
years, and she makes snotty
comments about my husband.
The two of them had an
argument years ago when she
was detoxing. I know she is
envious of my marriage, but I am
tired of this demanding one-sided
relationship.
Right now she is in the pits
again, having lost her
home/job/relationship and
jokingly suggests she come and
stay with us. She has no idea how
absurd this is.
She does have many wonderful
qualities and I really love her, but
I am worn out and not up to this
anymore. How can I get this
relationship to be more
balanced?
Exhausted Friend
The most obvious fix is to
limit your exposure to this
person, so you can catch your
breath and preserve your
friendship.
Because you are fond of her,
you should find ways to connect
with her better qualities, while
dodging her toxicity.
Do not let this friend stay
with you. You already see where
this is headed, and you will do
best if she is not demanding a
cappuccino to accompany her
tirades.
She excels at expressing her
frustrations and concerns. I
suggest you do the same, but
honestly, calmly and with
integrity. You say, “You have
many wonderful qualities, but I
am worn out and have to figure
out new ways to enjoy your
company — because this isn’t
working.” For more ideas, read
“Emotional Vampires: Dealing
With People Who Drain You
Dry,” by Albert Bernstein
(McGraw-Hill, 2002).
Dear Amy:
“Wondering” asked you what it
means when a dinner invitation
states, “Dinner at 6.” You said it
means the guests should arrive
close to 6 and dinner should be
served 45 minutes to an hour
later.
I disagree. When I say, “Dinner
at 6,” I mean, “We are sitting
down to eat at 6 p.m.”
Prompt
This leaves some uncertainty
about when guests should
arrive. Flinging their coats into
the closet and racing to the table
isn’t good for digestion.
Write to Amy Dickinson at
askamy@tribune.com or Ask Amy,
Chicago Tribune, TT500, 435 N.
Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60611.
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HOCKEY NFL WEEK 17 Coverage on D5-11 COUCH SLOUCH

Skating in a Eagles 34, Redskins 10 Titans 23, Texans 22 Giants 31, Cowboys 14 Falcons 45, Bucs 24 Crabby new year!
winter wonderland The continuing, unrelenting
The Flyers and Rangers are Ravens 24, Bengals 16 Dolphins 19, Jets 17 49ers 34, Rams 27 Jaguars 19, Colts 13 attention paid to all things
ready to get down to business sporting has Norman Chad
Chiefs 7, Broncos 3 Steelers 13, Browns 9 Saints 45, Panthers 17 Cards 23, Seahawks 20
in the annual Winter Classic pondering misplaced
today in Philadelphia. D12 Chargers 38, Raiders 26 Patriots 49, Bills 21 Packers 45, Lions 41 Bears 17, Vikings 13 priorities. D2

Michigan EAGLES 34, REDSKINS 10

gets help
from an Season’s worth of woes
old pro
Coordinator Mattison,
formerly of NFL’s Ravens,
re-energizes the defense
BY M ARK G IANNOTTO

new orleans — Michigan defensive

lineman Ryan Van Bergen thought he
had seen and heard it all during his
previous four years in Ann Arbor,
from being a part of Lloyd Carr’s final
team in 2007 to the tumultuous three
years that followed under Rich Rodri-
guez to finishing the 2010 season with
the third-worst defense among Bowl
Championship Series conference
teams.
But then one day this past spring,
new defensive coordinator Greg Mat-
tison popped in some video of the
Baltimore Ravens, his previous
coaching stop, and told the 288-
pound Van Bergen he wanted him to
emulate defensive tackle Haloti Nga-
ta.
“I was like, ‘So you want me to play
like Haloti Ngata?’ ” Van Bergen re-
called this week. “He was like, ‘Yeah,’
and gave me the shrug like I’m crazy
for not knowing what he meant. ‘Ha-

michigan continued on D3

6 games, 12 hours
Your guide to
today’s holiday
bowl lineup, D3
TicketCity Bowl: No. 20 Houston
vs. No. 24 Penn State, noon (ESPNU)
Gator Bowl: Ohio State vs. Florida,
1 p.m. (ESPN2)
Outback Bowl: No. 12 Michigan State vs.
No. 18 Georgia, 1 p.m. (WJLA-7, WMAR-2)
Capital One Bowl: No. 10 South Carolina
vs. No. 21 Nebraska, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Rose Bowl: No. 6 Oregon vs.
No. 9 Wisconsin, 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Fiesta Bowl: No. 3 Oklahoma State vs.
No. 4 Stanford, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Tomorrow: Sugar Bowl

No. 17 Virginia Tech vs. No. 13 Michigan,
8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

JONATHAN NEWTON/THE WASHINGTON POST

Eagles cornerback Joselio Hanson (21) and safety Nate Allen (29) double down on Redskins wide receiver Santana Moss to break up a fourth-quarter pass.

Wizards still NFL playoffs: Who’s in

Broncos reach postseason despite loss; Ravens earn a bye. Full coverage D5-11
Sloppy Redskins
wrap up disappointing
looking for 5-11 campaign
first victory THOMAS BOSWELL BY M IKE J ONES

philadelphia – In a performance
CELTICS 94,
Road to success befitting their dismal, error- and inju-
ry-plagued campaign, the Washington
WIZARDS 86 is an ugly rout Redskins stumbled their way through
a 34-10 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles
philadelphia in their final game of the season

BY M ICHAEL L EE
As he got dressed before the Wash-
ington Wizards hosted the Boston
Celtics on Sunday, John Wall admitted
he was “not enjoying myself playing
basketball” with the team playing
poorly to start the season. But Wall
vowed that he would stop “thinking
too much,” get back to playing with his
instincts and have fun again.
Coach Flip Saunders, concerned
with Wall’s demeanor in a discourag-
ing loss at Milwaukee two nights earli-
er, went further before Sunday’s
game: “I told him, if he doesn’t play
hard and he doesn’t have a smile on his
face, I’m going to take him out.”
In the 94-86 loss to the Celtics at
Verizon Center, Wall played with more
passion and desire, encouraged his
teammates, and finished with his best
game of the season: 19 points, season
highs of eight assists and seven re-
bounds and just one turnover. But the
team’s overall performance didn’t give
wizards continued on D4
I
f the Redskins are a renovation,
what does a total tear-down look
like?
After 33 losses in three years, the
Redskins now face the reality that
confronts entrenched bad teams —
ones without a single player picked for
the Pro Bowl, ones without a quality
quarterback and ones that pack up for
RAY STUBBLEBINE/REUTERS
the offseason with a quarter left to play
Ahmad Bradshaw scores a second-quarter touchdown in the Giants’ and lose 34-10 to a division rival.
31-14 win over Dallas as New York wins the NFC East. Game story, D5 This level of pain, this immense
distance between the present and a
future worthy of a fan’s fantasy, is what
the rebuilding of a decimated NFL
franchise usually feels like. Whether
the job is being done well or is being
Green Bay San Francisco Detroit (10-6) Atlanta (10-6) bungled, this is how it often feels when
NFC the task is only partially complete.
(15-1) (13-3) at New Orleans (13-3) at N.Y. Giants (9-7)
For decades, Redskins fans were
spared this exasperating and seemingly
endless process. Twice, Joe Gibbs
boswell continued on D8
New England Baltimore Pittsburgh (12-4) Cincinnati (9-7) Reid: They have to ride it out
AFC
(13-3) (12-4) at Denver (8-8) at Houston (10-6) The Redskins regressed this season, but
they must stick with Mike Shanahan. D7
Sunday.
The Redskins have been plagued by
mental gaffes, turnovers, injuries to
key players and flat-out poor play all
season long.
Sunday’s game was no different.
Rex Grossman kept team and indi-
vidual turnover streaks intact with his
20th interception of the season. Poor
tackling and breakdowns in pass cov-
erage led to big scoring plays for the
Eagles (8-8). Ineffective red-zone play
and penalties kept the Redskins from
scoring.
At one point, the Redskins had both
running backs Roy Helu and Evan
Royster on trainer’s tables, receiving
treatment from the medical staff. Line-
backer Brian Orakpo missed the sec-
ond half with a pectoral muscle injury.
There was a 21-point fourth-quarter
collapse. And of course, the package
redskins continued on D6
Kicking themselves
Special teams suffer through a miserable
day of mistakes and penalties. D6
D10 EZ M2 KLMNO MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012

NFL WEEK 17
AFC NFC SUNDAY’S RESULTS SATURDAY’S GAMES
EAST W L T PCT PF PA HOME AWAY AFC NFC DIV EAST W L T PCT PF PA HOME AWAY NFC AFC DIV at Philadelphia 34, Washington 10 AFC WILD CARD
y-New England 13 3 0 .813 513 342 7-1-0 6-2-0 10-2-0 3-1-0 5-1-0 y-N.Y. Giants 9 7 0 .563 394 400 4-4-0 5-3-0 5-7-0 4-0-0 3-3-0 Baltimore 24, at Cincinnati 16 No. 6 Cincinnati Bengals (9-7) at No. 3
N.Y. Jets 8 8 0 .500 377 363 6-2-0 2-6-0 6-6-0 2-2-0 3-3-0 Philadelphia 8 8 0 .500 396 328 3-5-0 5-3-0 6-6-0 2-2-0 5-1-0 Chicago 17, at Minnesota 13 Houston Texans (10-6), 4:30 (NBC)
Miami 6 10 0 .375 329 313 4-4-0 2-6-0 5-7-0 1-3-0 3-3-0 Dallas 8 8 0 .500 369 347 5-3-0 3-5-0 6-6-0 2-2-0 2-4-0 at New Orleans 45, Carolina 17
Buffalo 6 10 0 .375 372 434 5-3-0 1-7-0 4-8-0 2-2-0 1-5-0 Washington 5 11 0 .313 288 367 2-6-0 3-5-0 5-7-0 0-4-0 2-4-0 at Green Bay 45, Detroit 41 NFC WILD CARD
San Francisco 34, at St. Louis 27 No. 6 Detroit Lions (10-6) at No. 3 New
SOUTH W L T PCT PF PA HOME AWAY AFC NFC DIV SOUTH W L T PCT PF PA HOME AWAY NFC AFC DIV Tennessee 23, at Houston 22 Orleans Saints (13-3), 8 (NBC)
y-Houston 10 6 0 .625 381 278 5-3-0 5-3-0 8-4-0 2-2-0 4-2-0 y-New Orleans 13 3 0 .813 547 339 8-0-0 5-3-0 9-3-0 4-0-0 5-1-0 at New England 49, Buffalo 21
Tennessee 9 7 0 .563 325 317 5-3-0 4-4-0 7-5-0 2-2-0 3-3-0 x-Atlanta 10 6 0 .625 402 350 6-2-0 4-4-0 7-5-0 3-1-0 3-3-0 at Miami 19, N.Y. Jets 17
Jacksonville 5 11 0 .313 243 329 4-4-0 1-7-0 4-8-0 1-3-0 3-3-0 Carolina 6 10 0 .375 406 429 3-5-0 3-5-0 3-9-0 3-1-0 2-4-0 at Jacksonville 19, Indianapolis 13 SUNDAY’S GAMES
Indianapolis 2 14 0 .125 243 430 2-6-0 0-8-0 2-10-0 0-4-0 2-4-0 Tampa Bay 4 12 0 .250 287 494 3-5-0 1-7-0 3-9-0 1-3-0 2-4-0 San Diego 38, at Oakland 26 NFC WILD CARD
Kansas City 7, at Denver 3 No. 5 Atlanta Falcons (10-6) at New York
NORTH W L T PCT PF PA HOME AWAY AFC NFC DIV NORTH W L T PCT PF PA HOME AWAY NFC AFC DIV at Arizona 23, Seattle 20 (OT) Giants (9-7), 1 (FOX)
y-Baltimore 12 4 0 .750 378 266 8-0-0 4-4-0 9-3-0 3-1-0 6-0-0 y-Green Bay 15 1 0 .938 560 359 8-0-0 7-1-0 12-0-0 3-1-0 6-0-0 at Atlanta 45, Tampa Bay 24
x-Pittsburgh 12 4 0 .750 325 227 7-1-0 5-3-0 9-3-0 3-1-0 4-2-0 x-Detroit 10 6 0 .625 474 387 5-3-0 5-3-0 6-6-0 4-0-0 3-3-0 Pittsburgh 13, at Cleveland 9 AFC WILD CARD
x-Cincinnati 9 7 0 .563 344 323 4-4-0 5-3-0 6-6-0 3-1-0 2-4-0 Chicago 8 8 0 .500 353 341 5-3-0 3-5-0 7-5-0 1-3-0 3-3-0 at N.Y. Giants 31, Dallas 14 No. 5 Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4) at No. 4
Cleveland 4 12 0 .250 218 307 3-5-0 1-7-0 3-9-0 1-3-0 0-6-0 Minnesota 3 13 0 .188 340 449 1-7-0 2-6-0 3-9-0 0-4-0 0-6-0 Denver Broncos (8-8), 4:30 (CBS)
x-Clinched playoff spot
WEST W L T PCT PF PA HOME AWAY AFC NFC DIV WEST W L T PCT PF PA HOME AWAY NFC AFC DIV y-clinched division
y-Denver 8 8 0 .500 309 390 3-5-0 5-3-0 6-6-0 2-2-0 3-3-0 y-San Francisco 13 3 0 .813 380 229 7-1-0 6-2-0 10-2-0 3-1-0 5-1-0
San Diego 8 8 0 .500 406 377 5-3-0 3-5-0 7-5-0 1-3-0 3-3-0 Arizona 8 8 0 .500 312 348 6-2-0 2-6-0 7-5-0 1-3-0 4-2-0
Oakland 8 8 0 .500 359 433 3-5-0 5-3-0 6-6-0 2-2-0 3-3-0 Seattle 7 9 0 .438 321 315 4-4-0 3-5-0 6-6-0 1-3-0 3-3-0
Kansas City 7 9 0 .438 212 338 3-5-0 4-4-0 4-8-0 3-1-0 3-3-0 St. Louis 2 14 0 .125 193 407 1-7-0 1-7-0 1-11-0 1-3-0 0-6-0

Brees, New Orleans

break numerous
records in victory
his passes; that broke his own
2009 NFL record 70.6 completion
SAINTS 45, percentage.
PANTHERS 17 Jimmy Graham had 97 yards
receiving to finish with 1,310. It
exceeded Kellen Winslow’s 1980
BY B RETT M ARTEL record for a tight end. But New
England’s Rob Gronkowski fin-
new orleans — Drew Brees ished with 1,327 yards to estab-
and the record-setting New Or- lish a new mark.
leans Saints held nothing back in Darren Sproles had 40 yards
their season finale — and find rushing, 29 yards receiving and
themselves headed into the play- 99 yards on kickoff and punt
offs in dominant fashion. returns to finish the season with
Brees passed for 389 yards and an NFL record 2,969 combined
five touchdowns as New Orleans yards; he easily broke the previ-
set a slew of NFL and club records ous mark of 2,690, set by Derrick
in a 45-17 blowout of the visiting Mason in 2000.
Carolina Panthers on Sunday. Carolina (6-10) entered having
The Saints have won eight won four of five. It kept up for
consecutive games. much of the first half but wilted
“Every facet of our offense is over the final two quarters.
clicking right now, but yet you’re Marques Colston caught
constantly finding ways to ad- Brees’s first two scoring passes.
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vance it,” Brees said. “We’ve On the first one, he made a
raised the bar for ourselves. We spectacular, spinning catch with Jed Collins celebrates after his one-yard touchdown reception. The Saints are the No. 3 seed in the NFC playoffs and have won eight in a row.
have a high level of expectations, arms outstretched from 15 yards.
and we’re just trying to meet that Colston’s second touchdown Graham’s scoring catch was his of 5,084 yards passing. Sean Payton had said during the Carolina, the Saints finished with
level.” went for 42 yards, and he finished 11th, matching a club record also Brees finished the season with past week that he wanted his 66 this season to break the 2009
The NFL single-season records with seven catches for 145 yards. reached by Joe Horn in 2004 and 5,476 yards and 46 touchdown team to continue building on the record of 64.
set by the Saints (13-3) include He broke the 1,000-yard mark for Colston in 2007. passes. torrid pace it established during Cam Newton closed out an
offensive yards with 7,474, team the fifth time in his six pro Brees surpassed 300 yards Remarkably, Brees didn’t even its second-half winning streak. otherwise spectacular rookie sea-
yards passing with 5,347 and first seasons. passing for the seventh straight play most of the fourth quarter He was true to his word. His son 15 of 25 for 158 yards, one
downs with 416. Brees also connected with game and 13th time this season. for the second time in three aggressive play-calling produced touchdown and one interception.
Brees finished with a record Graham on a 19-yard scoring Both are NFL records he already games. a franchise-record 617 yards of The Saints had 360 yards of
468 completions this season; that strike and added touchdown held and simply extended. Although San Francisco’s lop- total offense. It was the 13th total offense in the first half,
broke Peyton Manning’s 2010 passes of nine yards to Darren The records came one week sided victory means the Saints 400-yard game for the Saints this when they easily blew past the
mark of 450. He finished the Sproles and one yard to fullback after Brees passed Dan Marino’s did not improve their No. 3 seed- season. Rams’ 2000 yardage mark.
season completing 71.6 percent of Jed Collins. 27-yard-old single-season record ing in the NFC playoffs, Coach With six touchdowns against — Associated Press

DOLPHINS 19, JETS 17
New York will sit out the playoffs,
and that’s guaranteed.
The Jets failed to fulfill Coach Rex
Ryan’s pledge to win a Super Bowl
title, with a loss at Miami keeping
them from an AFC wild-card berth.
Mark Sanchez threw three intercep-
tions, the last coming with the Jets
threatening to take a late lead. They
gave up six third-down conversions
during the Dolphins’ 21-play, 94-yard
drive for their only touchdown.
The Jets came into the game need-
ing a win along with losses by three
other teams to reach the playoffs.
Instead, they finished the season with
three consecutive defeats, a big step
backward for a team that reached the
AFC championship game each of the
past two years.
“I’m always going to chase the
Super Bowl,” Ryan said. “I know I get
criticized for it beyond belief, but if you
don’t, then you’re probably a loser,
Okay? I’m not a loser.”
NFL active sacks leader Jason Tay-
lor, playing his final game, harried
Sanchez into an interception and was
carried off the field after the game.
“Obviously we wanted more Ws,”
quarterback Matt Moore said. “It’s a
time to learn from, and there were a
lot of mistakes to go back and correct.
But there are a lot of positive things as
well. It’s hard not to feel good after a
win, especially against the Jets.”
JETS ......................................... 7 3 0
DOLPHINS ................................ 3 3 0
FIRST QUARTER
Miami: FG Carpenter 44, 9:31.
N.Y. Jets: Keller 1 pass from Sanchez (Folk kick), 5:51.
SECOND QUARTER
N.Y. Jets: FG Folk 31, 3:39.
Miami: FG Carpenter 58, :00.
FOURTH QUARTER
Miami: Clay 1 pass from Mat.Moore (Carpenter kick),
10:27.
Miami: FG Carpenter 40, 7:11.
Miami: FG Carpenter 44, 2:32.
N.Y. Jets: P.Turner 10 pass from Sanchez (Folk kick),
1:15.
Attendance: 65,811.
JETS DOLPHINS
First Downs .......................................... 20
Total Net Yards ................................... 374
Rushes-Yards ............................... 27-129
Passing ................................................ 245
Punt Returns ..................................... 2-26
Kickoff Returns ................................. 2-51
Interceptions Ret. ............................... 2-0
Comp-Att-Int ............................... 22-33-3
Sacked-Yards Lost .............................. 2-3
Punts .............................................. 5-38.2
Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 0-0
Penalties-Yards ................................ 6-40
Time Of Possession ......................... 28:53
RUSHING
N.Y. Jets: Tomlinson 11-56, Greene 14-55, Kerley 1-16,
Sanchez 1-2.
Miami: Slaton 11-55, Thomas 12-28, Mat.Moore 3-(mi-
nus 1).
PASSING
N.Y. Jets: Sanchez 21-32-3-207, Kerley 1-1-0-41.
Miami: Mat.Moore 22-32-2-135.
RECEIVING
N.Y. Jets: Keller 7-45, Kerley 4-71, Burress 4-57,
Tomlinson 4-23, Mulligan 1-41, P.Turner 1-10, Slauson
1-1.
Miami: Bess 6-45, Marshall 5-50, Fasano 4-11, Hartline
2-16, Thomas 2-12, Clay 1-1, Hilliard 1-1, Slaton 1-(mi-
nus 1).
MISSED FIELD GOALS
None.
BEARS 17, VIKINGS 13
First, Jay Cutler. Then, Matt Forte.
Finally, Brian Urlacher.
Chicago stopped its five-game los-
ing streak at the end of this what-
could-have-been season, but even
this victory was plenty painful.
Charles Tillman’s interception re-
turn in the second quarter gave the
Bears the lead for good despite 31/2 of
Minnesota’s seven sacks by Jared
Allen and a late injury to Urlacher, the
soul of Chicago’s defense.
“It just breaks my heart to see. He is
the Chicago Bears,” QB Josh McCown
said. “That’s the name you think
about, so to see that guy down on the
turf is a sick feeling.”
Allen finished the season with 22
sacks, behind Michael Strahan’s
mark of 221/2 for the New York Giants
in 2001. Joe Webb relieved Christian
Ponder at quarterback for the Vikings
for the third time in the past month,
but the wild-scrambling Webb wasn’t
able to keep the Vikings from match-
ing their worst record in franchise
history, set first in 1984.
“I was really hoping for one more
one-on-one, one more third and nine,”
Allen said.
The Vikings claimed the third pick in
next year’s draft after going 0-6 in the
NFC North, the first time in their 51
years they’ve failed to win a division
game.
Coach Lovie Smith said Urlacher
sprained the medial collateral liga-
7 — 17
13 — 19 ment in his left knee, which bent
awkwardly in the end zone while he
helped break up a pass with 5:15 left.
BEARS ...................................... 0 14
VIKINGS ................................. 10 3 0
FIRST QUARTER
Minnesota: FG Longwell 26, 8:53.
Minnesota: Harvin 5 run (Longwell kick), 3:42.
SECOND QUARTER
Chicago: R.Williams 22 pass from McCown (Gould kick),
14:19.
Chicago: Tillman 22 interception return (Gould kick),
13:37.
Minnesota: FG Longwell 26, :55.
FOURTH QUARTER
14
210 Chicago: FG Gould 27, 10:19.
26-82 Attendance: 62,867.
BEARS
128
0-0 First Downs .......................................... 10
Total Net Yards ................................... 209
2-42
3-76 Rushes-Yards ................................. 25-92
Passing ................................................ 117
22-32-2
1-7 Punt Returns ....................................... 2-4
Kickoff Returns ................................. 3-39
4-48.0
0-0 Interceptions Ret. ............................. 3-24
Comp-Att-Int ............................... 15-25-1
5-35
31:07 Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 7-43
Punts .............................................. 7-47.9
Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 4-2
Penalties-Yards ................................ 4-20
Time Of Possession ......................... 28:46
RUSHING
Chicago: Bell 17-54, McCown 4-30, Allen 4-8.
Minnesota: Gerhart 15-67, Harvin 5-13, Webb 4-2, Kluwe
1-0, Booker 2-(minus 3).
PASSING
Chicago: McCown 15-25-1-160.
Minnesota: Webb 17-32-2-200, Ponder 4-10-1-28.
RECEIVING
Chicago: Bell 5-28, R.Williams 4-60, Bennett 3-31,
Sanzenbacher 2-27, Hester 1-14.
Minnesota: Harvin 10-115, Aromashodu 3-53, Booker
3-33, Rudolph 3-15, Camarillo 1-9, Gerhart 1-3.
MISSED FIELD GOALS
Minnesota: Longwell 48 (BK).
PATRIOTS 49,
BILLS 21
Tom Brady and New England do an
outstanding job rallying from behind.
They’ve been getting plenty of prac-
tice.
Now that the Patriots have clinched
home-field advantage throughout the
AFC playoffs by scoring the final 49
points against Buffalo, they know it
will be much harder to recover from a
poor start.
“Every team in the playoffs is good,”
Patriots LB Jerod Mayo said. “To be
honest, it would be tough to come
back against them if we’re behind
21-0.”
Tough, but not impossible. Not with
Brady leading the attack.
He finished the regular season with
the second most yards passing in NFL
history, 5,235, after throwing for 338.
Drew Brees last week broke Dan
Marino’s 1984 record of 5,084.
The Patriots have won their past
eight games. But for the third week in
a row, they fell behind early.
“I’d love to be able to see what it
looks like when we put together 60
great minutes of football,” Brady said.
“Today was 45, but it was better than
30 last week.”
BILLS ...................................... 21 0 0
PATRIOTS ................................ 0 14 14
FIRST QUARTER
Buffalo: Choice 4 run (Coutu kick), 11:18.
Buffalo: St.Johnson 18 pass from Fitzpatrick (Coutu
kick), 5:19.
Buffalo: Spiller 15 pass from Fitzpatrick (Coutu kick),
:48.
SECOND QUARTER
New England: Green-Ellis 1 run (Gostkowski kick), 11:58.
New England: Hernandez 39 pass from Brady (Gost-
0 3 — 17 kowski kick), 5:42.
0 — 13
THIRD QUARTER
New England: FG Gostkowski 47, 12:19.
New England: FG Gostkowski 20, 5:13.
New England: Gronkowski 17 pass from Brady (Wood-
head run), 1:32.
FOURTH QUARTER
New England: Green-Ellis 3 run (Gostkowski kick), 11:16.
New England: Gronkowski 7 pass from Brady (Gost-
kowski kick), 3:02.
New England: Moore 21 interception return (Gostkowski
kick), 2:55.
Attendance: 68,756.
BILLS PATRIOTS
First Downs .......................................... 26
VIKINGS Total Net Yards ................................... 402
16 Rushes-Yards ............................... 20-106
301 Passing ................................................ 296
27-79 Punt Returns ....................................... 1-5
222 Kickoff Returns ................................. 2-42
0-0 Interceptions Ret. ............................. 1-33
2-58 Comp-Att-Int ............................... 29-46-4
1-0 Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 2-11
21-42-3 Punts .............................................. 3-41.3
2-6 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 1-0
6-46.0 Penalties-Yards ................................ 5-45
1-0 Time Of Possession ......................... 30:22
5-38
RUSHING
31:14
Buffalo: Spiller 13-60, Fitzpatrick 5-36, Wilson 1-6,
Choice 1-4.
New England: Ridley 15-81, Hernandez 2-26, Green-Ellis
7-22, Edelman 1-6, Woodhead 1-5, Hoyer 3-(minus 2).
PASSING
Buffalo: Fitzpatrick 29-46-4-307.
New England: Brady 23-35-1-338, Hoyer 1-1-0-22.
RECEIVING
Buffalo: Hagan 7-89, Martin 4-42, St.Johnson 4-40,
Spiller 4-40, Chandler 3-29, Roosevelt 3-29, Nelson 2-23,
Choice 1-9, Brock 1-6.
New England: Gronkowski 8-108, Hernandez 7-138,
Welker 6-51, Woodhead 2-10, Green-Ellis 1-53.
MISSED FIELD GOALS
Buffalo: Coutu 45 (WL).
49ERS 34, RAMS 27
No apologies from Jim Harbaugh.
Not even close.
After San Francisco had to make
stops late to hold off suddenly spunky
St. Louis in its regular season finale,
its first-year coach was clear he did
not have mixed emotions.
“I feel great,” Harbaugh said after
the victory over a two-win team that
turned out to be more hard-fought
than expected. “I’m not going to come
in here and be sad that we won.”
The 49ers could use the bye week
that comes with the No. 2 playoff seed
in the NFC, with WRs Ted Ginn Jr.
(ankle) and Kyle Williams (concus-
sion) out for the finale. RB Frank Gore
sat out the second half with what
Harbaugh vaguely described as
“something that was bothering him,”
although Gore said he was not hurt.
“It was a coach’s decision, but I’m
fine,” said Gore, held to nine yards on
seven carries. “I’m getting my body
real fresh. We were up three touch-
downs. I’m cool, I’m good.”
After beating the Rams for the
second time in five weeks, 49ers
players were glad to have a break.
“I’ll sit back and watch the games.
Let the games begin,” TE Vernon Davis
said.
0 — 21
21 — 49
49ERS ....................................... 7 13 7 7 — 34
RAMS ....................................... 7 0 3
FIRST QUARTER
St. Louis: Clemens 18 run (Jo.Brown kick), 6:20.
San Francisco: Ale.Smith 8 run (Akers kick), :37.
SECOND QUARTER
San Francisco: Crabtree 28 pass from Ale.Smith (Akers
kick), 13:05.
San Francisco: FG Akers 36, 7:14.
San Francisco: FG Akers 42, 1:00.
THIRD QUARTER
St. Louis: FG Jo.Brown 49, 5:04.
San Francisco: Crabtree 14 pass from Akers (Akers kick),
:55.
FOURTH QUARTER
St. Louis: FG Jo.Brown 48, 12:19.
San Francisco: Dixon 1 run (Akers kick), 6:30.
St. Louis: Lloyd 36 pass from Clemens (Jo.Brown kick),
4:49.
St. Louis: Williams 1 run (Jo.Brown kick), 4:36.
Attendance: 55,990.
49ERS
First Downs .......................................... 21
Total Net Yards ................................... 321
28
Rushes-Yards ............................... 36-110
480
Passing ................................................ 211
29-138 Punt Returns ..................................... 4-37
342
Kickoff Returns ................................. 3-75
0-0 Interceptions Ret. ............................. 2-16
4-77
Comp-Att-Int ............................... 22-32-0
4-77 Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 3-22
24-36-1
Punts .............................................. 5-56.8
4-18 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 1-0
2-48.5
Penalties-Yards ................................ 5-80
2-0 Time Of Possession ......................... 35:08
4-77
29:38 RUSHING
San Francisco: Hunter 16-76, Dixon 8-21, Gore 7-9,
Ale.Smith 5-4.
St. Louis: S.Jackson 16-76, Clemens 2-18, Williams 7-17.
PASSING
San Francisco: Ale.Smith 21-31-0-219, Akers 1-1-0-14.
St. Louis: Clemens 14-31-1-226, Brandstater 0-2-0-0,
Norwood 0-1-1-0.
RECEIVING
San Francisco: Crabtree 9-92, V.Davis 8-118, Hunter
2-11, Dixon 1-6, Swain 1-6, Miller 1-0.
St. Louis: Lloyd 6-100, Kendricks 3-54, Alexander 3-36,
B.Gibson 1-21, S.Jackson 1-15.
MISSED FIELD GOALS
San Francisco: Akers 48 (WR).
FALCONS 45,
BUCCANEERS 24
Michael Turner and Atlanta didn’t
want to settle for just making the
playoffs.
They wanted momentum and the
best seed possible.
Hoping for a fast start, the Falcons
set a team record with 42 first-half
points, including two touchdown runs
by Turner, and Atlanta cruised to the
win over Tampa Bay.
Julio Jones caught two touchdown
passes in a span of 26 seconds in the
first quarter as the Falcons gave the
Buccaneers their 10th straight loss.
“We didn’t want to come down to the
wire, backing into the playoffs,” Turner
said.
Josh Freeman threw two intercep-
tions and lost a fumble in the first half
as the Buccaneers closed their sea-
son with their 10th straight loss, leav-
ing the status of Coach Raheem Mor-
ris in doubt.
“If I was in the business of working
out my future, I wouldn’t be coaching,”
Morris said. “I’m going to go to work
tomorrow until they tell me to stop.”
Tampa Bay, which finished 10-6 last
season and started 4-2 this season, is
left with its longest losing streak in one
season in 34 years.
17 — 27 BUCCANEERS .......................... 0 7 11
FALCONS ............................... 21 21 0 3 — 45
FIRST QUARTER
Atlanta: Rodgers 1 run (Bryant kick), 8:12.
Atlanta: Jones 17 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 3:30.
Atlanta: Jones 48 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 3:04.
SECOND QUARTER
Atlanta: Turner 1 run (Bryant kick), 11:40.
Atlanta: Lofton 26 interception return (Bryant kick),
10:43.
Atlanta: Turner 81 run (Bryant kick), 6:49.
Tampa Bay: Briscoe 2 pass from Freeman (Barth kick),
2:04.
THIRD QUARTER
Tampa Bay: FG Barth 41, 4:19.
Tampa Bay: Mack 40 interception return (Winslow pass
from Freeman), 3:32.
FOURTH QUARTER
Tampa Bay: Briscoe 5 pass from Freeman (run failed),
11:13.
RAMS Atlanta: FG Bryant 20, 3:59.
Attendance: 68,167.
18
311
First Downs .......................................... 18
25-111
Total Net Yards ................................... 294
200
2-7 Rushes-Yards ................................. 14-35
Passing ................................................ 259
5-130
0-0 Punt Returns ..................................... 2-15
Kickoff Returns ................................. 3-53
14-34-2
3-26 Interceptions Ret. ............................. 1-40
Comp-Att-Int ............................... 31-45-3
6-50.7
1-0 Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 2-15
Punts .............................................. 3-49.7
6-50
24:52 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 3-1
Penalties-Yards ................................ 2-20
Time Of Possession ......................... 29:52
RUSHING
Tampa Bay: Freeman 3-14, Blount 6-12, J.Johnson 1-5,
Madu 2-4, Lumpkin 2-0.
Atlanta: Turner 17-172, Snelling 9-50, Rodgers 8-24,
Jones 1-9, Redman 3-(minus 4).
PASSING
Tampa Bay: Freeman 31-45-3-274.
Atlanta: Ryan 6-9-0-106, Redman 7-12-1-71.
RECEIVING
Tampa Bay: Briscoe 8-53, Winslow 7-56, Lumpkin 5-27,
Parker 4-74, Madu 3-19, Blount 3-14, Williams 1-31.
Atlanta: Jones 4-76, White 4-69, Gonzalez 1-8, Weems
1-8, Palmer 1-7, Rodgers 1-5, Snelling 1-4.
MISSED FIELD GOALS
None.
CARDINALS 23,
SEAHAWKS 20
Arizona needed a little extra time to
wrap up its season victory. Then again,
that’s hardly anything new.
Larry Fitzgerald’s spectacular one-
handed grab set up a 28-yard field
goal by Jay Feely to give Arizona a win
over Seattle, the Cardinals’ fourth
overtime victory at home in the last
nine weeks of the season.
Arizona finished the season 7-2
after a six-game losing streak left it
1-6. Seattle had rallied to tie the game
after trailing 20-10 in the fourth quar-
ter.
Fitzgerald caught nine passes for
149 yards after one reception for two
yards in the first half. John Skelton
completed 22 of 40 for 271 yards and
a touchdown with one interception for
Arizona. Tarvaris Jackson was 21 of 35
for 222 yards and a TD for Seattle.
The Cardinals earlier had overtime
victories over St. Louis, Dallas and
Cleveland. The Seahawks finished
with the same record as a year ago,
when 7-9 won the NFC West.
Arizona rookie CB Patrick Peterson,
who made the Pro Bowl on special
teams, returned a punt 42 yards to set
up a field goal, then blocked Steven
Hauschka’s 24-yard field goal at-
tempt.
6 — 24
SEAHAWKS ........................ 0 3 7 10 0 — 20
CARDINALS ........................ 7 3 7 3 3 — 23
FIRST QUARTER
Arizona: Taylor 1 run (Feely kick), 3:02.
SECOND QUARTER
Seattle: FG Hauschka 43, 12:10.
Arizona: FG Feely 41, 3:28.
THIRD QUARTER
Seattle: Washington 48 run (Hauschka kick), 10:56.
Arizona: Heap 13 pass from Skelton (Feely kick), 6:18.
FOURTH QUARTER
Arizona: FG Feely 43, 12:18.
Seattle: FG Hauschka 26, 9:05.
Seattle: Lockette 61 pass from Jackson (Hauschka kick),
7:47.
OVERTIME
Arizona: FG Feely 28, 5:49.
Attendance: 61,798.
SEAHAWKS CARDINALS
First Downs .......................................... 19 20
Total Net Yards ................................... 369 388
BUCS FALCONS
22 Rushes-Yards ............................... 34-178 31-131
428 Passing ................................................ 191 257
Punt Returns ..................................... 5-42 4-63
38-251
177 Kickoff Returns ................................. 2-84 3-84
Interceptions Ret. ............................. 1-33 1-49
1-9
0-0 Comp-Att-Int ............................... 21-35-1 22-40-1
Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 4-31 2-14
3-49
13-21-1 Punts .............................................. 8-44.6 7-46.3
Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 1-0 1-1
0-0
2-50.5 Penalties-Yards ................................ 7-55 9-76
Time Of Possession ......................... 33:42 35:19
1-1
3-20 RUSHING
30:08
Seattle: Lynch 19-86, Washington 7-78, Forsett 6-16,
Jackson 1-3, Tate 1-(minus 5).
Arizona: Stephens-Howling 21-93, Skelton 5-19, Taylor
3-8, Roberts 1-8, Sherman 1-3.
PASSING
Seattle: Jackson 21-35-1-222.
Arizona: Skelton 22-40-1-271.
RECEIVING
Seattle: Tate 5-46, Baldwin 3-40, Obomanu 3-37, Forsett
3-(minus 4), Washington 2-12, Lynch 2-5, Lockette 1-61,
Morrah 1-14, Butler 1-11.
Arizona: Fitzgerald 9-149, Roberts 4-24, Heap 2-35,
Housler 2-27, King 2-12, Sherman 1-11, Doucet 1-7,
Taylor 1-6.
MISSED FIELD GOALS
Seattle: Hauschka 24 (BK).
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PASSING LEADERS RECEIVING LEADERS RUSHING LEADERS

Cmp.-Att. Yds. TD Rec. Yards TD Att. Yards TD
Matthew Stafford, Lions 36-59 520 5 2 Calvin Johnson, Lions 11 244 1 Ray Rice, Ravens 24 191 2
Matt Flynn, Packers 31-44 480 6 Victor Cruz, Giants 6 178 1 Michael Turner, Falcons 17 172 2
Carson Palmer, Raiders 28-43 417 2 Jordy Nelson, Packers 9 162 3 Maurice Jones-Drew, Jaguars 25 169 0
Drew Brees, Saints 28-35 389 5 Larry Fitzgerald, Cardinals 9 149 0 Willis McGahee, Broncos 28 145 0
Eli Manning, Giants 24-33 346 3 Marques Colston, Saints 7 145 2 Chris Ivory, Saints 19 127 1
Tom Brady, Patriots 23-35 338 3 Aaron Hernandez, Patriots 7 138 1 Evan Royster, Redskins 20 113 0
Michael Vick, Eagles 24-39 335 3 Darrius Heyward-Bey, Raiders 9 130 1 Ben Tate, Texans 16 97 1
Philip Rivers, Chargers 19-26 310 3 Malcom Floyd, Chargers 7 127 1 LaRod Stephens-Howling, Cardinals 21 93 0
Ryan Fitzpatrick, Bills 29-46 307 2 Vernon Davis, 49ers 8 118 0 Isaac Redman, Steelers 19 92 1
Matt Hasselbeck, Titans 22-35 297 2 Brandon Pettigrew, Lions 7 116 0 Marshawn Lynch, Seahawks 19 86 0

NOTEBOOK
Manning says No. 1 priority is to get healthy
Peyton Manning plans to focus
on rehab work while the
Indianapolis Colts hierarchy has
to make some tough calls in the
next few months.
The four-time league MVP
missed the entire season after
having neck surgery Sept. 8, his
third neck procedure in 19
months.
Following the Colts’ 19-13
season-ending loss Sunday at
Jacksonville, Manning told
reporters his No. 1 priority is
getting healthy and that he owes
that to the Colts, the team that
signed him to a new five-year,
$90 million contract in July.
The Colts must decide
whether to pay Manning a $28
million bonus in early March or
he could become an unrestricted
free agent.
By finishing 2-14, the Colts
earned the right to draft No. 1
overall, giving them a chance to
make Stanford quarterback
Andrew Luck Manning’s
successor.
Manning started throwing
with teammates in mid-
December and said he could pass
the team physical. . . .
Record-setting tight end Tony
Gonzalez, 35, signed a one-year
contract extension with the
Atlanta Falcons, ending
speculation he would retire after
the season.
“Very happy to be coming back
next year to play. I love
everything about the Falcons and
the city of Atlanta,” Gonzalez
said on his Twitter account.
Gonzalez has enjoyed a strong
season, starting every game and
PACKERS 45,
LIONS 41
LIONS ....................................... 9 10 15
PACKERS ............................... 10 14
FIRST QUARTER
Detroit: T.Young 8 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick),
13:00.
Detroit: Team safety, 12:59.
GB: FG Crosby 22, 5:55.
GB: Nelson 7 pass from Flynn (Crosby kick), :16.
SECOND QUARTER
Detroit: Johnson 13 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick),
8:18.
GB: Grant 80 pass from Flynn (Crosby kick), 8:00.
Detroit: FG Hanson 30, 5:53.
GB: Nelson 36 pass from Flynn (Crosby kick), 3:37.
THIRD QUARTER
Detroit: T.Young 2 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick),
6:39.
GB: Nelson 58 pass from Flynn (Crosby kick), 4:32.
Detroit: K.Smith 5 pass from Stafford (Scheffler pass
from Stafford), 2:07.
FOURTH QUARTER
GB: Driver 35 pass from Flynn (Crosby kick), 8:10.
Detroit: Scheffler 12 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick),
2:39.
GB: Finley 4 pass from Flynn (Crosby kick), 1:10.
Attendance: 70,294.
LIONS
First Downs .......................................... 32
Total Net Yards ................................... 575
Rushes-Yards ................................. 15-73
Passing ................................................ 502
Punt Returns ....................................... 2-8
Kickoff Returns ............................... 4-103
Interceptions Ret. ............................. 1-30
Comp-Att-Int ............................... 36-59-2
Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 2-18
Punts .............................................. 3-47.0
Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 2-2
Penalties-Yards ............................ 11-101
Time Of Possession ......................... 28:20
RUSHING
Detroit: K.Smith 9-35, Logan 1-16, Morris 4-13, Burleson
1-9.
Green Bay: Grant 12-48, Saine 8-28, Kuhn 2-5, Flynn 2-0.
PASSING
Detroit: Stafford 36-59-2-520.
Green Bay: Flynn 31-44-1-480.
RECEIVING
Detroit: Johnson 11-244, Pettigrew 7-116, Burleson
6-45, Scheffler 4-65, K.Smith 4-26, T.Young 4-24.
Green Bay: Nelson 9-162, Finley 7-64, J.Jones 6-89,
Saine 3-17, Driver 2-52, Kuhn 2-10, Grant 1-80, D.Wil-
liams 1-6.
MISSED FIELD GOALS
Detroit: Hanson 39 (WR).
Green Bay: Crosby 47 (WL).
CHIEFS 7, BRONCOS 3
CHIEFS ..................................... 7 0 0
BRONCOS ................................. 0 0 3
FIRST QUARTER
Kansas City: McCluster 21 run (Succop kick), :11.
THIRD QUARTER
Denver: FG Prater 38, 8:11.
Attendance: 76,005.
CHIEFS
First Downs .......................................... 14
Total Net Yards ................................... 281
Rushes-Yards ............................... 30-106
Passing ................................................ 175
Punt Returns ..................................... 4-40
Kickoff Returns ................................... 0-0
Interceptions Ret. ............................... 1-1
Comp-Att-Int ............................... 15-29-0
Sacked-Yards Lost .............................. 1-5
Punts .............................................. 8-47.1
Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 1-1
Penalties-Yards ................................ 6-36
Time Of Possession ......................... 27:02
RUSHING
Kansas City: McCluster 12-61, Jones 15-42, McClain 2-4,
Orton 1-(minus 1).
Denver: McGahee 28-145, Ball 9-24, Royal 2-18, Tebow
6-16, Johnson 2-13.
PASSING
Kansas City: Orton 15-29-0-180.
Denver: Tebow 6-22-1-60.
RECEIVING
Kansas City: Bowe 6-93, Baldwin 3-27, McCluster 3-25,
Copper 1-14, Pope 1-12, Breaston 1-9.
Denver: D.Thomas 3-34, Fells 1-14, Larsen 1-7, Decker
1-5.
MISSED FIELD GOALS
Kansas City: Succop 44 (WL).
after dropping a low screen pass
and then tackled hard by a pair
of San Francisco 49ers. . . .
San Diego Chargers linebacker
catching 80 passes for 875 yards Antwan Barnes was ejected
and seven touchdowns. . . . . against the Oakland Raiders
Soap opera fodder for the following an unsportsmanlike
offseason came out of the Jets’ conduct penalty.
final drive against Miami, when Officials whistled Barnes for
wide receiver and captain the penalty following a 27-yard
Santonio Holmes was benched. run by Louis Murphy in the first
Running back LaDainian quarter. The eight-yard penalty
Tomlinson said teammates were gave Oakland the ball at the San
unhappy with Holmes’s effort, Diego 7 and led to a touchdown.
demeanor and body language. Barnes was leading the
“It’s tough for guys to follow a Chargers with 11 sacks this
captain that kind of behaves in season. . . .
that manner,” Tomlinson said. Cardinals running back
“You’ve got to lead by example, Beanie Wells was a surprise
and you’ve got to play your tail inactive. He had been listed as
off until the last play.” questionable but had played
Holmes was held without a through the pain in his left knee
catch for the first time in his 88- through the season.
game career. . . . Quarterback Kevin Kolb
Pittsburgh Steelers starting missed the final three games of
running back Rashard his frustrating first season with
Mendenhall injured his right Arizona because of a concussion.
knee and his status for the He was injured after he took a
postseason is unknown. knee to his head on the
Mendenhall got hurt on a five- Cardinals’ third play of the game
yard carry on the final play of the against San Francisco on Dec. 11.
first quarter against Cleveland. He missed four games earlier in
Isaac Redman rushed for 92 the season with a right turf toe
yards on 19 carries. . . . . injury. . . .
Minnesota Vikings Packers veteran left tackle
quarterback Christian Ponder Chad Clifton played for the first
left the game against Chicago in time since injuring his
the second quarter with an hamstring Oct. 9. He played the
injured right hip. first quarter. Defensive tackle
The rookie was crunched by Corey Williams and safety Louis
Bears defensive lineman Israel Delmas were inactive for Detroit.
Idonije just after throwing an ...
incomplete pass. Ponder was The Broncos lost two offensive
able to walk off under his own starters in the first half when
power, but he was limping badly right guard Chris Kuper, the
and in noticeable pain. . . . stalwart on an otherwise young
St. Louis Rams running back line, injured his left leg and
Steven Jackson injured his left fullback Spencer Larsen hurt a
arm in the third quarter. knee. L.G. PATTERSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jackson appeared to be hurt — From news services
On his way to the playoffs
San Francisco tight end Vernon Davis catches a 44­yard pass beyond the Rams’ defense in the
SAINTS 45, TITANS 23,
PANTHERS 17 TEXANS 22 second quarter. The 49ers locked up the No. 2 seed in the NFC, and the bye week that
7 — 41 PANTHERS ............................... 7 10 0 0 — 17
accompanies it, with the tougher­than­expected 34­27 victory in St. Louis.
7 14 — 45 SAINTS ................................... 14 10 14 7 — 45 Houston talked all week about the
FIRST QUARTER
importance of beating Tennessee to
New Orleans: Ivory 35 run (Kasay kick), 13:21. enter the playoffs on the right track. In
Carolina: Smith 12 pass from Newton (Mare kick), 6:42. the end, Houston Coach Gary Kubiak
New Orleans: Colston 15 pass from Brees (Kasay kick), decided keeping his key players
2:50.
SECOND QUARTER
healthy entering was more important STEELERS 13, JAGUARS 19, COLTS 13 CHARGERS 38,
Carolina: FG Mare 41, 5:50. than a victory. BROWNS 9 RAIDERS 26
New Orleans: FG Kasay 43, 2:42. Matt Hasselbeck threw two touch- Peyton Manning insists he hasn’t
Carolina: Stewart 29 run (Mare kick), 1:18. Pittsburgh didn’t get the help it thought much about the NFL draft. Oakland was rallying, Denver was
New Orleans: Colston 42 pass from Brees (Kasay kick),
down passes and the Titans kept alive needed elsewhere. It barely helped losing and the Raiders had San Diego
:07. their playoff hopes — only to have Now that Indianapolis has the top
itself. pick, he might be welcoming Andrew backed up inside the 1-yard line mid-
THIRD QUARTER them extinguished later — after beat- Isaac Redman replaced injured way through the fourth quarter.
New Orleans: Graham 19 pass from Brees (Kasay kick), ing the Texans following Houston’s Luck in four months.
8:54. starting RB Rashard Mendenhall and The Colts locked up the No. 1 choice With the stage set for the Raiders to
New Orleans: Collins 1 pass from Brees (Kasay kick),
failed two-point conversion attempt scored a touchdown as Pittsburgh win the AFC West and end an eight-
3:47. that would have won the game. in April’s draft, setting the stage to
limped into the AFC playoffs with a select the Stanford quarterback. They year playoff drought, Oakland’s de-
FOURTH QUARTER Houston (10-6) will head into its first wind-whipped win over Cleveland, the fense once again failed in what was a
New Orleans: Sproles 9 pass from Brees (Kasay kick), postseason on a three-game losing fell to 2-14 when Maurice Jones-Drew
12:15. Steelers’ 16th victory in 17 games ran for a season-high 169 yards — theme during a disappointing season.
Attendance: 73,065.
streak. The Texans were locked into against the Browns. Philip Rivers needed just four plays
PANTHERS SAINTS the No. 3 seed in the AFC playoffs and clinching the NFL rushing title and
First Downs .......................................... 21 33 Redman scored on a seven-yard run breaking the franchise’s single-sea- to drive the Chargers the length of the
Total Net Yards ................................... 301 617
Kubiak played mostly reserves in the in the third quarter for the Steelers, field, with his third touchdown pass
Rushes-Yards ............................... 24-164 35-208 second half. son record — and led Jacksonville to
PACKERS Passing ................................................ 137 409 who finished tied with Baltimore for victory. being the decisive blow in a victory
“You would never go for two there in first in the AFC North but lost the that ended Oakland’s playoff hopes.
27
550
Punt Returns ....................................... 0-0
Kickoff Returns ................................. 2-37
3-45
2-54 any other situation . . . but I had to get The Jaguars became the first AFC
tiebreaker because the Ravens beat South opponent to sweep Indianapo- “If you can’t stop a team with
24-81 Interceptions Ret. ............................. 1-53 1-0 them to next week,” Kubiak said. them twice. Pittsburgh needed to win everything on the line, you don’t de-
469 Comp-Att-Int ............................... 15-25-1 31-38-1
The Titans (9-7) earned their first lis since 2002 and gave outgoing
1-0 Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 2-21 0-0 and hope Cincinnati could knock off serve to be a playoff team,” Richard
3-39 Punts .............................................. 4-45.8 1-44.0 winning record since 2008 in Coach owner Wayne Weaver a victory in his
2-6 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 1-1 0-0 the Ravens, who beat the Bengals. final game. Seymour said. “We didn’t get it done.
31-44-1 Penalties-Yards .................................. 1-5 6-60 Mike Munchak’s first season, but their The Steelers survived two fumbles So this one hurts. It stings for sure. It’s
3-11 Time Of Possession ......................... 25:26 34:34 postseason fate depended on the “It was special,” Weaver said after
4-44.0 by Redman in the second half and players presented him with the game disappointing. It’s frustrating.”
1-1 RUSHING outcome of later games in Cincinnati, then held their breath on the final play Oakland went into the day needing
6-78 Carolina: Stewart 9-79, D.Williams 7-53, Newton 6-32, Oakland and Denver. Tennessee got ball in the locker room. “A little over-
31:40 Smith 1-1, D.Anderson 1-(minus 1). when Browns QB Seneca Wallace whelming, but it was special. It was a win and some help to make the
New Orleans: Ivory 19-127, Sproles 6-40, P.Thomas
some early help when the New York floated a pass into a crowd in the back playoffs. The Broncos cooperated with
5-30, Henderson 1-9, Brees 1-5, Daniel 3-(minus 3). Jets lost in Miami, but was knocked kind of emotional at times to realize
of the end zone. But Pittsburgh S Troy that this really is it. There’s no turning a 7-3 home loss to Kansas City, but
PASSING out of playoff contention when the Polamalu came over the top and got won the division based on record
Carolina: Newton 15-25-1-158. Broncos lost to Kansas City in a late back now.”
New Orleans: Brees 28-35-1-389, Daniel 3-3-0-20. his hand on the ball before rookie WR The Colts may have been the big versus common opponents.
game. Greg Little could grab it, allowing the “To find out it worked out the way
RECEIVING Houston rookie starting QB T.J. winners, though. Indy would have
Carolina: Smith 6-86, Shockey 3-18, LaFell 2-27, D.Wil- Steelers to escape. dropped to the No. 2 spot in the draft you needed it to and to lose this one,”
liams 2-20, Stewart 2-7. Yates left the game after one series The Browns lost their last six games QB Carson Palmer said. “It’s going to
New Orleans: Graham 8-97, Colston 7-145, Sproles 5-29, and was replaced by Jake Delhomme. with a victory in Jacksonville.
P.Thomas 3-36, Henderson 2-48, Meachem 2-30, Collins and nine of 10 under first-year coach Jones-Drew started the day with a be a long offseason.”
2-3, Arrington 1-17, Higgins 1-4.
Kubiak said Yates had a bruised left Pat Shurmur.
shoulder but could’ve returned if nec- comfortable lead in the rushing race. CHARGERS ............................... 7 17 7 7 — 38
MISSED FIELD GOALS QB Ben Roethlisberger was barely And when Philadelphia’s LeSean Mc- RAIDERS .................................. 7 6 6 7 — 26
None. essary. able to move around in the pocket. He
Coy and Houston’s Arian Foster were FIRST QUARTER
TITANS ..................................... 0 13 3 7 — 23 went just 23 of 40 for 221 yards but inactive, it locked up the rushing title. Oakland: Heyward-Bey 3 pass from Palmer (Janikowski
TEXANS ................................... 7 3 3 9 — 22 made enough big throws to help him
RAVENS 24, kick), 7:20.
San Diego: Gates 38 pass from Rivers (Novak kick), 1:03.
FIRST QUARTER improve to 14-1 in his career against COLTS ...................................... 0 3 3 7 — 13
BENGALS 16 JAGUARS ................................. 7 3 6 3 — 19 SECOND QUARTER
Houston: Tate 4 run (Rackers kick), 5:15. the Browns.
RAVENS ................................. 10 7 0 7 — 24 SECOND QUARTER FIRST QUARTER San Diego: Tolbert 1 run (Novak kick), 10:26.
BENGALS ................................. 3 0 7 6 — 16 Mendenhall’s status for the playoffs Jacksonville: West 23 pass from Gabbert (Scobee kick), Oakland: FG Janikowski 52, 6:19.
Tennessee: FG Bironas 21, 13:06. is uncertain. San Diego: Goodman 105 kickoff return (Novak kick),
FIRST QUARTER Tennessee: Avery 1 pass from Hasselbeck (Bironas 3:10.
6:06.
Baltimore: Rice 70 run (Cundiff kick), 12:58. kick), 3:48. SECOND QUARTER Oakland: FG Janikowski 43, 2:19.
Houston: FG Rackers 52, 1:09. STEELERS ................................ 0 3 10 0 — 13
Baltimore: FG Cundiff 42, 6:45. BROWNS .................................. 0 6 3 0— 9 Indianapolis: FG Vinatieri 48, 12:03. San Diego: FG Novak 51, :46.
Cincinnati: FG Nugent 46, 3:02. Tennessee: FG Bironas 43, :00. Jacksonville: FG Scobee 25, 1:01.
SECOND QUARTER THIRD QUARTER
THIRD QUARTER
SECOND QUARTER
Houston: FG Rackers 37, 11:46. Cleveland: FG Dawson 26, 6:03.
THIRD QUARTER Oakland: FG Janikowski 27, 13:18.
Baltimore: Pitta 9 pass from Flacco (Cundiff kick), :11. Cleveland: FG Dawson 45, 1:06. Indianapolis: FG Vinatieri 20, 9:07. San Diego: Jackson 13 pass from Rivers (Novak kick),
0— 7 Tennessee: FG Bironas 33, 7:22. Jacksonville: FG Scobee 32, 7:33. 7:33.
THIRD QUARTER Pittsburgh: FG Suisham 19, :00.
0— 3 FOURTH QUARTER Jacksonville: FG Scobee 47, 5:47. Oakland: FG Janikowski 32, 1:18.
Cincinnati: Scott 25 run (Nugent kick), 3:26. THIRD QUARTER
Houston: FG Rackers 22, 14:57. FOURTH QUARTER FOURTH QUARTER
FOURTH QUARTER Tennessee: Washington 23 pass from Hasselbeck (Biro- Pittsburgh: FG Suisham 29, 9:43.
Pittsburgh: Redman 7 run (Suisham kick), 5:27. Jacksonville: FG Scobee 39, 6:30. Oakland: Boss 22 pass from Palmer (Janikowski kick),
Cincinnati: FG Nugent 46, 12:35. nas kick), 4:31. Indianapolis: Collie 12 pass from Orlovsky (Vinatieri 9:37.
Baltimore: Rice 51 run (Cundiff kick), 5:41. Houston: B.Johnson 5 pass from Delhomme (run failed), Cleveland: FG Dawson 49, 1:59.
Attendance: 68,266. kick), 3:22. San Diego: Floyd 43 pass from Rivers (Novak kick), 6:49.
Cincinnati: FG Nugent 23, 2:39. :14. Attendance: 62,481. Attendance: 58,721.
Attendance: 71,512. STEELERS BROWNS
Attendance: 63,439. COLTS JAGUARS CHARGERS RAIDERS
RAVENS BENGALS TITANS TEXANS First Downs .......................................... 22 14
BRONCOS First Downs .......................................... 19 15 First Downs .......................................... 25 28
First Downs .......................................... 15 19 First Downs .......................................... 17 22 Total Net Yards ................................... 360 240
16 Total Net Yards ................................... 298 261 Total Net Yards ................................... 463 520
Total Net Yards ................................... 347 336 Total Net Yards ................................... 361 387 Rushes-Yards ............................... 36-161 15-72
266 Rushes-Yards ................................. 22-56 35-190 Rushes-Yards ............................... 31-153 24-103
Rushes-Yards ............................... 32-221 24-105 Rushes-Yards ................................. 22-86 30-152 Passing ................................................ 199 168
47-216 Passing ................................................ 242 71 Passing ................................................ 310 417
Passing ................................................ 126 231 Passing ................................................ 275 235 Punt Returns ....................................... 0-0 3-22
50 Punt Returns ................................... 1-(-1) 2-13 Punt Returns ....................................... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns ..................................... 1-11 4-45 Punt Returns ..................................... 4-43 1-11 Kickoff Returns ................................. 4-92 2-23
2-23 Kickoff Returns ................................. 3-30 3-79 Kickoff Returns ............................... 6-215 3-64
Kickoff Returns ................................. 2-22 3-72 Kickoff Returns ................................. 1-23 1-32 Interceptions Ret. ............................... 1-0 0-0
1-25 Interceptions Ret. ............................... 0-0 2-19 Interceptions Ret. ............................... 1-5 1-0
Interceptions Ret. ............................... 0-0 0-0 Interceptions Ret. ............................... 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int ............................... 23-40-0 16-41-1
0-0 Comp-Att-Int ............................... 27-40-2 11-19-0 Comp-Att-Int ............................... 19-26-1 28-43-1
Comp-Att-Int ............................... 15-19-0 22-44-0 Comp-Att-Int ............................... 22-35-0 22-32-0 Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 2-22 2-9
6-22-1 Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 3-22 3-21 Sacked-Yards Lost .............................. 0-0 0-0
Sacked-Yards Lost .............................. 1-4 1-1 Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 3-22 3-23 Punts .............................................. 4-45.3 6-38.3
2-10 Punts .............................................. 3-45.3 2-43.5 Punts ................................................ 0-0.0 1-58.0
Punts .............................................. 7-46.7 4-53.5 Punts .............................................. 6-47.7 6-44.7 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 2-2 2-0
9-44.7 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 2-1 1-1 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 0-0 0-0
Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 0-0 1-1 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards ................................ 4-37 5-40
1-1 Penalties-Yards ................................ 4-40 1-10 Penalties-Yards ................................ 8-68 8-64
Penalties-Yards ................................ 7-59 4-35 Penalties-Yards ................................ 6-47 7-55 Time Of Possession ......................... 39:11 20:49
6-49 Time Of Possession ......................... 29:12 30:48 Time Of Possession ......................... 30:27 29:33
32:58 Time Of Possession ......................... 29:26 30:34 Time Of Possession ......................... 25:22 34:38 RUSHING
RUSHING RUSHING
RUSHING RUSHING Pittsburgh: Redman 19-92, Mendenhall 8-38, Clay 9-31.
Cleveland: Wallace 3-44, Hillis 10-30, Hardesty 2-(minus Indianapolis: D.Brown 8-24, Addai 8-19, Orlovsky 1-7, San Diego: Tolbert 9-58, Brinkley 16-52, Jackson 1-41,
Baltimore: Rice 24-191, R.Williams 6-28, Flacco 1-1, Tennessee: C.Johnson 15-61, Harper 4-19, Hall 2-7, Carter 5-6. Hester 2-5, Rivers 3-(minus 3).
Leach 1-1. Hasselbeck 1-(minus 1). 2).
Jacksonville: Jones-Drew 25-169, D.Harris 3-12, Karim Oakland: Bush 19-66, Murphy 1-27, Palmer 2-6, Moore
Cincinnati: Benson 13-51, Scott 6-34, Dalton 4-17, Houston: Tate 16-97, Ward 12-50, Jones 1-4, B.Johnson PASSING 2-6, Owens 1-3, Thomas 1-3, Gabbert 3-(minus 3). 1-3, Cartwright 1-1.
Hawkins 1-3. 1-1.
Pittsburgh: Roethlisberger 23-40-0-221. PASSING PASSING
PASSING PASSING Cleveland: Wallace 16-41-1-177.
Indianapolis: Orlovsky 27-40-2-264. San Diego: Rivers 19-26-1-310.
Baltimore: Flacco 15-19-0-130. Tennessee: Hasselbeck 22-35-0-297. RECEIVING Jacksonville: Gabbert 11-19-0-92. Oakland: Palmer 28-43-1-417.
Cincinnati: Dalton 22-44-0-232. Houston: Delhomme 18-28-0-211, Yates 4-4-0-47.
Pittsburgh: A.Brown 6-90, Ward 5-24, Cotchery 3-28, RECEIVING RECEIVING
RECEIVING RECEIVING Redman 3-18, Miller 2-23, Sanders 1-14, Wallace 1-11,
Mendenhall 1-7, Johnson 1-6. Indianapolis: Collie 9-96, Wayne 8-73, Clark 5-53, Garcon San Diego: Floyd 7-127, Gates 5-106, Brinkley 3-12,
Baltimore: Pitta 6-62, T.Smith 5-33, Rice 2-8, Dickson Tennessee: Washington 4-92, Cook 4-63, C.Johnson 2-22, D.Brown 2-15, Carter 1-5. Jackson 2-29, Crayton 1-23, Tolbert 1-13.
1-20, Leach 1-7. 4-49, Avery 3-45, L.Hawkins 3-19, Williams 2-21, Hall Cleveland: Cribbs 7-91, Moore 4-39, Massaquoi 2-16,
Jacksonville: Lewis 3-33, Osgood 2-19, West 1-23, Oakland: Heyward-Bey 9-130, Murphy 5-72, Moore
Cincinnati: Gresham 5-72, Simpson 5-54, Hawkins 3-34, 1-4, Harper 1-4. C.Mitchell 1-19, Cameron 1-15, Hillis 1-(minus 3).
Dillard 1-8, D.Harris 1-4, Jones-Drew 1-4, Cloherty 1-3, 3-101, Boss 3-33, Reece 2-28, Ford 2-19, Bush 2-13,
Green 2-26, Leonard 2-19, Benson 2-10, Lee 2-9, Scott Houston: Casey 7-91, Tate 4-24, Jones 3-35, Dreessen MISSED FIELD GOALS Thomas 1-(minus 2). Myers 1-11, Ausberry 1-10.
1-8. 3-18, B.Johnson 2-45, A.Johnson 2-21, Graham 1-24.
Pittsburgh: Suisham 45 (WL). MISSED FIELD GOALS MISSED FIELD GOALS
MISSED FIELD GOALS MISSED FIELD GOALS
None. San Diego: Novak 44 (WR).
Cincinnati: Nugent 36 (WR). None.
D12 EZ SU KLMNO MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012

HOCKEY

NHL STANDINGS
EASTERN CONFERENCE Capitals
SOUTHEAST
Florida
Winnipeg
W
20
19
L
12
14
OL PTS. GF GA
7 47 103 107
5 43 104 107
Insider
Washington 20 15 2 42 111 109 Excerpts from
Tampa Bay 17 17 3 37 104 122
Carolina 13 21 6 32 103 135
washingtonpost.com/
capitalsinsider
ATLANTIC W L OL PTS. GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 23 9 4 50 107 77
Philadelphia 22 10 4 48 123 106 Knuble is stuck
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
21
21
13
15
4 46 121 100
1 43 103 105
on fourth line
N.Y. Islanders 13 17 6 32 84 113 For much of his career,
Mike Knuble has always been
NORTHEAST W L OL PTS. GF GA
Boston 24 10 1 49 123 68
able to excel in a
Ottawa 19 15 5 43 120 133 complementary role
Toronto 18 15 5 41 118 125 alongside a team’s most
Buffalo 17 17 4 38 100 112 talented players. But for the
Montreal 14 18 7 35 99 110 better part of the past two
months, Knuble has seen his
WESTERN CONFERENCE
CENTRAL W L OL PTS. GF GA
spot switch to one among the
Chicago 24 10 4 52 125 107
bottom six forwards.
Detroit 24 13 1 49 123 84 The veteran right wing was
St. Louis 21 12 5 47 95 85 first placed in a fourth-line
Nashville 21 14 4 46 105 108 role by former coach Bruce
Columbus 10 23 5 25 93 128 Boudreau following
NORTHWEST W L OL PTS. GF GA Washington’s 7-4 loss to
Vancouver 24 13 2 50 129 96 Vancouver on Oct. 29. Since
Minnesota 21 13 6 48 95 95 Coach Dale Hunter took the
Colorado 21 18 1 43 108 115 reins in late November,
Calgary 18 17 5 41 99 111 Knuble has occupied a spot
Edmonton 15 19 3 33 100 104
among the bottom six
PACIFIC W L OL PTS. GF GA forwards exclusively, usually
Los Angeles 19 14 6 44 86 90 on the fourth line.
Dallas 21 15 1 43 100 107 Knuble’s ice time hasn’t
San Jose 19 11 4 42 99 83 exceeded 12 minutes 11
Phoenix 19 16 4 42 102 103
Anaheim 10 21 6 26 87 124
seconds in any of the past
eight games, and in the last six
SATURDAY’S GAMES he has seen a total of six
Washington 4, Columbus 2 seconds of power-play time.
Ottawa 3, Buffalo 2 (SO) It’s not an easy subject to
N.Y. Islanders 4, Edmonton 1
New Jersey 3, Pittsburgh 1
discuss for the 39-year-old,
Tampa Bay 5, Carolina 2 who reached the milestone of
Phoenix 4, Minnesota 2 1,000 games played on Dec.
Florida 3, Montreal 2 20.
Winnipeg 3, Toronto 2 “It’s just the way things
Detroit 3, St. Louis 0 have shaken out,” Knuble said.
Dallas 4, Boston 2
Colorado 4, Anaheim 2 “To be honest, sure it’s
Los Angeles 4, Vancouver 1 frustrating because I haven’t
been there in the last eight,
SUNDAY’S RESULTS nine, 10 years. . . . It’s
TOM MIHALEK/ASSOCIATED PRESS
at Nashville 5, Calgary 3 different, that’s for sure.”
The New York Rangers stretch on the rink during practice for Monday’s Winter Classic against the Flyers in Philadelphia. Asked about Knuble’s role,
MONDAY’S GAMES Hunter said it’s just the way
N.Y. Rangers vs. Philadelphia, 3
New Jersey at Ottawa, 7:30
San Jose at Vancouver, 8
Edmonton at Chicago, 8:30
Colorado at Los Angeles, 10:30
Winter Classic, take five the lineup stands now.
“I know he’s reliable; he’s a
veteran, he knows how to
play,” Hunter said. “It’s just

TUESDAY’S GAMES
Rangers visit Flyers in latest edition of NHL’s showcase event where he is. Everything
changes all the time. There’s
Calgary at Washington, 7 nothing set in cement. I know
Edmonton at Buffalo, 7 BY D AN G ELSTON him. Laviolette has strict guide- he can play with the better
Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7 lines on how he presents the day’s players and on the fourth line.
N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 7 philadelphia — Claude Giroux starting goalie — never a day He’s been playing well down
Phoenix at St. Louis, 8
Detroit at Dallas, 8 and Jaromir Jagr hit the ice look- ahead, rarely at morning skate — there with the younger
ing more ready to shag flies than and Bryzgalov’s defiance may players, too, and teaching
PREDATORS 5, FLAMES 3 practice the power play. keep him on the bench. them. I think he’s a versatile
The Philadelphia Flyers stars Laviolette refused to an- guy and he can play all over.”
Sergei Kostitsyn scored three goals smeared eye black to fight the nounce a goalie even after he was
to lead Nashville to its third straight glare on a sunny morning as they told Bryzgalov spoiled the news.
victory. Best in four-on-four
Jarome Iginla, Rene Bourque and skated on a rink constructed on “I have great news and even
Brendan Morrison scored for Calgary, the site of two Fall Classics that better news,” Bryzgalov said. The Capitals may not be
which has lost three straight. Flames underwent a makeover as it shift- “Great news, I’m not playing to- atop the NHL in many
C Olli Jokinen played in his 1,000th ed into the home of the Winter morrow night. Good news, we statistical categories right
career NHL game. Classic. have a chance to win the game now, but one they are leading
Predators RW Jordin Tootoo had two Cold, wind, ice. Conditions tomorrow night.” is goals scored during four-on-
assists, giving him 15 points (six goals, that usually spoil the enjoyment The Flyers hoped Bryzgalov four play, with seven.
nine assists) in his past 18 games. of a World Series game are on would be the goaltender that In Saturday’s 4-2 win over
CALGARY ................................. 1 0 2— 3 deck for the fifth edition of the would lead them to their first the Columbus Blue Jackets,
NASHVILLE .............................. 2 2 1— 5
NHL’s inside-the-park extrava- Stanley Cup championship since Washington recorded a pair of
FIRST PERIOD
Scoring: 1, Calgary, Iginla 15 (Jokinen, Glencross), 3:47.
ganza, this one now set for 3 p.m. 1975. He’s 14-8 with a pedestrian goals — by Alexander Semin
2, Nashville, Klein 2 (Spaling, Tootoo), 12:39. 3, Nash- Monday between the Flyers and 3.01 goals against average and and Dennis Wideman —
ville, Kostitsyn 6 (Fisher, Hornqvist), 15:06.
the New York Rangers at Citizens has allowed five, four and five during a four-on-four.
SECOND PERIOD
Scoring: 4, Nashville, Halischuk 9 (Tootoo, Hillen), 2:27.
Bank Park. goals in three of his last four The extra space available
5, Nashville, Kostitsyn 7 (Hornqvist, Smithson), 5:59. Amid the HBO cameras and starts. on the ice during four-on-four
CHRISTOPHER PASATIERI/GETTY IMAGES
THIRD PERIOD Stanley Cup-atmosphere that has “Six, five, next game if I give up play creates an advantage for
Scoring: 6, Calgary, R.Bourque 13 (Stempniak, Comeau),
1:17. 7, Calgary, Morrison 4 (Brodie, Byron), 17:57. 8,
infused the game with enough Philadelphia’s Jaromir Jagr looks on during practice for the NHL’s three, it’s going to be progress,” the Capitals, particularly
Nashville, Kostitsyn 8 (Klein), 19:30 (en). energy to power the rink, a little outdoor extravaganza at Citizens Bank Park, home of the Phillies. Bryzgalov said. when they’re trying to push
SHOTS ON GOAL perspective came Sunday from His dry wit made him a hit on the agenda offensively. While
CALGARY ................................. 9 4 7 — 20
NASHVILLE .............................. 7 15 5 — 27
the Rangers and Flyers in their snow around the rink as the fin- important than putting on a the first three episodes of HBO’s they may not have an extra
Power-play: Calgary 0 of 2; Nashville 0 of 3. Goalies: final practices. “When we wake ishing touches were sprinkled on show when he benched slumping behind-the-scenes look at both player available as an option,
Calgary, Kiprusoff 17-13-2 (26 shots-22 saves). Nash-
ville, Rinne 19-10-4 (20-17). A: 17,113 (17,113). T: 2:22. up, all the fun is going to be over,” a project that started just before goalie — and “24/7” breakout star teams before the Classic. Bryzga- those on the ice have more
Giroux said, “and it’s about two Thanksgiving. While fans hoped — Ilya Bryzgalov for Sergei Bo- lov has shone on the HBO series. room to work with, regardless
points on the ice.” for winter wonderland condi- brovsky. HBO has pushed back the final of whether they’re trying to
CAPITALS’ NEXT THREE The game was pushed back tions, the two-hour shift will at Bryzgalov, the self-deprecat- episode of “24/7” to Thursday shoot or set up a teammate.
two hours because of a revised least mean chilly temperatures ing Russian, has failed to live up night because it needed an extra As Wideman skated the
vs. Flames weather forecast that should of- and less sun. to the nine-year, $51 million con- day to put the episode together. blue line in Columbus he had
Tomorrow, 7 p.m. fer optimal game conditions for “It’s going to feel different to be tract he signed in June and now HBO has 12 cameras filming more time and space to decide
Comcast SportsNet players and fans. The game was out there,” Rangers center Brad has a spot on the bench for the Monday’s game. The camera where to dish the puck before
scheduled for 1 p.m. The gates Richards said. “It’ll be, look Winter Classic. crews have remained a silent he passed to Semin, who also
will now open at 1 p.m. around for a little bit, but you With temperatures expected presence, always filming. was able to gain better
at Sharks
Saturday, 10:30 p.m.
Last year’s game at Pittsburgh don’t want to get clocked, so you in the low 40s, Bryzgalov joked Tortorella said the cameras positioning for his wrist shot.
Comcast SportsNet was moved into prime time be- can’t look too much.” that he would sip Earl Grey tea to have not been a distraction. “We’re a really good team
cause of rain. The game is too important to keep warm. He could be in hot “We’ve had a number of dis- four-on-four,” said goalie
“Let’s play,” Rangers Coach gawk at the skyline. Flyers Coach water after revealing before Lavi- tractions right from the get-go of Tomas Vokoun. “We’ve got a
at Kings John Tortorella said. “It’s time to Peter Laviolette made it clear that olette’s announcement that Bo- camp,” he said. “The guys have lot of good skating forwards
Jan. 9, 10:30 p.m. play the game.” winning a game between two brovsky would be in charge of handled it well. This has been a and mobile D, so it’s been a
Comcast SportsNet Workers stuck Christmas trees teams jostling for the top spot in trying to stop Marian Gaborik great experience for them.” strength for us all year long.”
and winter firewood on the fake the Eastern Conference is more and Ryan Callahan instead of — Associated Press — Katie Carrera

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

ROUNDUP

Marquette opens its Big East slate with a win over Villanova
F ROM NEWS SERVICES trying to figure out ways for us to had 13 and Fab Melo scored 12 12 rebounds to help the seventh- ing star forward Yancy Gates. The Buffalo State’s Justin Mitchell,
AND STAFF REPORTS get better,” Johnson-Odom said. points to go with six blocks for ranked Blue Devils (12-4) beat the Bearcats forced Pittsburgh (11-4, the tournament MVP, scored 27
“And that’s what we did the next Syracuse (15-0, 2-0 Big East). visiting Quakers (6-8). 0-2) into 17 turnovers to win at points in the final.
It didn’t take No. 14 Marquette day. We did a lot of drills, a lot of l NORTH CAROLINA 102, Duke has won 43 in a row at Pitt for the first time in 33 years.
long to move on from its last loss five-on-five drills and a lot of MONMOUTH 65: John Henson Cameron Indoor Stadium. Nasir Robinson had 19 points Kentucky women top Florida
— about the time it took Darius competing. We just have to get scored 21 points and the No. 5 Tar l MICHIGAN 61, MINNESOTA for the Panthers, who lost their A’dia Mathies scored 14 points,
Johnson-Odom to convert an al- back to playing hard, and I think Heels beat the Hawks for their 56: In Ann Arbor, Mich., fresh- third straight game. Bria Goss added 11 and No. 6
ley-oop pass for a dunk. we did that today.” 26th straight victory at Smith man Trey Burke scored a season- l NORFOLK STATE 71, NAVY Kentucky beat cold-shooting
Johnson-Odom matched a sea- It took 33 seconds to turn Center. high 27 points as the No. 18 65: Pendarvis Williams scored 20 Florida, 59-56, in Gainesville,
son high with 24 points and led things around, with Vander Blue Harrison Barnes added 20 Wolverines (12-2, 2-0 Big Ten) points and Kyle O’Quinn had 17 Fla., in the Southeastern Confer-
the Golden Eagles to an 81-77 tossing a pass to a cutting John- points for North Carolina (13-2). hung on to beat the Golden Go- points and 11 rebounds as the ence opener for both schools.
victory over Villanova on Sunday son-Odom at the rim, and the The Tar Heels cruised from there phers for their seventh straight Spartans (10-5) topped the Mid- The Wildcats (12-2, 1-0) had
in Milwaukee. senior guard, generously listed at to break the arena record estab- victory. Julian Welch and Rodney shipmen in Annapolis. lost two of their past three games,
Reserve forward Davante 6 feet 2, throwing it down on lished from 1992 to 1994 — a mark Williams had 11 each for Minne- J.J. Avila scored 18 points for included a setback at unranked
Gardner had 13 points and a Marquette’s first offensive posses- two Monmouth assistants had a sota (12-3, 0-2). Navy (3-11). Middle Tennessee State. The
career-high 10 rebounds for the sion. The Golden Eagles never role in setting. l CINCINNATI 66, PITTS- l BUFFALO STATE 82, CATHO- Wildcats’ other loss was against
Golden Eagles (12-2, 1-0 Big East), trailed from there. Freshman Andrew Nicholas BURGH 63: JaQuon Parker LIC 81: The host Cardinals’ 11- third-ranked Notre Dame.
who responded from their worst Mouphtaou Yarou (Montrose led Monmouth (2-12) with 22 scored a career-high 21 points game winning streak to start the Deana Allen had 14 points for
performance of the season — a Christian) had 14 points for the points. First-year Coach King and Sean Kilpatrick added 19 as season ended as Roderick Epps the Gators (10-4, 0-1).
17-point drubbing by Vanderbilt Wildcats (7-7, 0-2). Rice played at North Carolina the Bearcats beat the 22nd- made the game-winning layup l TENNESSEE 73, AUBURN
on Thursday — with a solid start l SYRACUSE 87, DePAUL 68: from 1988 to 1991, and assistants ranked Panthers. with seven seconds left for the 52: Meighan Simmons scored 20
to the conference season. Mar- Kris Joseph (Carroll) scored 22 Brian Reese and Derrick Phelps Cincinnati (11-3, 1-0 Big East) Bengals (10-1) in the champion- points and the seventh-ranked
quette will visit No. 12 George- points to help the top-ranked started on its 1993 national cham- has won six straight games since a ship of the CUA Classic. Lady Vols (9-3, 1-0 SEC) closed on
town on Wednesday night. Orange rout the host Blue De- pionship team. brawl against crosstown rival Shawn Holmes scored 21 a 19-6 run in opening conference
“Everybody was down on mons (9-4, 0-1 Big East). C.J. Fair l DUKE 85, PENNSYLVANIA Xavier last month led to the sus- points and had five assists for play with a road win over the
themselves after the loss, just added 16 points, Dion Waiters 55: Ryan Kelly had 18 points and pension of several players, includ- Catholic. Tigers (8-6, 0-1).
D2
POSTSPORTS
COUCH SLOUCH
Norman Chad
You say you want
a resolution?
N
ew year, old habits: Sports
Nation often gets it shorts
all bunched up about
everything and anything. At the
moment, you can turn on talk
radio – or dip a big toe in an
online forum — and hear the
clamor about next Monday’s
Alabama-LSU BCS title game.
Oh, the horror — the horror!!! —
this rematch stirs up.
This unrelenting devotion to
all matters sporting strikes me
as a springboard to insanity.
Think about this:
We have been at war
somewhere in the world since
2001 — at war — and that gets
less scrutiny than an average
NFL game. For real.
Buccaneers-Falcons is dissected
in detail much more than U.S.-
Afghanistan; that’s an NFC
divisional game weighed
against an international armed
conflict.
(I often am told that I’m just
an old man out of touch. Guess
what? I once was a young man
out of touch. So, trust me, age
has nothing to do with this.
What’s right is right and what’s
wrong is wrong, and America’s
continued obsession with sport
at the expense of substance
remains the Achilles’ heel of our
culture.)
What concerns me about our
ongoing fight against terrorism
is this:
The Muslim fundamentalists
believe we are the devil
incarnate and they are willing
to strap bombs to their bodies to
defeat the American enemy. Us?
We just want to watch football
every Sunday. In short, they
appear committed to a grand
cause while we remain
committed to instant replay.
So, yes, I worry.
We spend more money on
stadiums than schools.
At our institutions of higher
learning, we care more about
basketball than biology.
“Crossfire” has been replaced
by “Pardon the Interruption”;
actually, that’s probably a good
thing.
Sometimes I stumble upon
Skip Bayless and Stephen A.
Smith on ESPN2’s “First Take”
and wonder, “Is this a ‘Saturday
Night Live’ sketch?” I half-
expect one of their heads will
explode one morning while
shouting, and if that happens, I
fully expect the other guy will
keep on shouting.
They never stop screaming,
because they believe it’s
entertaining or because they’re
really serious; it’s either
disingenuous or distressing.
Heck, these fellows have
convictions about
EVERYTHING; I mean, how
much conviction can you have
about an offensive coordinator’s
third-down play selection?
(How out of whack are our
priorities and sensibilities? Just
look at the “Call of Duty” video-
game series. In November 2009,
“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2” set a first-day sales record
with 4.7 million copies to reap
$310 million. In November
2010, “Call of Duty: Black Ops”
topped that with 5.6 million and
$360 million in sales in its first
“I’ve kind of got it down like ESPN. You
watch a game and if you should fall asleep
you can catch it in the morning and get the
highlights in the morning and know exactly
what went on.”
Virginia Tech Coach Frank Beamer, in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl, on not
staying up for New Year’s Eve festivities
TELEVISION AND RADIO
NBA
7:30 p.m. Washington at Boston » Comcast SportsNet, WJFK (106.7 FM)
NHL
3 p.m. New York Rangers at Philadelphia » WRC (Channel 4), WBAL (Channel 11)
8 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver » NBC Sports Network
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Noon TicketCity Bowl, Houston vs. Penn State » ESPNU
1 p.m.
Capital One Bowl, Nebraska vs. South Carolina » ESPN, WWXT (92.7 FM),
WWXX (94.3 FM), WTEM (980 AM)
1 p.m. Gator Bowl, Ohio State vs. Florida » ESPN2
Outback Bowl, Michigan State vs. Georgia » WJLA (Channel 7), WMAR
1 p.m.
(Channel 2), WSPZ (570 AM)
Rose Bowl, Wisconsin vs. Oregon » ESPN, WWXT (92.7 FM), WWXX (94.3
5 p.m.
FM), WTEM (980 AM)
Fiesta Bowl, Stanford vs. Oklahoma State » ESPN, WWXT (92.7 FM),
8:30 p.m.
WWXX (94.3 FM), WTEM (980 AM)
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
7 p.m. Virginia at LSU » WSPZ (570 AM)
7 p.m. Presbyterian at Liberty » MASN
7 p.m. Texas A&M at Baylor » ESPNU
7 p.m. Wofford at Wake Forest » Comcast SportsNet Plus
9 p.m. North Carolina Greensboro at Miami » Comcast SportsNet Plus
EZ
24 hours. Then, in November
2011, “Call of Duty: Modern
Warfare 3” hit 6.4 million and
$400 million on opening day.
It’s a battlefield out there, and
while we ignore real war, we
love to shoot ’em up on our
PlayStations.)
I used to think I loved sports
as much as the next guy — well,
unless the next guy walks in
wearing a Yankees baseball cap,
Lawrence Taylor football jersey
and New York Rangers
wristwatch — but I now realize I
only liked sports in spurts.
Which, frankly, might be
healthier.
Sure, as a kid, nothing beats
the anticipation of going to the
ballpark or watching a big game
on TV. But as an adult? Sports is
still a great release; beyond that,
there’s got to be more to a fine
day than getting World Series
home-field advantage by
winning the All-Star Game.
There has to be a greater sense
of accomplishment than seeing
your alma mater’s biggest rival
go on probation, no?
I’m not a religious man, but
something tells me that just
walking by a church on any
given Sunday is a better idea
than slouching on a couch on
any given Sunday.
I’m not just talking here
about a New Year’s resolution,
I’m talking about a New Year’s
revolution. Let’s put the games
on pause and pick up our lives.
If nothing else, we need to
downsize Big Monday.
By the way, how can Alabama
be playing for the national
championship? The Crimson
Tide already lost to LSU and
didn’t even win its own
conference. Who’s minding the
BCS store, Howdy Doody?
Ask The Slouch
Q. Will LSU be national
champion even if it loses to
Alabama in the BCS title game?
(Philip Murphy; Boardman,
Ohio)
A. Actually, I believe the
combination of an LSU loss and
a Notre Dame loss elevates the
Fighting Irish to No. 1.
Q. Has a newspaper ever
resorted to “flex scheduling” to
replace one of your less
interesting columns? (Mark
Concannon; Whitefish Bay,
Wis.)
A. Under your proposal,
newspapers would run my
column no more than once a
month.
Q. The Golden State Warriors
hired a TV announcer as their
new coach. Any chance you’ll
leave the broadcast booth to be
a poker coach? (Mark Cohen;
Gibsonia, Pa.)
A. If I’m qualified to be a
poker coach, then the game
truly involves no skills.
Q. Do you stash your mouth
guard between your face mask
and helmet between marriages?
(Mike Jonas; Berwyn, Ill.)
A. Pay the man, Shirley.
You, too, can enter the $1.25 Ask
The Slouch Cash Giveaway. Just e-
mail asktheslouch@aol.com and, if
your question is used, you win $1.25
in cash!
SU KLMNO MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
More Than a Game
Another look at high school sports by staff photographer Toni L. Sandys
TONI L. SANDYS/THE WASHINGTON POST
Spring Valley (S.C.) junior Latisha Smith, 16, touches the inscription on the Lincoln Memorial marking the “I Have a Dream” speech.
Basketball, and history
onwashingtonpost.com overcome with emotion listening to the story
D.C. trip is fruitful for players of survivor Erica Eckstut (Neuman). “I was
More high school coverage listening and looking at her big blue eyes,
from South Carolina in town E-mail ideas for More Than a Game she stopped talking and she was staring at
for holiday tournament 6 to sandyst@washpost.com me. I started crying and had to walk away,”
said Smith, who is German and African
American. “It’s kind of emotional because
their flight not leaving until the evening, my mom is German, and I’m pretty sure
The Spring Valley Vikings (Columbia, the Spring Valley Vikings took advantage some of her ancestors went through that.”
S.C.) are one of the top ranked girls’ of their free time and headed out for the After the museum, the team posed for
basketball teams in the country, finishing day. Led by assistant coach Gregory photos in front of the Washington
last season in the No. 2 position according Bauldrick, an active-duty lieutenant Monument, did the same at the White
to MaxPreps Xcellent 25. Entering this colonel in the Army, the team left their House, and walked past the Vietnam
year’s third annual National Title IX hotel and headed for the Mall. On their Memorial on their way to the Lincoln
Holiday Classic in Washington, the team itinerary: the Holocaust Museum, the Memorial. The well-conditioned basketball
was ranked seventh. The tournament, White House and the Lincoln Memorial. team was worn out by its last stop. Slowly
sponsored by DC Events and the Sankofa “I think the best [part of the trip] was the team trickled up the steps for a glimpse
Project, goes beyond the reach of the when we actually got to settle down and of Lincoln. They gathered around the spot
playing court. Teams are invited to attend not play basketball,” said junior guard where Martin Luther King, Jr. had given
workshops and conferences that address Latisha Smith, 16, “ and just spend time his historic speech.
topics such as Title IX and civic together and talk about the history that is Minutes before, someone had splashed
responsibility. Tournament organizers behind all of this that is D.C. water on the inscription. Latisha Smith
arranged for teams to visit the Martin “It’s more than about basketball,” Smith reached down to touch it. “That was a great
Luther King Memorial and tour the continued. “We get the opportunity to see experience,” Smith said. “I had never been
Capitol. all of these things down here. Basketball is to D.C. before and I actually got to stand
“We wanted to do that,” said Spring supposed to be fun, so this is just part of it.” where [King] stood.”
Valley Coach Anne Long. “That was part of Smith didn’t mind that she has spent “We loved the experience,” Long said as
the trip. It wasn’t only the competition, but most of her two-week winter break on the the team headed back to gather its luggage
just a great civic lesson. That was a road traveling with her team to two from the hotel. “But we’re going to hold
drawing card. We could have gone to any tournaments. “It’s pretty cool that you get them accountable for what they’ve learned.
tournament we wanted to this year, but we to go different places, see new things, and We’re going to give them tests and quizzes,”
chose this one.” learn new things.” she said with a smile.
With no games to play on Friday, and At the Holocaust Museum, Smith was sandyst@washpost.com
DIGEST
PRO BASKETBALL that could allow him to earn an-
other $1.45 million in perform-
Kings’ Cousins ance bonuses.
demands a trade The deal, agreed to Friday, is
subject to a physical.
The Sacramento Kings and De- Jones, 34, signed with the Yan-
Marcus Cousins abruptly began kees last winter to provide a
to sever ties Sunday after the right-handed bat off the bench
team said the promising young and hit .247 with 13 homers and
center demanded a trade. 33 RBI in 222 plate appearances.
Kings Coach Paul Westphal re- ...
leased a statement before Sacra- Reliever Jason Frasor has been
mento hosted the New Orleans traded back to the Toronto Blue
Hornets, criticizing Cousins’s
commitment to the franchise and
Jays by the Chicago White Sox for
minor league pitchers Myles Jaye
excusing him from the team’s and Daniel Webb.
game. He also confirmed that Frasor, a right-hander, was 3-3
Cousins asked for a trade. with a 3.60 ERA in 64 relief ap-
“When a player continually, ag- pearances with Chicago and To-
gressively, lets it be known that he ronto last season. Chicago ac-
is unwilling/unable to embrace quired him and pitcher Zach
traveling in the same direction as Stewart from the Blue Jays for
his team, it cannot be ignored in- pitcher Edwin Jackson and Mark
definitely,” Westphal said. Teahen in July.
Sacramento drafted Cousins
with the fifth overall pick in 2010 TENNIS
after he spent one season at Ken- Kim Clijsters began prepara-
tucky. . . . tion for the defense of her Aus-
The defending champion Dal- SCOTT HEPPELL/ASSOCIATED PRESS tralian Open singles title with a
las Mavericks agreed to terms Sunderland’s Ji Dong-Won celebrates his goal with four seconds 6-1, 6-4 win over Romania’s Simo-
with free agent forward Yi Jian- remaining in stoppage time against Manchester City. na Halep in the first round of the
lian on a one-year contract. A Brisbane International.
league source confirmed the ported Yi would first report to the ed’s 3-2 loss to last-place Black- Clijsters said the abdominal
agreement, first reported on Mavericks’ NBA Development burn, which won at Old Trafford problem that forced her to retire
ESPN.com, adding that Yi is ex- League affiliate, the Texas Leg- for only the second time in 49 from a number of tournaments,
pected to arrive and sign with the ends, for a rehabilitation assign- years, City allowed South Korean including the U.S. Open, in 2011
team on Monday. ment. forward Ji Dong-Won to round had left no lingering problems
The 7-foot Yi became a free — Michael Lee goalkeeper Joe Hart and tap into with her serve.
agent after the Wizards declined an empty net 2 minutes 56 sec- “I felt confident with my serve.
to pick up a $5.3 million qualify- SOCCER onds into second-half stoppage I think that’s something that, in
ing offer after Yi averaged 5.6 Manchester City gave its title time. the past, wasn’t always the case,”
points and 3.9 rebounds in one rivals renewed hope by slumping Ji ran onto Stephane Sesse- she said.
season with Washington. to a second English Premier gnon’s pass to score — replays In another match, Francesca
Yi has been recuperating in League defeat of the season, con- showed Ji may have been offside. Schiavone of Italy advanced to
Florida from a knee injury suf- ceding a goal with four seconds the second round when her oppo-
fered playing in the Chinese Bas- left in stoppage time in a 1-0 loss BASEBALL nent, Ksenia Pervak of Russia, re-
ketball Association in November, at Sunderland that capped a Andruw Jones is staying with tired with a headache.
according to a person familiar weekend of upsets. the New York Yankees, agreeing — From staff reports
with the situation. ESPN.com re- A day after Manchester Unit- to a one-year, $2 million contract and news services
MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
On the second day of the new year, it’s time to feast on college football. Here’s a look at Monday’s bowl smorgasbord:
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TicketCity Bowl
Who: No. 20 Houston
vs. No. 24 Penn State.
Where: Cotton Bowl, Dallas.
TV: ESPNU.
Records: Cougars 12-1;
Nittany Lions 9-3.
Yes, it’s a Jan. 2 bowl game
played at the Cotton Bowl that
isn’t called the Cotton Bowl.
The Cotton Bowl, the game, is
Friday at the JerryDome. Bowl
season: where common
sense goes to die. In any
case, it’s your last chance to
see Case Keenum — owner
of many NCAA passing
records and averaging nearly
400 passing yards this
season — in a Houston
uniform, though his previous
bowl forays have been a bit
disastrous: In three bowl
games, Keenum has three
touchdown passes and seven
interceptions, six of them
coming in the 2009 Armed
Forces Bowl against Air Force.
Penn State has the nation’s
fifth-ranked passing defense
(162.2 yards allowed per
game) and has allowed only
nine passing touchdowns this
season, fourth in the nation.
In Mattison, Wolverines get help from an old pro
Michigan is ranked No. 17 in defense under Greg Mattison,who had spent two years in Baltimore.
michigan from D1
loti Ngata is 330 [pounds]. I’m not
Haloti Ngata, coach.’ ”
The Wolverines can laugh
about those first days under a new
regime now, but when Michigan
takes the field Tuesday to face
Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl, it
will be the final validation for a
coaching staff and a defense that
have been the catalysts for a dra-
matic culture change at the win-
ningest program in college foot-
ball.
A year after ESPN analyst Chris
Spielman referred to Michigan’s
defense as “a bunch of guys who
would be nice little subs at Indi-
ana,” the Wolverines have im-
proved to 17th in the country
without making significant per-
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1 p.m.
Gator Bowl
Who: Ohio State vs. Florida.
Where: EverBank Field,
Jacksonville, Fla.
TV: ESPN2.
Records: Buckeyes 6-6;
Gators 6-6.
The Buckeyes, soon to be
coached by Urban Meyer,
take on the Gators, formerly
coached by Urban Meyer. It’s
been reported that Meyer
might not even watch the
game because of his
conflicted interest in both
teams, but does anyone
really believe that? Both
tradition-rich teams
stumbled badly this season,
with scandal-plagued Ohio
State suffering its first losing
season in Big Ten play since
1999 and Florida losing six
of its last eight games. The
Gators ranked 102nd
nationally in total offense
and the Buckeyes ranked
107th. Expect malaise.
sonnel changes. Instead, as Vir-
ginia Tech’s coaches have pointed
out several times this week, it has
been Mattison and first-year
Coach Brady Hoke’s ability to
“coach them up” that has led the
Wolverines to their first BCS
game since 2007.
“These coaches just really un-
derstand the Michigan tradition,”
defensive end Craig Roh said.
“They’ve brought it to life
through practice, through camp,
through all that stuff. It has enliv-
ened all of us right now. I think
that’s why you see, I guess, a
change in the environment.”
When Hoke and Mattison first
returned to Ann Arbor — Hoke
was a defensive line coach when
Michigan shared the 1997 nation-
al championship and Mattison
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1 p.m.
Outback Bowl
Who: No. 12 Michigan State
vs. No. 18 Georgia.
Where: Raymond James
Stadium, Tampa.
TV: WJLA-7, WMAR-2.
Radio: WSPZ (570 AM).
Records: Spartans 10-3;
Bulldogs 10-3.
Michigan State’s
Mark Dantonio has won
four straight against rival
Michigan, but is 0-4 in bowl
games as the Spartans’
coach. Here’s to guessing
that his job is safe, because
wins over the Wolverines are
likely more important than
wins in bowl games named
after mid-range steak
restaurants. Georgia Coach
Mark Richt’s job also is likely
safe, which you probably
couldn’t say after the
Bulldogs lost to Boise State
and South Carolina to start
the season. Georgia
rebounded, however,
winning 10 straight before
losing to No. 1 LSU in the
SEC title game. The Bulldogs
finished third nationally in
total defense (268.5 yards
per game allowed); the
Spartans were fifth (272.7).
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was the Wolverines’ defensive co-
ordinator in 1995 and 1996 — they
encountered a team that “broke
every record you didn’t want to
break as a team,” Van Bergen said
this week. “I would think that we
have a blueprint as far as what not
to do.”
Enter Mattison, who had spent
the past two years as the Ravens’
defensive coordinator when his
good friend, Hoke, called one day
wondering if he’d be interested in
returning to the college ranks.
To the surprise of some, Matti-
son took the job rather than stay-
ing in Baltimore to coach Ray
Lewis and Ed Reed.
“I just missed the chance to
take some young man that maybe
is not a great football player, or
people say he’s not a great football
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1 p.m.
Capital One Bowl
Who: No. 10 South Carolina
vs. No. 21 Nebraska.
Where: Florida Citrus Bowl
Stadium, Orlando.
TV: ESPN.
Radio: WWXX (92.7 FM),
WWXT (94.3 FM), WTEM (980 AM).
Records: Gamecocks 10-2;
Cornhuskers 9-3.
Coach Steve Spurrier has the
Gamecocks on the verge of
the first 11-win season in
program history, but he’s 1-4
in bowl games at South
Carolina, with his only win
coming in the 2006 Liberty
Bowl. The Cornhuskers’
rushing game ranks 13th
nationally, and quarterback
Taylor Martinez has nine
rushing touchdowns, but
none since a 34-27 win over
Ohio State on Oct. 8. He’ll be
chased around the field by
South Carolina defensive
end Melvin Ingram, a first-
team all-American who has a
team-high 81/2 sacks, picked
off two passes and also
scored on a fake punt earlier
this season.
player, or he doesn’t believe he’s a
great football player, and help
him get to become as great as he
can,” said Mattison, who added he
wouldn’t have made the move if it
were any other school. “That’s
something that I’ve always en-
joyed in all my years of coaching
and I missed it.”
Mattison brought with him the
complex coverage schemes of the
NFL and blitz packages that are so
extensive Virginia Tech offensive
coordinator Bryan Stinespring
said recently, “It’s almost like
they’ve got a different playbook.”
The end results are evident on
the scoreboard.
The Wolverines have gone
from giving up more than 35
points per game in 2010 to allow-
ing just more than 17 points per
contest this season. Michigan
never finished higher than 67th
in the country in total defense
under Rodriguez, but with play-
ers almost exclusively recruited
by previous regimes the Wolver-
ines moved up to 17th this year.
But for a unit that had “experi-
enced so much pain and suffer-
ing,” according to Roh, it was
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5 p.m.
Rose Bowl
Who: No. 6 Oregon
vs. No. 9 Wisconsin.
Where: Rose Bowl,
Pasadena, Calif.
TV: ESPN.
Radio: WWXX (92.7 FM),
WWXT (94.3 FM), WTEM (980 AM).
Records: Ducks 11-2;
Badgers 11-2.
Neither the Ducks nor the
Badgers have had much
success of late in Pasadena.
Oregon lost there after the
2009 season to Ohio State;
the Ducks’ last postseason
win at the Rose Bowl came all
the way back in 1916, when Ivy
League teams were still being
invited to prestigous bowl
games. (Oregon defeated
Penn that year, 14-0.)
Wisconsin, meanwhile, lost in
last season’s Rose Bowl game.
There will be points: Only 12
teams have scored 80
touchdowns in a season since
1996, and Oregon and
Wisconsin are two of them.
They rank No. 3 (Oregon, 46.2
points per game) and No. 4
(Wisconsin, 44.6) nationally in
scoring offense. Badgers
running back Montee Ball
had a national-best 1,759
rushing yards and 38 total
touchdowns; he’s four short of
tying Barry Sanders’s single-
season record of 42.
Mattison’s tacit belief that
seemed to make all the difference.
And so even though Van Bergen
still jokes about being compared
to Ngata, he’s more than happy to
point out just how far this defense
has come.
“I don’t think it had anything to
do with buying in. It was more
about staying in. When things
started going wrong, you could
see the team kind of fall apart a
little bit,” Van Bergen said of past
seasons. “Guys didn’t want to be
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Fiesta Bowl
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Records: Cowboys 11-1;
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Again, there will be points:
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Orlando 4 1 .800 1 4-1 Philadelphia 2 2 .500 — 2-2 Indiana 3 1 .750 2 3-1 Houston 2 2 .500 1 2-2 Portland 3 1 .750 11/2 3-1 L.A. Lakers 3 3 .500 — 2-3
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Wizards’ troubles continue SATURDAY’S RESULTS

at L.A. Lakers 92, Denver 89
at Detroit 96, Indiana 88
at Houston 95, Atlanta 84
New York 114, at Sacramento 92
CAVALIERS 98, NETS 82
Antawn Jamison scored 23 points
and Cleveland made 16 three-point-
ers in a win over New Jersey.
Kyrie Irving, the No. 1 pick in the
T-WOLVES 99,
MAVERICKS 82
Kevin Love had 25 points and 17
rebounds and hit two huge threes in

with fourth straight defeat

the fourth quarter to help Minnesota
at Oklahoma City 107, Phoenix 97 draft, had 13 points, four assists and beat Dallas and end an 18-game
at San Antonio 104, Utah 89 four rebounds for Cleveland. losing streak dating from last season.
Philadelphia 107, at Golden State 79 Deron Williams led the Nets with 16 The Timberwolves closed the game
points. New Jersey dropped its fourth with a 15-0 run. They lost the last 15
SUNDAY’S RESULTS straight game despite having all five games of last season and the first
wizards from D1 Boston 94, at Washington 86 starters score in double figures. three of this year, meaning it had been
at Cleveland 98, New Jersey 82 Cleveland made 16 of 26 shots from 295 days since the franchise’s last
at Miami 129, Charlotte 90 three-point range, falling one short of
him much to smile about. at Orlando 102, Toronto 96
victory.
“My coaches talked to me and the team record for threes in a game.
at Minnesota 99, Dallas 82 DALLAS .............................. 25 16 28 13 — 82
told me what I have to do to be at Denver 99, L.A. Lakers 90 NEW JERSEY ...................... 27 22 18 15 — 82 MINNESOTA ...................... 25 25 24 25 — 99
effective — just play, have fun and at Chicago 104, Memphis 64 CLEVELAND ....................... 24 19 30 25 — 98
DALLAS MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
play my game. That’s what I did. I at Sacramento 96, New Orleans 80 NEW JERSEY MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS Marion 28:23 1-3 6-6 1-6 3 2 8
think the thing is, just try to win,” at L.A. Clippers 93, Portland 88 Humphries 30:26 1-5 9-11 0-5 0 2 11 Nowitzki 32:29 9-20 1-1 0-4 0 2 21
James 31:42 3-5 4-6 1-3 3 3 10 Haywood 15:19 2-3 2-2 1-4 1 2 6
Wall said. “It ain’t no fun” losing. Okur 34:47 4-10 0-0 3-8 3 2 10 Kidd 34:31 1-5 0-0 0-4 5 3 3
MONDAY’S GAMES DWilliams 34:20 6-16 3-4 1-4 5 3 16 West 22:33 6-9 1-1 0-0 2 1 13
The Wizards are the NBA’s only Gaines 33:40 5-12 0-2 0-4 4 1 11 Terry 28:15 4-11 0-0 0-4 2 1 10
Washington at Boston, 7:30
winless team and have opened the Golden State at Phoenix, 3:30
Brooks 11:44 0-3 0-0 2-3 0 0 0 Odom
Mahinmi
14:24
20:20
2-7 1-4 1-3 2 1
2-3 2-3 0-4 0 4
7
6
ShaWilliams 8:30 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 2
season at 0-4 for the first time Indiana at New Jersey, 7:30 SheWilliams 15:24 1-3 2-2 0-0 0 3 4 Carter 19:37 1-7 4-4 2-2 1 3 6
Beaubois 8:40 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 1 2
since 2008-09, when they lost Orlando at Detroit, 7:30 Morrow
Stevenson
23:41 5-13 3-3 0-3 1 2 15
15:18 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 Cardinal 11:27 0-4 0-0 1-2 0 1 0
their first five games and matched Atlanta at Miami, 7:30 Horner 0:29 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 SWilliams 2:01 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
Toronto at New York, 7:30 Jones 2:01 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
the franchise-worst record for an TOTALS 240:01 27-71 21-28 8-32 16 16 82
TOTALS 240 29-77 17-21 6-35 17 22 82
San Antonio at Minnesota, 8
82-game season at 19-63. Percentages: FG .380, FT .750. 3-Point Goals: 7-22, .318
Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8:30 (Okur 2-5, Morrow 2-6, Stevenson 1-2, Gaines 1-3, Percentages: FG .377, FT .810. 3-Point Goals: 7-24, .292
They couldn’t shoot or defend Milwaukee at Denver, 9 D.Williams 1-4, Brooks 0-1, James 0-1). Team Rebounds: (Nowitzki 2-3, Odom 2-4, Terry 2-4, Kidd 1-5, Beaubois
14. Team Turnovers: 22 (25 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 0-1, Carter 0-1, Marion 0-1, West 0-1, Cardinal 0-4).
early and discovered they could do New Orleans at Utah, 9 (James 3, Gaines, Okur, She.Williams). Turnovers: 21 Team Reb: 9. Team Turnovers: 17 (23 PTS). Blocked
both too late, and Wall had to (D.Williams 6, Gaines 5, Morrow 4, James 2, She.Wil- Shots: 9 (Haywood 3, Marion 3, Beaubois, Carter,
liams 2, Humphries, Okur). Steals: 11 (Gaines 3, Mahinmi). Turnovers: 17 (Terry 5, Carter 2, Haywood 2,
watch his counterpart, Rajon Ron- TUESDAY’S GAMES D.Williams 3, Okur 2, James, Morrow, She.Williams). Kidd 2, West 2, Cardinal, Mahinmi, Marion, Odom).
do, flaunt the benefits of being Charlotte at Cleveland, 7 Technical Fouls: None. Steals: 11 (Kidd 4, Marion 2, Terry 2, Carter, Haywood,
Nowitzki). Technical Fouls: Odom, 2:29 second.
surrounded by a cast that features Atlanta at Chicago, 8 CLEVELAND MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
Casspi 18:03 3-7 2-2 1-1 4 3 9 MINNESOTA MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
three future Hall of Famers. Portland at Oklahoma City, 8 Beasley 31:28 3-10 2-4 1-7 1 2 8
Jamison 31:27 10-15 0-0 1-5 2 2 23
Sacramento at Memphis, 8 Love 37:38 9-16 2-2 7-17 1 1 25
Rondo spread the ball around, Milwaukee at Utah, 9
Varejao
Irving
31:47 1-5 0-0 4-11 1 3
28:08 5-11 0-0 1-4 4 3 13
2
Milicic 15:19 2-3 3-4 0-2 0 1 7
picked the right spots for his own Houston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 Parker 21:19 2-7 0-0 0-1 1 2 4 Ridnour 29:12 5-9 1-1 1-2 3 2 11
Gee 29:57 4-8 0-0 0-3 3 2 11 Johnson 13:10 1-7 0-0 0-1 1 2 2
scoring opportunities and record- Gibson 26:41 6-12 2-2 0-1 1 1 19 Barea 16:50 4-11 0-1 0-3 2 1 8
ed his 14th career triple-double. Sessions 19:52 2-6 0-0 0-1 8 3 5 Rubio
Randolph
26:27
17:03
4-8 4-4 0-3 7 2 14
1-6 2-2 2-4 0 2 4
Samuels 16:13 1-2 1-1 0-3 0 5 3
He had more points (18) than all NBA LEADERS TThompson 16:33 4-5 1-6 3-6 0 2 9 Tolliver 25:31 5-8 0-0 4-6 0 3 13
DWilliams 15:40 1-3 2-4 2-7 0 1 4
but two Wizards, one fewer assist Entering Sunday’s games
TOTALS 240 38-78 6-11 10-36 24 26 98
Ellington 11:43 1-4 1-2 0-2 0 0 3
(14) than the Wizards as a team SCORING AVERAGE G FG FT PTS. AVG.
Percentages: FG .487, FT .545. 3-Point Goals: 16-26, .615 TOTALS 240:01 36-85 17-24 17-54 15 17 99
(Gibson 5-7, Jamison 3-3, Irving 3-4, Gee 3-5, Casspi 1-1,
and more rebounds (11) than every James, MIA ......................... 4 49 34 132 33.0 Sessions 1-2, Parker 0-4). Team Rebounds: 14. Team Percentages: FG .424, FT .708. 3-Point Goals: 10-22, .455
Wizard except JaVale McGee. Griffin, L.A.C. ...................... 3 34 16 84 28.0 Turnovers: 22 (15 PTS). Blocked Shots: 10 (T.Thompson (Love 5-6, Tolliver 3-5, Rubio 2-3, Johnson 0-2, Barea
Durant, OKC ........................ 5 47 32 137 27.4 3, Irving 2, Jamison 2, Gibson, Parker, Samuels). 0-3, Ridnour 0-3). Team Reb: 10. Team Turnovers: 17 (21
“That’s what Rondo does,” Love, MIN ............................ 3 22 32 78 26.0 Turnovers: 20 (Irving 4, Samuels 4, Jamison 3, Sessions PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Randolph 2, Love). Turnovers: 16
Bryant, L.A.L. ...................... 5 45 34 128 25.6 3, Gee 2, Parker 2, Casspi, Gibson). Steals: 11 (Jamison 3, (Rubio 4, Randolph 3, Barea 2, Beasley 2, Ridnour 2,
Saunders said. “But I thought that Anthony, NYK ..................... 4 27 40 100 25.0 Varejao 3, Gee 2, Gibson, Parker, Samuels). Johnson, Love, Tolliver). Steals: 7 (D.Williams 3, Beas-
John, he had the best game he’s Jennings, MIL ..................... 3 23 17 68 22.7 A: 15,084 (20,562). T: 2:10. ley, Johnson, Love, Ridnour). Technical Fouls: Randolph,
4:17 third. A: 15,115 (19,356). T: 2:14.
had so far. I can just judge John by
where he’s at and how he’s played
so far. I thought he did a better job KINGS 96, HORNETS 80 HEAT 129, BOBCATS 90 MAGIC 102, RAPTORS 96
of running our team and getting Tyreke Evans had 27 points and Chris Bosh scored 20 of his 24 Orlando went on a late 16-0 run, led
that and we made progress.” Marcus Thornton scored 25 for Sacra- points in the first half, and Miami by the shooting of Ryan Anderson —
Nick Young finished with 18 mento, which handed New Orleans its improved to 5-0 for the first time by who finished with 24 points — to erase
points and JaVale McGee had 16 TONI L. SANDYS/THE WASHINGTON POST second straight loss. rolling past Charlotte. The 129 points a double-digit deficit and defeat Toron-
Playing without DeMarcus Cousins, is the most scored by any NBA team so to.
points, 14 rebounds and five Wizards point guard John Wall gets fouled from behind by Celtics who demanded a trade prior to the far this season and the 39-point victo- The Magic shot 4 for 5 from three-
blocks, but the Wizards were un- guard Avery Bradley before scoring two of his 19 points in the loss. game and was told by Coach Paul ry margin matched the third-largest in point range during the burst, with
able to overcome an early deficit. Westphal to stay home, the Kings end- Heat history, four shy of the team Anderson making two of them, as
The Celtics used crisp ball move- a dunk to again bring the Wizards Blatche has had some history ed a three-game skid. mark. Orlando took a 94-89 lead with 3:05
ment and defensive pressure to within six points with 7 minutes with Garnett and the all-star for- Tervor Ariza had 17 points for the DJ White scored 21 points and left after trailing by as many as 16
establish a double-digit lead eight 49 seconds remaining. They ward made sure to fluster Blatche Hornets, who have dropped two Kemba Walker finished with 17 for points.
minutes into the game. Boston led would get no closer as Ray Allen by talking to him and repeatedly straight after opening the season with Charlotte. Dwight Howard had 19 points and
51-34 at halftime, shooting 55.6 (13 points) and Kevin Garnett (24 grabbing him. At one point in the a pair of victories. Chris Kaman contrib- 15 rebounds for the Magic, which has
uted 14 points and 15 rebounds, and CHARLOTTE ....................... 15 22 27 26 — 90 won four straight since a season-
percent from the field and holding points, nine rebounds) helped put third quarter, Blatche had grown MIAMI ................................ 33 32 27 37 — 129
Emeka Okafor had 13 points and 12 opening loss to Oklahoma City.
the Wizards to 28.2 percent. the game away. upset about not getting a call and rebounds. CHARLOTTE MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
The Wizards broke out of their “We always get down by 10, 15 in Wizards assistant Sam Cassell, Maggette 18:38 0-6 2-2 1-4 0 4 2 TORONTO ........................... 27 25 29 15 — 96
White 27:29 10-12 0-0 1-3 1 3 21 ORLANDO ........................... 18 29 23 32 — 102
shooting slump in the second half, the first half and always find a way Garnett’s former teammate in NEW ORLEANS ................... 22 18 18 22 — 80 Diaw 22:31 2-4 0-0 0-2 3 3 5
SACRAMENTO .................... 21 17 30 28 — 96
getting within 65-58 when Jordan to fight back, but you’re taking a Minnesota, shouted at Blatche Augustin
Henderson
23:40 1-11 2-2 1-4 7 1
30:06 4-13 0-0 0-1 2 2
4
8
TORONTO MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
NEW ORLEANS MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS Butler 19:06 0-2 3-3 0-1 1 3 3
Crawford made a three-pointer — lot of energy from yourself,” Wall during a timeout, encouraging Diop 4:28 0-2 0-0 2-2 0 1 0 Bargnani 40:38 10-21 7-7 0-7 3 1 28
Ariza 37:30 8-14 1-2 2-5 3 3 17 Biyombo 19:54 2-5 2-6 3-6 0 3 6
his only field goal of the game — said. “I think down the fourth him to get focused. Landry 21:01 6-11 0-0 5-5 0 3 12 Mullens 21:38 1-6 4-4 0-3 0 1 6
AJohnson
Calderon
24:42
36:20
3-5 2-2 1-2 0 4
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8
Okafor 33:01 5-7 3-6 5-12 1 2 13
and reserve Ronny Turiaf kicked quarter, the last couple of minutes, The Wizards wore their red, Jack 31:51 3-11 0-0 0-4 8 1 6
Walker
Carroll
24:20 6-13 3-5 0-3 4 1 17
12:35 1-4 0-0 0-3 1 0 2
DeRozan 35:38 4-12 8-9 1-6 0 3 17
Magloire 17:26 3-3 1-1 2-6 1 5 7
wildly in celebration. Turiaf was we didn’t have the kind of energy white and blue road uniforms, Belinelli 35:25 3-12 0-0 0-6 3 2 6 Brown 25:30 6-11 1-2 2-7 2 0 14 JJohnson 11:59 0-1 0-0 0-1 4 2 0
Kaman 26:47 5-13 4-4 3-15 1 4 14 Higgins 9:11 2-5 0-0 1-2 0 1 5
forced to leave the game shortly we needed to make a comeback.” which was appropriate since the Smith 12:56 1-5 0-4 2-3 0 2 2 TOTALS 240 35-92 14-21 11-40 20 20 90
Barbosa 27:22 3-8 3-4 0-2 1 6 9
EDavis 12:29 1-4 0-0 1-1 0 2 2
thereafter with a bruised left hand Andray Blatche was unable to team gave the sort of poor per- Vasquez
Aminu
27:20
10:41
3-9 0-0 0-2 8 0
0-5 0-0 3-6 0 1
6
0 Carter 13:35 2-5 0-0 0-3 0 0 4
Percentages: FG .380, FT .667. 3-Point Goals: 6-18, .333
and is doubtful to play in the re- completely get out of his “funk.” formance it more often reserves Ayon 2:03 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 (Walker 2-4, Diaw 1-1, Higgins 1-1, White 1-1, Brown
Alabi
Forbes
0:15
0:30
0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
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0
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match Monday in Boston. He finished with just 10 points, for road games and Verizon Center TOTALS 239:59 36-89 8-16 22-60 24 18 80
1-2, Henderson 0-1, Maggette 0-2, Augustin 0-3, Carroll
0-3). Team Rebounds: 10. Team Turnovers: 16 (16 PTS). TOTALS 240 32-70 27-29 5-33 23 27 96
The Celtics again extended the converting 4 of 7 field goal at- was populated with many Celtics Blocked Shots: 3 (Biyombo 2, White). Turnovers: 16 Percentages: FG .457, FT .931. 3-Point Goals: 5-13, .385
Percentages: FG .404, FT .500. 3-Point Goals: 0-15, .000 (Augustin 3, Brown 2, Diaw 2, Mullens 2, Biyombo,
lead to 13 when Ray Allen hit a tempts after shooting an abysmal fans. Disgruntled Wizards fans (Aminu 0-1, Smith 0-1, Ariza 0-3, Jack 0-3, Belinelli 0-7). Carroll, Diop, Henderson, Maggette, Walker, White).
(Calderon 3-4, DeRozan 1-2, Bargnani 1-3, Barbosa 0-1,
Butler 0-1, Carter 0-2). Team Rebounds: 5. Team
three-pointer in the fourth quar- 11 for 41 (26.8 percent) in the first booed the players as they left the Team Rebounds: 10. Team Turnovers: 19 (30 PTS).
Blocked Shots: 2 (Kaman, Okafor). Turnovers: 19 (Jack 8,
Steals: 9 (Henderson 3, Brown 2, White 2, Biyombo, Turnovers: 11 (16 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Calderon,
Walker). Technical Fouls: None.
ter. But Wall made a runner in the three games. But he also had a court. Kaman 3, Aminu 2, Landry 2, Vasquez 2, Ariza, Belinelli).
MIAMI MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
A.Johnson). Turnovers: 11 (Barbosa 4, Bargnani 2,
DeRozan 2, Calderon, A.Johnson, J.Johnson). Steals: 4
Steals: 4 (Vasquez 2, Ariza, Smith).
lane and Trevor Booker made a team-high four turnovers and al- “We’re staying positive. It’s still James 28:02 6-10 4-6 0-9 5 2 16 (DeRozan 2, Bargnani, Magloire). Technical Fouls: None.
SACRAMENTO MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
driving layup, then had a steal and lowed Garnett to get into his head. 66 games in the season,” said Rog- Salmons 38:33 5-11 1-1 0-4 2 2 13
Bosh 29:22 9-13 6-6 1-10 1 1 24 ORLANDO MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
Anthony 29:17 3-5 2-2 1-6 0 2 8 Turkoglu 33:50 6-14 1-1 0-2 7 5 15
er Mason Jr., who was back in the Hickson 24:51 1-6 2-3 3-9 0 2 4 Chalmers 28:00 6-7 0-0 0-2 5 0 16 Anderson 30:09 9-16 1-1 2-5 2 3 24
Hayes 35:42 3-9 0-0 4-10 3 0 6 Wade 29:04 9-16 4-4 1-3 6 3 22
lineup after being ruled ineligible Evans 37:29 9-18 7-8 0-4 3 2 27 Battier 5:51 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 0
Howard 42:53 7-11 5-9 5-15 1 4 19
Nelson 32:19 4-7 0-0 0-0 4 2 9
for the previous game in Milwau- Thornton
Thompson
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21:06 2-7 0-0 2-5 1 1 4
Haslem 20:57 1-4 4-4 2-9 2 0 6 JRichardson 28:25 1-8 2-4 1-5 1 1 5
Jones 23:49 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 3 6
kee because the Wizards submit- Fredette 21:25 3-8 0-0 0-0 5 0 7 Cole 20:03 6-8 4-5 0-1 9 2 16
GDavis
Redick
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7
Outlaw 11:17 1-4 2-2 0-1 1 2 4
ted an incorrect roster. “We have Garcia 9:23 2-4 0-0 0-2 0 4 6
Harris
Gladness
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8:32
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9
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Duhon 15:41 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 2
Clark 2:14 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
goals on this team. but it’s not Greene 0:29 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Pittman 7:52 2-3 0-0 0-1 0 2 4
TOTALS 240 37-75 16-24 8-33 20 22 102
Thomas 4:38 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
going to just happen. You have to TOTALS 240 35-85 18-21 12-41 16 15 96
TOTALS 240 48-80 26-31 5-47 33 18 129
Percentages: FG .493, FT .667. 3-Point Goals: 12-27, .444
make it happen.” Percentages: FG .412, FT .857. 3-Point Goals: 8-23, .348
Percentages: FG .600, FT .839. 3-Point Goals: 7-11, .636 (Anderson 5-8, Redick 3-5, Turkoglu 2-5, Nelson 1-2,
(Chalmers 4-4, Jones 2-4, Harris 1-2, Battier 0-1). Team J.Richardson 1-5, G.Davis 0-1, Duhon 0-1). Team Re-
leem@washpost.com (Evans 2-3, Garcia 2-4, Salmons 2-6, Fredette 1-3, Thorn- Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: 15 (10 PTS). Blocked bounds: 15. Team Turnovers: 12 (15 PTS). Blocked Shots:
ton 1-5, Outlaw 0-2). Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: Shots: 3 (Anthony, Pittman, Wade). Turnovers: 15 (Bosh
10 (13 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Evans, Garcia, Hickson, 6 (Howard 3, J.Richardson 2, Turkoglu). Turnovers: 12
3, Wade 3, Chalmers 2, Cole 2, Gladness 2, James 2, (Howard 4, Turkoglu 3, G.Davis 2, Nelson 2, Duhon).
Outlaw, Salmons, Thompson). Turnovers: 10 (Evans 4, Anthony). Steals: 10 (Cole 3, Bosh 2, Wade 2, Gladness,
CELTICS 94, WIZARDS 86 Salmons 2, Fredette, Hickson, Thomas, Thornton). James, Jones). Technical Fouls: None.
Steals: 4 (Duhon, Howard, J.Richardson, Turkoglu).
Steals: 12 (Thornton 5, Fredette 2, Salmons 2, Evans, Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 11:52 third.
A: 20,016 (19,600). T: 2:10. A: 18,846 (18,500). T: 2:25.
BOSTON ............................. 28 23 22 21 — 94 Hayes, Thompson). A: 13,628 (17,317). T: 2:03.
WASHINGTON ................... 17 17 26 26 — 86
BOSTON MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
CLIPPERS 93, BLAZERS 88 BULLS 104, GRIZZLIES 64 NUGGETS 99, LAKERS 90
Pierce 27:39 2-8 4-6 0-6 3 2 9
Garnett 27:45 9-17 6-6 2-9 3 2 24 Blake Griffin had his second straight Carlos Boozer scored 17 points and Danilo Gallinari scored 20 points as
O'Neal 23:18 4-7 0-0 0-3 0 3 8 double-double, Caron Butler scored 19
Rondo 33:43 7-10 4-7 4-11 14 2 18 grabbed 11 rebounds as Chicago won Denver beat Los Angeles. The Nuggets
Allen 34:35 5-10 1-2 1-3 1 1 13 points and Los Angeles snapped a easily in its home opener against avenged a three-point loss to the
Bass 30:42 4-8 0-0 0-4 0 1 8 two-game skid. Memphis. This game was so lopsided Lakers less than 24 hours earlier. Pau
Dooling 16:34 2-3 0-2 0-1 2 1 6
Bradley 9:44 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 3 2 Griffin had 20 points and 10 re- that fans started calling for backup Gasol had 20 points and 11 rebounds
Daniels 20:17 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 2 bounds to go with 17 points by Chris Brian Scalabrine in the third quarter, and Andrew Bynum had 18 points and
Stiemsma 12:14 2-4 0-0 0-3 0 3 4
Moore 1:50 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Paul and 13 by reserve Mo Williams. with the outcome clearly in hand. It 16 rebounds for the Lakers.
Johnson 1:39 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Jamal Crawford scored 23 points as was, easily, the most dominant per- After a seesaw battle for most of the
TOTALS 240 37-74 15-23 8-41 26 20 94 the Trail Blazers played for the first time formance of the young season for a final period, the Nuggets scored the
Percentages: FG .500, FT .652. 3-Point Goals: 5-12, .417 on the road after opening 3-0 at home. team with soaring expectations. final 11 points. Gallinari scored two
(Dooling 2-2, Allen 2-5, Pierce 1-4, Bradley 0-1). Team Portland had won the previous five
Reb: 7. Team Turnovers: 16 (16 PTS). Blocks: 5 (Stiems- The Bulls took three of four out fast-break layups to give Denver a

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ma 3, Bass, Garnett). Turnovers: 16 (Garnett 3, Pierce 3, meetings with the Clippers. West, beating the Lakers in the opener two-point lead with 2:07 left. After
Rondo 3, Allen 2, Dooling 2, O’Neal 2, Stiemsma). Steals: After allowing San Antonio and Chica- and capping the trip with a victory over Gasol missed a short turnaround
7 (Daniels 3, Allen, Garnett, Pierce, Rondo).
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McGee 34:38 6-15 4-5 6-14 1 4 16 cent. CHICAGO ............................ 25 29 30 20 — 104 L.A. LAKERS ....................... 21 15 35 19 — 90
Wall 39:25 6-13 7-9 0-7 8 4 19 DENVER .............................. 26 21 25 27 — 99
Young 29:48 7-15 4-4 0-2 1 3 18 MEMPHIS MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
Crawford 14:10 1-7 2-2 0-0 3 1 5 PORTLAND .......................... 17 19 16 36 — 88 Gay 28:17 2-12 1-1 1-3 1 2 5 L.A. LAKERS MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS

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11 STAR OF THE DAY
Matt Flynn, Packers QB: With MVP
Single-season NFL records set by the Saints’ offense.
candidate Aaron Rodgers sitting out, Green
Among them: QB Drew Brees’s 5,476 passing yards,
Bay went with its soon-to-be-free-agent, and
71.2% completions, 13 300-yard games, Darren
Sproles’s 2,699 all-purpose yards, 7,474 total yards.
he responded with a franchise-record 480
yards passing and six touchdown passes.
TE Jimmy Graham (1,310 yards) nearly had a 12th.
The last, a four-yarder to Jermichael Finley,
came with 1:10 left and capped an eight-
22 play, 80-yard game-winning drive. It sent
the Packers to a 45-41 win over the division
Sacks this season for Vikings DE Jared Allen after
finishing with 31/2 against the Bears, just shy of rival Lions, whose QB, Matt Stafford,
Michael Strahan’s record of 221/2, set in 2001. passed for 520 yards and five touchdowns.
“I can coexist with any player
BEST AND WORST
With 169 rushing yards, the Jags’ Maurice I’ve ever played with. I think
Jones-Drew finished with the NFL rushing
lead despite playing for its worst offense
I’ve always been a good
. . . 49ers K David Akers set the single- teammate in that way. To
season field goal record (44). . . . Steelers
WR Hines Ward made his 1,000th career
speculate on how we’re going to
catch. . . .Down 21-0, the Patriots scored draft, that’s more for other
49 straight points. . . . The Raiders broke
the NFL record for penalties (163) and
people to do.”
yards penalized (1,358) in a season . . .
Peyton Manning, after his Colts secured the No. 1
The Bucs finished with 10 straight losses.
pick and right to draft fellow QB Andrew Luck.

New York locks up its place in the playoffs

GIANTS 31,
COWBOYS 14
Manning throws 3 TDs
to help clinch NFC East
BY M ARK M ASKE
east rutherford, n.j. — The
New York Giants didn’t need a
furious fourth-quarter comeback
this time, using a less familiar
script to punch their ticket to the
postseason. They crafted a big
early lead and then did enough to
hold on and capture the NFC East
title by beating the Dallas Cow-
boys, 31-14, on a sometimes-rainy
Sunday night at MetLife Stadi-
um.
Quarterback Eli Manning
threw three touchdown passes as
the Giants upped their record to
9-7 with their second triumph
over the Cowboys in the final four
weeks of the regular season. The
Giants won three of their last four
games after a four-game losing
streak that dropped their record
to 6-6 and threatened to unravel
their season.
They secured the fourth seed
in the NFC playoffs and they’ll
host the fifth-seeded Atlanta Fal-
cons next Sunday in the Meadow-
lands. The Cowboys finished 8-8
and headed home for what prom-
ises to be an offseason of discon-
tent.
The Giants’ season was built
on the strength of five victories
via fourth-quarter rallies, but
they played from ahead in this
winner-take-all game. While the
Cowboys were making a series of
first-half mistakes, the Giants
grabbed a 21-0 advantage. Man-
ning threw touchdown passes to
wide receiver Victor Cruz and
tailback Ahmad Bradshaw, sand-
wiched around a touchdown run
by Bradshaw.
Cowboys quarterback Tony
Romo, playing with a bruised
right hand, threw a pair of sec-
ond-half touchdown passes to
wide receiver Laurent Robinson
to get Dallas to within seven
points in the fourth quarter. But
the Giants steadied themselves
with a 28-yard field goal by place
kicker Lawrence Tynes with just
Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora celebrates after stopping the Cowboys on a fourth-down play in the second half of New York’s win.
less than six minutes to play, and
Manning added a four-yard
touchdown pass to wideout
Hakeem Nicks.
Manning completed 24 of 33
passes for 346 yards. Romo con-
nected on 29 of 37 throws for 289
yards. But he threw an intercep-
tion and his night ended with a
lost fumble on the Giants’ sixth
sack of the game.
These teams had played only
three weeks earlier in a memora-
ble Sunday night game in Arling-
ton, Tex., in which the Cowboys
had squandered a chance to all
but wrap up the division title.
They had a 12-point lead with less
than six minutes to play in that
game but let it slip away and lost,
37-34. Manning orchestrated two
late touchdown drives and the
Giants blocked a potential tying
field goal attempt by the Cowboys
in the final seconds.
The Giants followed that win
with their second loss of the
season to the Washington Red-
skins but regrouped to beat the
New York Jets on Christmas Eve
to ensure that this game would be
for the NFC East title. Romo
exited the Cowboys’ defeat to the
Philadelphia Eagles later that day
after hurting his throwing hand
on the opening offensive series.
But he vowed all along to be
ready to play in this game, and
there was no reason to question
his toughness after he played
earlier this season with a frac-
tured rib.
Romo seemed more bothered
by the Giants’ pass rush than by
his hand injury in the game’s
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early going. The Cowboys did
next to nothing on their first four
possessions of the night, as Romo
was sacked three times. The Gi-
ants raced to a two-touchdown
lead during that span.
Manning and Cruz struck on
the Giants’ second drive. Cruz,
maneuvering against cornerback
Terence Newman on a third-and-
one play, cut to his left and made
the catch, then got to the sideline
and outraced Newman and safety
Gerald Sensabaugh to the end
zone for a 74-yard touchdown.
The Cowboys went nowhere on
offense and had to punt, which
nearly worked in their favor. The
Giants’ Will Blackmon dropped
the punt and the Cowboys’ Alan
Ball had a chance to grab the
loose football. But he couldn’t
make the recovery, and the Gi-
ants got the ball and took advan-
tage with a drive that ended with
Bradshaw’s five-yard touchdown
run early in the second quarter.
Cowboys safety Abram Elam
blitzed on the play and went
unblocked but couldn’t make the
tackle on Bradshaw in the back-
field.
Tynes sent a 40-yard field goal
try wide right on the Giants’ next
possession, that after the Cow-
boys had failed to recover an-
other loose football on a fumble
by tailback Brandon Jacobs. The
Cowboys finally began to have
some modest success on offense
but their drive ended when Romo
was penalized for throwing a pass
beyond the line of scrimmage
after a back-and-forth scramble.
The Cowboys appeared to down a
punt inside the New York 5-yard
line but Ball was penalized for
going out of bounds and then
being the first player to touch the
ball.
That gave the Giants a touch-
back, and they moved 80 yards
for a touchdown on Manning’s
10-yard pass to Bradshaw. The
first half ended, appropriately,
with Cowboys place kicker Dan
Bailey missing a 52-yard field
goal attempt as time expired. But
things improved for the Cowboys
after halftime as they went 94
yards for a touchdown on their
opening second-half possession,
ending with Romo’s 34-yard pass
to Robinson.
The Giants began to sputter on
offense. They failed to cash in
after Romo threw an interception
to safety Antrel Rolle, with Jacobs
being stopped by the Dallas de-
fense on a fourth-and-one run.
The Cowboys moved to the New
York 10-yard line, where Romo
failed to get a first down on a
fourth-down quarterback sneak.
But the Cowboys forced a punt
and got to within 21-14 on Romo’s
six-yard touchdown pass to Rob-
inson with just more than 10
minutes remaining.
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Denver stumbles,
yet finds itself with
a spot in playoffs
CHIEFS 7,
BRONCOS 3
BY A RNIE S TAPLETON
denver — Tim Tebow has always
done things the unorthodox way.
Making the playoffs was no differ-
ent.
He fell short in his latest come-
back bid, yet his Denver Broncos
are still going to the playoffs.
Kyle Orton got his revenge in
leading the Kansas City Chiefs to
a 7-3 win over Denver on Sunday,
but it’s the Broncos who clinched
the AFC West and are headed to
the postseason. Denver will host
the Pittsburgh Steelers next
weekend.
“It’s obviously a little bitter-
sweet right now,” Tebow said. “We
would have loved to have won
that game to have a little momen-
tum going into the playoffs. But I
think it’s still a special thing what
we accomplished, to come back
and win the AFC West is very
special.”
After congratulating their for-
mer starting quarterback, the
Broncos celebrated the end to
their six-year playoff drought
once San Diego beat Oakland
38-26 later Sunday. Losers of their
last three games, the Broncos
finished 8-8, same as the Raiders.
They won their first division title
since 2005 on a tiebreaker.
“Well, we’re AFC West champs,”
Broncos Coach John Fox said. “It
doesn’t matter how you do it.
Once you get into the dance, they
can’t kick you out.”
So, everybody at Mile High got
what they wanted even though
Tebow couldn’t beat the guy he
failed to beat out in training
camp.
Tebow, though, got the last
laugh.
Orton, who handed Green Bay
its only loss, went 2-1 in Kansas
City. His steady play likely raised
his stock as he prepares to enter
free agency. And he might have
secured interim coach Romeo
Crennel’s future.
Best of all, he beat the team
that benched him after he finally
caved under the weight of Tebow-
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mania and the Broncos stumbled
to a 1-4 start. Kansas City’s Kendrick Lewis strips the ball from Tim Tebow, who completed 6 of 22 passes for 60 yards and rushed six times for 16 yards.
The Broncos revamped their
offense to fit Tebow’s unorthodox season against his former team. as this was a battle of field posi- final minute of the first half — yards, including 145 by Willis Mc-
skill set and surged to the top of Orton didn’t do much but he tion and the Punting Colquitt calling a timeout and then decid- Gahee, suddenly had to chuck it.
their division. They released Or- didn’t have to. The game’s only Bros. more than anything else. ing against a long field goal — the And he was intercepted by cor-
ton in the midst of a 7-1 run that touchdown came on Dexter Mc- The Broncos got the ball back Broncos needed to go 84 yards nerback Brandon Carr with eight
included a series of fourth-quar- Cluster’s 21-yard scamper with 11 at their own 20 with 3:59 left. with 58 seconds left instead of seconds left.
ter comebacks that captivated the seconds left in the first quarter. Tebow time? Not this time. just needing to get into field goal Orton took a knee and the
football world. Orton’s 18-yard completion to The Broncos were forced to range for another game-winner game was over.
Never before in the four-plus Jonathan Baldwin on third and punt with 2:37 remaining, but by Matt Prater. Tebow finished 6 of 22 for 60
decades since the AFL-NFL merg- nine from his own 12 with five Orton was no better and the Tebow, who had completed yards and added 16 yards on six
er has a starting quarterback re- minutes left in the game was as Chiefs punted it back to them, but four passes all afternoon with the carries.
turned to start a game in the same big a play as he had all afternoon because Fox had mismanaged the Broncos running 47 times for 216 — Associated Press
D6 MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
EAGLES 34, REDSKINS 10
D.C. SPORTS BOG Worst everything
DAN STEINBERG In the final minute of the first half, the Redskins turned the ball over on
washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog downs inside the Philadelphia 40, got the ball back on a sack and forced
fumble, took a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty from the 4, ran a
ridiculous pass play over the middle without any timeouts and put two
centers on the field at once, allowing the clock to expire without attempting a
field goal. If they were tanking for draft position, it was brilliant. If they were
actually trying to be a professional football team, it was pathetic.
JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST
Redskins long snapper Nick Sundberg (57) runs onto the field on the
last play of the first half for a field goal attempt. But confusion meant
the Redskins did not attempt the kick before the half expired.
Special teams
unravel in 11th
and final defeat
BY B ARRY S VRLUGA
PHILADELPHIA — The mix-up, apparent-
ly, started when Washington Redskins quar-
terback Rex Grossman could not hear the
entirety of a play call from offensive coordina-
tor Kyle Shanahan. It came at the end of the
first half, when Sunday’s 34-10 blowout loss to
the Philadelphia Eagles was still very much a
game, and the exchange was almost comical.
When Grossman completed his final throw
“I think of the half over the middle — instead of
throwing to the end zone or chucking it away,
we actually as the coaches’ truncated message would have
conveyed — Nick Sundberg, the long snapper,
had seven thought he was supposed to go onto the field
for a hurry-up field goal on fourth down. Yet
blocked, but when he arrived, starting center Will Mont-
gomery was standing over the ball, with his
two of them hand on the ball.
“I heard people yelling, ‘Spike!’ ” Sundberg
went in. It’s said. “I knew it was fourth down, but it just
created a bunch of confusion. I turned around
frustrating.” to run off thinking that I’d made a mistake
instead of just trusting myself, and it cost us.”
Graham Gano, The mess meant the Redskins didn’t even
Redskins place kicker attempt a field goal before the clock expired,
on the team’s five but it was just a small slice of a disastrous day
blocked field goals this on special teams that contributed significant-
season ly to Washington’s 11th loss of the season. The
Redskins punted poorly. They had their fifth
field goal of the season blocked. They commit-
ted a pair of penalties on a punt return,
including one by special teams captain Loren-
zo Alexander.
“Very weird,” Sundberg said.
The uneven special teams play started from
the very first time they lined up to punt after
an opening three-and-out series. Sav Rocca,
the former Eagle who spent a largely success-
ful first season in Washington, dropped the
ball to his foot.
“But it was a bit breezy out there,” Rocca
said. The ball ended up on the outside of his
foot, a 22-yard shank that gave the Eagles the
ball in Washington territory. They needed to
drive 31 yards to kick a 35-yard field goal and
take a 3-0 lead.
That was part of a day in which Rocca
averaged just 36.6 yards per kick, and the
Redskins netted just 30.2 yards in net punting
— both their second-worst numbers of the
season.
“I feel like I kind of fell off the last three or
four games,” Rocca said.
In the second quarter, Grossman threw
three straight incompletions after the Red-
skins reached the Philadelphia 18. Still, place
kicker Graham Gano had a seemingly easy
36-yard field goal.
Gano had made his last 13 kicks over four
games. Rocca barely got the snap down, but “I
thought I hit it well,” Gano said. It didn’t
matter, because Eagles defensive lineman
Derek Landri completely overwhelmed Red-
skins offensive lineman Tyler Polumbus, who
was playing right guard on the place-kicking
team.
The resulting block not only meant the
Redskins went without a score — one of three
trips to the red zone in which they came up
with all of three points — but it led to Gano
getting drilled as he tried to tackle Philadel-
phia’s Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, who
scooped up the ball. The kicker sat at his
locker after the game with his right ankle
heavily wrapped and his back iced, right
where Philadelphia lineman Jason Babin had
kneed him. Of the 10 field goals he missed on
the year, half were blocked.
“I think we actually had seven blocked, but
two of them went in,” Gano said. “It’s frustrat-
ing.”
Coach Mike Shanahan said he had never
seen a team have five field goals blocked in a
season. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen three,” he
said.
And all that set up the confusion at the end
of the half.
“I wasn’t sure exactly what we were doing,”
Montgomery said.
An apt description of an entire day of
special teams futility.
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EZ M2
Best Vinny Cerrato holdover
Hey, how about Brian Orakpo? He disappeared at
times this season, but still wound up with nine sacks
(including two on Sunday), giving him at least eight in
three straight seasons. He’s the first Redskin to do
that since Dexter Manley from 1983 to 1989. And
Orakpo, don’t forget, was a Cerrato special.
Mistake-prone Redskins stumble to the finish
redskins from D1
wouldn’t have been complete without a
blocked field goal, so Washington allowed one
of those as well.
The primary bright spots of the game for
Washington were a 47-yard touchdown recep-
tion by Helu, a second straight 100-yard
rushing outing by Royster (20 carries, 113
yards) and two sacks by Orakpo, who finished
the season with nine, the third straight year
he has led the team. It also made Orakpo the
first Redskins player since Dexter Manley in
the 1980s to record at least eight sacks in
three consecutive seasons.
But beyond that, highlights were few for
the Redskins. The Eagles, in contrast, racked
up 390 yards of offense — 190 of them in the
fourth quarter — and had three pass-catchers
with at least 86 receiving yards apiece.
Washington’s defense gave up at least 30
points for the fourth time in the last five
games, and the 24-point loss was the Red-
skins’ largest margin of defeat this season.
So ended the worst year in Mike Shana-
han’s 17 full seasons as a head coach.
The 5-11 finish was worse than a pair of 6-10
campaigns recorded by Shanahan last year
and in 1999. It also gave Shanahan an 11-21
“We didn’t score points . . .
You can’t go on the road and
win games like that.”
Mike Shanahan, Redskins coach whose team
finished 5-11 after going 6-10 in his first season
record in his first two seasons with the
Redskins, who went 12-20 in the two seasons
led by former coach Jim Zorn prior to
Shanahan’s arrival.
It also marked a third consecutive losing
season for one of the NFL’s most storied
franchises, and the eighth time in the last 10
seasons that the Redskins have failed to post a
winning record.
The Redskins’ standing in the NFC East
already had been determined prior to Sun-
day’s game. For the fourth consecutive year,
they finished last in the division.
By virtue of their record and following
strength-of-schedule determinations, the
Redskins learned on Sunday that they will
hold the sixth overall pick in April’s draft.
“Extremely frustrating to lose 11 ballgames,
another game to a divisional opponent,” said
linebacker London Fletcher. “Felt like we
played good football in the first half, and then
in the fourth quarter, it got away from us. . . .
Not enough good football for 60 minutes.”
The Redskins trailed 10-0 at halftime and
saw their best chance for an early touchdown
slip through their hands midway through the
first quarter. On third and nine from the
Philadelphia 43, Grossman had Santana Moss
open running down the center of the field.
Grossman’s pass was slightly underthrown,
and Moss had to slow up for it, but the ball
slipped between Moss’s arms for an incom-
pletion at the goal line.
And then came an unfortunate second
quarter, which featured the same misfortunes
that have plagued the Redskins all season.
On the third play of the quarter, wide
receiver Anthony Armstrong had slipped past
two defenders 54 yards downfield. But Gross-
man’s underthrown pass bounced off the
helmet of cornerback Dominique Rodgers-
Cromartie and into the hands of safety Nate
Allen at the Philadelphia 7-yard line. Allen
In the face of uncertainty, Grossman is hoping for a return ticket
BY R ICK M AESE
philadelphia — When the season had
finally ended, Rex Grossman was the first
player off the field, sprinting into the stadium
tunnel for a final time. Later, his hair still
damp from a postgame shower, Grossman
walked out of the Washington Redskins’
locker room wearing a blue pinstripe suit and
pulling a roller bag behind him.
First stop, the team bus. Then on Monday
morning, Redskins Park to pack up his locker.
And after that — who knows? Grossman will
be a free agent, and the future of the Redskins’
quarterback position is up in the air.
As the Redskins begin to weigh their
options, though, Grossman said he’d like to
return to Washington next season.
“I really enjoy it here. I really enjoy this
offensive system, what they’re building here,”
he said following the Redskins’ 34-10 loss to
the Eagles on Sunday. “So I’d love for this to be
the place where I end up.”
Of course, that decision will ultimately be
made by Coach Mike Shanahan and his staff,
not the nine-year veteran quarterback. Shan-
ahan in recent weeks has said the team’s
turnover problems this season were unac-
ceptable. In 13 starts, Grossman had 20
KLMNO
Worst statistics Worst tackle
Jim Zorn went 12-20 in two seasons. Steve Spurrier went The Eagles’ Chad Hall was stopped
12-20 in two seasons. Mike Shanahan has gone 11-21 in cold by Perry Riley and DeAngelo
two seasons. Sure, circumstances were totally different, Hall at the 1-yard line, and then
but the record is the record. Shanahan’s 5-11 this kept fighting and wound up scoring
season is the worst of his NFL tenure. The Redskins’ 24- the game’s first touchdown. Hall is
point deficit in the finale was the worst this season. In 5 feet 8 and weighs 187 pounds.
five of the losses, the Redskins gave up 33 or 34 points.
JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST
Rex Grossman had
his troubles in the
season’s final
game, above,
leaving the field
after throwing an
incomplete pass
on fourth down in
the fourth quarter.
Grossman also
had to deal with
the Eagles’
aggressive
defense, sparked
by Trent Cole on
this sack.
Grossman
completed 22 of 45
passes for 256
yards with a
touchdown and an
interception.
JONATHAN NEWTON/THE WASHINGTON POST
interceptions and five lost fumbles. strengths — his fearlessness in heaving the
Shanahan already has started evaluating ball downfield — and biggest drawbacks —
the quarterbacks who will be available in this the tendency for the other team to make the
year’s NFL draft. Before that, though, the catch.
team will have to make a decision on Gross- “Houdini couldn’t have thrown the football
man — and all of the other free agent in that,” Shanahan said. “But Rex threw the
quarterbacks, including Green Bay’s Matt ball up in the air, gave [Armstrong] a chance
Flynn, who raised some eyebrows Sunday to make a play.
with his six-touchdown, 480-yard perform- “Rex played a heck of a ballgame today,” the
ance. coach continued. “To have that type of pass
Grossman’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, at- rush and make some of the throws that he did
tended the Redskins’ game Sunday at Lincoln under duress, I don’t have a problem with the
Financial Field and said it’s too early to guess way he played.”
what Grossman might do in free agency. Even though Shanahan benched Grossman
“I don’t really want to speculate what in favor of Beck for a three-game stretch, the
might happen right after a loss like this,” he coach said Grossman made strides from
said. Week 1 to Week 17.
After beating out John Beck in a preseason “I think Rex feels a lot more comfortable
position battle, Grossman started 13 of the with the system. The more reps you get, the
Redskins’ 16 games. He threw at least one better off you feel,” Shanahan said. “You can
interception in each but also threw for at least see over the last four or five games, he’s felt a
250 yards seven times. In Sunday’s season lot more comfortable.”
finale, he was 22-for-45 passing for 256 yards The season might have had more lows than
with one touchdown and one interception. highs — Grossman predicted a division title
That lone interception Sunday was the for a team that won only five games — but the
product of a broken play, resulting in a veteran quarterback said he’ll look back on
JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST
severely underthrown pass to Anthony Arm- the year and note the positives. “There’s a lot
strong. Still, it was the type of play that Redskins quarterback Rex Grossman has three years playing in of good things,” he said.
highlighted one of Grossman’s biggest offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan’s system and would like a fourth. Despite missing three games, Grossman
5 of 28
Number of field goals the
Redskins have had blocked this
season, and number blocked in
the entire NFL to that point. Only
one other team had more than
two blocked field goals.
returned the interception 31 yards. It marked
the 13th consecutive game with a turnover for
Grossman, who finished the game 22 for 45
for 256 yards, a touchdown and an intercep-
tion, and for the Redskins, a league-worst
30th straight game with at least one turnover.
Later the same quarter, place kicker
Graham Gano lined up for a field goal at the
Philadelphia 18-yard line only to have it
blocked as the Eagles mowed down the right
side of the line and Derek Landri batted the
ball down. That gave Washington its league-
worst fifth blocked field goal of the season
and Gano his 10th failed field goal attempt.
Philadelphia scored on a seven-yard touch-
down pass from quarterback Michael Vick to
wide receiver Chad Hall, who slipped feeble
tackle attempts by DeAngelo Hall and Perry
Riley and stepped into the end zone.
The Redskins moved to the Philadelphia 35
before turning over the ball on downs with 44
seconds left, but Orakpo sacked Vick and
forced a fumble, and Washington recovered at
the 17.
The Redskins, who had no timeouts left,
reached the 4-yard line, but Grossman threw
an incompletion in the end zone to Moss. The
receiver thought he had been interfered with
and took off his helmet while arguing the
“Felt like we played good
football in the first half, and
then in the fourth quarter,
it got away from us.”
London Fletcher, Redskins linebacker
non-call, drawing an unsportsmanlike con-
duct penalty that backed Washington up 15
yards with 23 seconds left.
“I’ve been a Redskin for seven years. I can’t
tell you when things went our way when it
comes to stuff like that,” Moss said after the
game, still upset. “I just have to learn how to
deal with it, put it behind me.”
Two plays later, the Redskins reached the
7-yard line, but couldn’t stop the clock and
couldn’t get lined up in time to try a field goal.
They entered halftime without a point.
Washington’s best play of the game came
eight plays into the third quarter when
Grossman hit running back Helu on a screen
pass, and the rookie turned upfield, got a
block by guard Maurice Hurt, and another
downfield from wide receiver Niles Paul to
score on the 47-yard play.
Despite their struggles, Washington en-
tered the fourth quarter having allowed only
200 total yards, and less than two minutes in,
a Gano field goal cut the lead to 13-10.
But three plays later, Vick completed a
62-yard pass to DeSean Jackson, who ran a
post route and got behind cornerback Josh
Wilson and safety Oshiomogho Atogwe. That
proved the tipping point. Vick later complet-
ed a four-yard scoring toss to tight end Brent
Celek with 5 minutes 56 seconds left and, with
1:56 remaining, running back Dion Lewis
scored on a nine-yard run for the final score.
“I thought it was competitive until the post
route,” Shanahan said. “We really had a
chance for three quarters, but when you’re 0
for 3 in the red zone, you don’t win games. We
had moved the ball against them as much as
anybody had moved it against them. They
were giving up 225 yards a game and we had
that at halftime. But we didn’t score points. . .
. You can’t go on the road and win games like
that.”
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finished the season with 3,151 passing yards,
just 42 yards shy of his career high, set in
Chicago in 2006. His 20 interceptions
matched his career high, also set in 2006.
He was a free agent each of the past three
years, signing a one-year contract with the
Redskins the past two. So Grossman is
certainly familiar with offseason uncertainty.
“It’s part of this job. . . . Obviously, every-
body would love to have a 10-year contract
worth $200 million and you could just Albert
Pujols it,” he said. “That’s not always the case
and you just got to work hard and go about it,
worry about what you can control and take
care of business.”
The free agent market for quarterbacks is
not expected to be a deep one, and with
Grossman having spent three years in this
system — he was Houston’s backup quarter-
back in 2009 under offensive coordinator
Kyle Shanahan — it’s possible Washington
might still represent his best opportunity to
contribute to an NFL team next year.
“I’m not sure what my opportunities are
going to be. But I hope this is the best
opportunity,” he said. “And like I said, it’s a
very good team, I’m proud of every single
teammate that I played with.”
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5 of 6 “I am starting to change my mind about not wanting
Number of games, in the to coach the Redskins secondary. Maybe I could help
Redskins’ season-ending stretch,
in which Roy Helu or Evan Royster Coach Shanahan bring a winner back to the
ran for more than 100 yards. Burgundy & Gold.”
Darrell Green, Redskins Hall of Fame cornerback, via Facebook
They need to ride it out
with Shanahan
philadelphia
R
egardless of the mistakes Coach Mike
Shanahan has made in his first two sea-
sons leading the Washington Redskins
— and there have been some doozies — Shana-
han still is better at coaching than most. And
no matter the Redskins’ lack of success, Shan-
ahan will just work harder. He’s not the quit-
ting type.
That’s the foundation on which the Red-
skins should build — the combination of
Shanahan’s X’s and O’s smarts and his intense
competitive drive. Granted, that’s not a whole
lot, but it’s pretty much all the Redskins have
at this point.
Throughout the season, the Redskins’ per-
formance stirred concerns about their lack of
progress in Shanahan’s rebuilding plan, and
they were horrendous again at times during
Sunday’s season-ending 34-10 blowout loss to
the Philadelphia Eagles.
In losses to the Minnesota Vikings and Ea-
gles to end the season, the Redskins flopped
while completing their fourth consecutive
last-place finish in the NFC East division.
Shanahan ended with a career-worst 5-11 rec-
ord, which the Redskins made possible by los-
ing their composure and committing key
blunders on offense, defense and special
teams at Lincoln Financial Field.
After finishing 6-10 last season, the Red-
skins regressed, which is the bottom line. I
simply don’t see that significant improvement
has occurred. Not the kind of strides that
would provide proof of a brighter future
around the corner.
Despite everything that has gone wrong
since owner Daniel Snyder hired Shanahan to
revive the franchise, however, Washington
must stay the course. Shanahan has three
years remaining on his contract, and for the
length of it, the Redskins have to follow his
lead and simply hope he has been right all
along.
This organization has experienced too
much upheaval. The Redskins need to ride it
out with Shanahan.
Really, for Redskins fans, it’s about keeping
the faith. The franchise has asked it of them
time and time again. So the situation is famil-
iar, albeit nonetheless unsettling.
“When you’re building a football team,”
Shanahan said, “you take a look at the posi-
tives, of guys that can help you next year.”
Shanahan is convinced that the Redskins
are pointed in the right direction. He sees sig-
nificant progress in some areas of the roster.
He has no doubts about Washington becom-
ing a winner again.
That’s what Shanahan came to Washington
to accomplish. With his career achievements
and confidence, success, in his mind, is the
only option. Even after the last two seasons.
“We’ve made some strides,” Shanahan said.
“Our football team is a lot different than a year
ago. That’s a positive.”
I’m convinced, too. Convinced, that is, that
Shanahan, at his core, has no doubts about his
ability to inspire a Redskins renaissance.
After speaking with Shanahan privately Fri-
day following Washington’s final practice at
Redskins Park, I almost forgot how bad the
Redskins (11-21 in two seasons) have been un-
der him.
Listening to Shanahan’s reasoned assess-
ment about the effect that injuries, in his opin-
ion, had in derailing the season, I briefly ig-
nored the fact he boldly and incorrectly
staked his reputation on ineffective quarter-
backs Rex Grossman and John Beck.
But anyone who fairly assesses Shanahan’s
performance to this point could only conclude
he has disappointed.
Without a doubt, Washington’s defensive
front seven has improved markedly since last
season. Shanahan approved the offseason
“We’ve made some strides,” said Mike Shanahan, who has an 11-21 record in two seasons
with the Redskins. “Our football team is a lot different than a year ago. That’s a positive.”
MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012 D7
JASON REID
moves that helped the group.
The Redskins seem to have something de-
veloping at running back with rookies Roy
Helu and Evan Royster, though more time is
needed to determine whether either is capa-
ble of becoming a big-time performer on an
elite team.
A team’s overall record, however, is the
most important measurement of progress in
professional sports. It’s all that matters.
The Redskins are way short on that yard-
stick.
Shanahan knows this. Better than most,
Shanahan knows how the NFL works. In case
anyone wondered, he explained things shortly
after joining Washington.
Early during Shanahan’s first training
camp in Ashburn, a reporter asked him if the
Redskins were as bad as they seemed while
going 4-12 in the 2009 season under former
coach Jim Zorn. In this league, Shanahan es-
sentially said, you are your record.
Which brings me to Shanahan’s record
since the retirement of Hall of Fame quarter-
back John Elway following the 1998 season.
Shanahan and Elway combined to lead the
Denver Broncos to consecutive Super Bowl
championships after the 1997 and ’98 seasons.
In his 12 seasons without Elway, Shanahan
has missed the playoffs eight times, including
his past five seasons. He has only one playoff
victory during that span.
Does that mean Shanahan forgot how to
coach without Elway? No. Not at all.
In fact, some NFL people say, Shanahan’s
system still could work as well as ever. And re-
gardless of what occurs for the rest of his time
in Washington, Shanahan will be considered
one of the greatest play-callers in league his-
tory.
Clearly, Shanahan now needs what he has
lacked since arriving in Washington: a fran-
chise quarterback.
When Shanahan has worked with true fran-
chise quarterbacks, he has been second to
none as a coach. Without those rare guys,
things haven’t been as good for him. Look at
what he accomplished directing Elway and
Steve Young, when he was an assistant with
the San Francisco 49ers.
Some would suggest any coach could thrive
with quarterbacks like those. Of course, it’s
not that simple. History is replete with exam-
ples of coaches who failed to succeed at the
highest level despite working with star quar-
terbacks.
Shanahan put the pieces in place that
helped Elway break through. Twice. He con-
structed an offense in which Elway had the
greatest moments of his career. Shanahan
owns those accomplishments.
Obviously, finding another Elway or Young
is very difficult. If it weren’t, everyone would
have those types of guys.
You think Shanahan would have stuck with
Rex-Beck if he could have acquired a couple of
future Hall of Famers in the offseason? Ah, no.
Shanahan needs a superstar quarterback.
It’s as obvious as the frustration Snyder must
feel watching Washington fail to qualify for
the postseason in 10 of his 13 years as owner.
Although Shanahan is many things, stupid
is not among them. He knows the Redskins
are still missing several parts, including the
biggest one. But it’s getting late for him to get
them.
reidj@washpost.com
JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST
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EAGLES 34, REDSKINS 10

A quick rebuilding process? Not so fast.
boswell from D1
inherited crummy teams yet
made the playoffs his second
year. Norv Turner jumped from
three to six to nine wins. George
Allen and Vince Lombardi were
winners in their first seasons.
So, in Washington, if no
progress occurs quickly, or worse,
if a team regresses, the correct
prediction has always been:
Failed Regime.
That eventually may be the
case with Mike Shanahan, too. In
a game that held no meaning, his
Redskins played down to the
occasion in a loss full of mental
blunders, disorganization and
loss of discipline by veterans.
When you have your fifth
blocked kick of the season (out of
28 total for the whole NFL), when
Santana Moss incurs a 15-yard
penalty at the 4-yard line for
ripping off his helmet in disgust,
and when your field goal team
dashes on the field but the long
snapper isn’t among them as
time runs out in the half, that’s
NFL chaos.
Such performances at the end
of lost seasons are, at every level,
laid at the coach’s feet.
Meanwhile, Andy Reid’s Eagles,
who might’ve been demoralized
after perhaps the most
disappointing season in the
league, showed up with their
heads screwed on properly.
Time will have to tell whether
Shanahan’s methods and his so
far often-flawed decisions at
crucial positions will send him
packing before his five-year, $35
million deal is done. But he’s not
going anywhere before next year.
Owner Daniel Snyder’s quick
trigger histories with past coaches
as well as Shanahan’s two Super
Bowl rings preclude that option.
Who comes in if you give up on
Shanahan after two years? It
would be Zorn-Search Fiasco II.
So, welcome to a real rebuilding
— Ugly Squared — like most cities
have endured. It’s losing on New
Year’s Day, for 11 defeats in 13
games, after squandering a lead at
home on Christmas Eve to the
awful, injured Vikings.
After the game, Moss whistled
by his locker, the same six notes
over and over. A holiday tune?
THOMAS BOSWELL
Eagles cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, left, picks up a
blocked field goal as place kicker Graham Gano pursues him.
“Stuff happens in the heat of
battle,” he said of his penalty.
“You don’t want to penalize your
team. [But] I thought he [the
official] couldn’t hear me with it
on so maybe I need to take it off.”
Except that taking off your
helmet is an automatic penalty.
The elegant succession of snafus
over the next 23 seconds that
resulted in no-field-goal-attempt
deserves it own novella. Yes, a team
called the Redskins has a hurry-up
play called “Geronimo.”
Perhaps the most nagging
aspect of this rebuild is that Rex
Grossman, who underthrew two
wide open deep receivers (one for
an interception), will probably
start at quarterback to begin next
season. Not for sure, but likely.
With five teams picking before
them in the ’12 draft, the
Redskins’ chance of trading up to
pick either Andrew Luck or
Robert Griffin III is, according to
history, quite poor. In the last 21
drafts, 25 quarterbacks have been
picked in the top six overall; only
four were acquired by teams that
traded up to grab them. Many
want to do the trade-up dance for
a franchise quarterback; but few
ever want to be your partner.
For those four, the prices that
were extorted would be a ransom
JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST
the Redskins — who are trying to
build through the draft — are
poorly suited to pay.
l To move up just one spot,
from third overall to second, to
get Ryan Leaf, San Diego gave up
that third overall pick in the ’98
draft plus another first-rounder,
a second-round pick and three-
time Pro Bowler Eric Metcalf.
l To move up four spots to get
Michael Vick at first overall,
Atlanta gave up the fifth-overall
pick (LaDainian Tomlinson) as
well as a second-rounder, plus a
third-round pick and a good kick
return man, too.
l Just as stunning, to trade up
four spots for Eli Manning, the
Giants dealt fifth overall pick
Philip Rivers, plus a first (which
became three-time Pro Bowler
Shawne Merriman), third and
fifth-round pick.
l In ’09, to get Mark Sanchez
with the fifth overall pick, the
Jets gave up a first- and second-
round pick (17th and 52nd), plus
four players, including a starting
defensive end and starting
defensive back.
That’s the whole list: No
bargains, huge cost and the Leaf
catastrophe.
Shanahan has made it clear
that he won’t draft a quarterback
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merely to have a rookie to achieved the feat every season
develop at the spot next year. It
Redskins’ Royster from 1983 to 1989.
has to be football love — someone shows toughness But Orakpo couldn’t enjoy
he thinks has “franchise” on his For the second time in as his accomplishment because
forehead. After his recent many weeks, rookie running the Redskins lost, and because
infatuations at the position, his back Evan Royster posted a 100- he suffered a shoulder/pectoral
benefit of the doubt is dwindling. yard game. But his performance injury that forced him out of
Despite all this, two factors in Sunday’s 34-10 loss at the entire second half.
work in the Redskins’ favor. Their Philadelphia was considerably “I could care less about the
horrid minus-15 takeaway ratio more difficult. sacks, man,” the third-year pro
means they minimized every Royster played with sore ribs said. “I’m all about W’s. We did
possible opportunity. Flip that to and had to be rehydrated a great job of getting after it in
positive — and luck as well as less intravenously during the game. the first half, and I was just
Rex can easily be a factor — and He still finished with 113 yards disappointed that I couldn’t
you win more games, maybe two on 20 carries and was also the finish out the game.”
or three more, just on turnovers. Redskins’ leading receiver with
Second, unless the Redskins 52 yards on five catches. Next year’s opponents
field 46 Oscar-quality actors, this “He was tough enough to go
team really believes that it is back and forth and play most of The Redskins’ opponents for
improving, albeit fathoms under the game during the second 2012 — home and away — are
the sonar. True, Shanahan runs a half,” Coach Mike Shanahan now set.
ship as tight as his lips, so said, “but he was hurting.” In addition to six games
grumbling can be career- Sunday’s season finale against their traditional NFC
threatening. But, after listening marked the fifth time in the East rivals, they will face all
week after week, I’m buying most final six games that a four teams from the AFC North,
of the fellow feeling. Washington running back was with trips to Cleveland and
“Extremely frustrating,” said able to break the 100-yard Pittsburgh and home games
London Fletcher, who deserves to barrier. Royster and Roy Helu against Baltimore and
play in the Pro Bowl more than became the Redskins’ first Cincinnati. They face the NFC
the Pro Bowl deserves to be running back tandem to each South, with games at New
played. “I play with passion. We post consecutive 100-yard Orleans and Tampa Bay and
went out to win.” games in the same season since home dates against Carolina
Except for the last 12:01 of their the NFL-AFL merger in 1970. and Atlanta. And they will host
season, after a 62-yard Helu also played hurt Minnesota, the last-place team
touchdown pass broke their Sunday. Though he had only from the NFC North, and play
backs, the Redskins usually five yards on four carries, Helu at St. Louis, the last-place team
played with acceptable passion also turned in a 47-yard from the NFC West.
and will. They didn’t win because touchdown catch, which was This will be the fifth straight
they just weren’t good enough. the longest by a rookie running season they face the Rams.
Contrary to Shanahan’s recitation back in team history.
of might-have-been plays in ’11, But Royster again was the Fletcher’s career high
they weren’t close to being much team’s featured back, one week
better. They had good luck, too. after his 132-yard performance Linebacker London Fletcher
They were 5-11 on demerit. against Minnesota. was credited with four tackles
In a real NFL rebuild, after a “You never like to end with a against the Eagles, giving him
string of 10-loss seasons, closing loss,” he said, “but I was happy 166 on the season, a new career
that huge gap of talent, depth that I got 100 yards rushing.” high and also the best mark in
and experience often takes years. the league. . . .
The Redskins’ current Orakpo’s solid day Graham Gano converted a
construction methods are, at last, 27-yard field goal and finished
probably correct ones. With his two sacks against the season with 118 points, the
But, in the impatient the Eagles, Redskins linebacker most by a Redskins player since
burgundy-and-gold universe, as Brian Orakpo finished the year place kicker Scott Blanton and
the weight-bearing walls along with a team-high nine and running back Terry Allen each
both lines of scrimmage are posted his second multi-sack turned in 118 during the 1996
assembled and support beams game of the season and the season. . . .
are added at skill positions, it’s sixth of his career. Brandon Banks caught his
going to feel like an eternity Orakpo, who has led the first pass of the season. . . . With
before the ultimate architecture team in sacks in each of the last four catches, wide receiver
can be judged. Until then, look three seasons, also became the Jabar Gaffney finished the
away from the shack of ’11, now first Redskins player in 22 years season with 68, setting a new
squashed flat and, finally, to record at least eight sacks in career high.
suitable for forgetting. three consecutive seasons. — Rick Maese, Mike Jones
boswellt@washpost.com Former great Dexter Manley and Barry Svrluga

TEAM STATISTICS REDSKINS’ STATISTICS EAGLES’ STATISTICS

1 2 3 4 F WAS PHI PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT
1st downs 21 24
Redskins 0 0 7 3 10 1st downs/rushing
1st downs/passing
7
12
6
17
R.Grossman
RUSHING
22/45 256
ATT YDS
1
TD
1
LG
M.Vick
RUSHING
24/39 335
ATT YDS
3
TD LG
1

E.Royster 20 113 0 28 D.Lewis 12 58 1 20

Eagles 3 7 3 21 34 1st downs/penalty

3rd-down eff.
4th-down eff.
2
6-16-38% 5-11-45%
0-2-0% 0-0-0%
1
D.Young
R.Helu
1 12
4 5
0
0
12
7
R.Brown
M.Vick
6 14
1 3
0
0
9
3

Att.-Comp.-Int. 45-22-1 39-24-1 RECEIVING REC YDS TD LG RECEIVING REC YDS TD LG

Plays Avg. Total net yards E.Royster 5 52 0 16 J.Maclin 8 105 0 29
Comp. pct. 48.9 61.5
WAS 71 5.3 377 Sacked-yards lost 1-9 2-20 J.Gaffney 4 28 0 13 B.Celek 6 86 1 30
PHI 60 6.5 390 S.Moss 3 45 0 22 D.Jackson 4 86 1 62
KOs-end zone-TBs 3-2-1 7-6-5
D.Young 3 32 0 20 J.Avant 4 42 0 16
Net passing yards Punts-average 5-36.6 4-50.3
R.Helu 2 48 1 47 C.Harbor 1 9 0 9
WAS 46 5.4 247 Punt returns 2--1 2-32
L.Paulsen 2 29 0 22 C.Hall 1 7 1 7
PHI 41 7.7 315 Kickoff returns 2-53 2-43
B.Banks 1 10 0 10 R.Brown 0 0 0 0
Int.-return yards 1-28 1-31
D.Stallworth 1 8 0 8 PUNTING NO AVG I20 LG
Net rushing yards Penalties-yards 6-71 8-75
T.Austin 1 4 0 4 C.Henry 4 50.3 1 56
WAS 25 5.2 130 Fumbles-lost 1-0 1-1
A.Armstrong 0 0 0 0
PHI 19 3.9 75 Red-zone eff. 0-3-0% 3-5-60% PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LG
N.Paul 0 0 0 0
Attendance: 69,144
C.Hall 2 16.0 0 30
Time of possession PUNTING NO AVG I20 LG
Time: 3:14 KO RETURNS NO AVG TD LG
WAS 30:41 S.Rocca 5 36.6 2 53
C.Hall 2 21.5 0 24
PHI 29:19 PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LG
DEFENSE T-A SCK NT FF
B.Banks 2 -0.5 0 2
K.Clayton 6-1 0.0 0 0
KO RETURNS NO AVG TD LG N.Allen 4-1 0.0 1 0
REDSKINS’ DRIVES EAGLES’ DRIVES B.Banks 2 26.5 0 38 C.Matthews 4-1 0.0 0 0
TIME HOW BALL DRIVE # OF NET LAST DRIVE TIME HOW BALL DRIVE # OF NET LAST DRIVE DEFENSE T-A SCK NT FF A.Jordan 3-0 0.0 0 0
REC'D OBTAINED BEGAN PLAYS YARDS SNAP RESULT REC'D OBTAINED BEGAN PLAYS YARDS SNAP RESULT R.Doughty 5-0 0.0 0 0 C.Jenkins 3-0 0.0 0 0
1 13:39 Punt WAS 20 3 5 WAS 25 Punt 1 15:00 Kickoff PHI 20 3 -4 PHI 16 Punt D.Gomes 4-0 0.0 0 0 J.Jarrett 3-0 0.0 0 0
B.Westbrook 4-0 0.0 0 0 Rodgers-Cro-
2 10:29 Kickoff WAS 20 7 37 PHI 43 Punt 2 12:10 Punt WAS 47 5 31 WAS 16 FG 3-0 0.0 0 0
L.Fletcher 3-1 0.0 0 0
3 4:19 Punt WAS 6 4 24 WAS 30 Punt 3 6:53 Punt PHI 17 6 21 PHI 38 Punt martie
B.Orakpo 3-0 2.0 0 1
N.Asomugha 3-0 0.0 0 0
4 13:34 Punt WAS 20 3 19 WAS 39 Int. 4 2:05 Punt PHI 19 7 25 PHI 44 Punt D.Hall 3-0 0.0 0 0
R.Jackson 3-0 0.0 0 0 D.Tapp 2-1 0.0 0 0
5 10:38 Punt WAS 30 10 52 PHI 18 Block FG 5 12:12 Int. PHI 28 3 0 PHI 28 Punt
P.Riley 2-1 0.0 0 0 T.Cole 2-0 1.0 0 0
6 1:44 Kickoff WAS 20 6 45 PHI 35 Downs 6 5:53 Block FG PHI 35 8 65 WAS 7 TD
O.Atogwe 2-1 0.0 1 0 J.Hanson 2-0 0.0 0 0
7 0:35 Fumble PHI 17 5 10 PHI 15 Half 7 0:44 Downs PHI 35 1 -15 PHI 35 Fumble R.Kerrigan 2-0 0.0 0 0 D.Landri 2-0 0.0 0 0
8 15:00 Kickoff WAS 20 8 80 PHI 47 TD 8 10:29 Kickoff PHI 26 13 72 WAS 2 FG K.Fox 1-1 0.0 0 0 J.Babin 1-1 0.0 0 0
9 4:05 Kickoff WAS 20 11 71 PHI 9 FG 9 13:24 Kickoff PHI 20 3 80 PHI 38 TD J.Wilson 1-0 0.0 0 0 B.Rolle 1-1 0.0 0 0
10 12:01 Kickoff WAS 20 4 -4 WAS 16 Punt 10 10:10 Punt WAS 35 1 0 WAS 35 Int. D.Scott 1-0 0.0 0 0 J.Parker 1-0 0.0 0 0
B.Cofield 1-0 0.0 0 0
11 9:51 Int. WAS 30 3 2 WAS 32 Punt 11 9:00 Punt PHI 35 6 65 WAS 4 TD T.Laws 1-0 0.0 0 0
S.Bowen 1-0 0.0 0 0
12 5:56 Kickoff WAS 33 4 7 WAS 40 Downs 12 5:06 Downs WAS 40 6 40 WAS 9 TD J.Chaney 1-0 0.0 0 0
A.Carriker 1-0 0.0 0 0
13 1:56 Kickoff WAS 27 5 29 WAS 48 Game B.Hughes 0-1 0.0 0 0

FIRST QUARTER SECOND QUARTER THIRD QUARTER FOURTH QUARTER

Philadelphia, 10:29 Philadelphia, 1:44 Washington, 10:29 Washington, 13:24
Henery 35-yard field goal Hall 7-yard pass from Vick (Henery kick) Helu 47-yard pass from Grossman (Gano kick) Gano 27-yard field goal
Wash. Phila. Wash. Phila. Philadelphia, 4:05 Philadelphia, 12:01
Points 0 3 Points 0 7 Henery 20-yard field goal Jackson 62-yard pass from Vick (Henery kick)
First downs 3 5 First downs 8 6 Philadelphia, 5:56
Offensive plays-total net yards 14-66 17-86 Offensive plays-total net yards 23-136 15-57 Wash. Phila. Celek 4-yard pass from Vick (Henery kick)
Rushing plays-net yards 6-10 4-2 Rushing plays-net yards 7-60 3-10 Points 7 3
Philadelphia, 1:56
Att.-Comp.-Int. 8-5-0 12-6-0 Att.Comp.-Int. 16-7-1 11-7-0 First downs 7 5
Lewis 9-yard run (Henery kick)
Sacked-yards lost 0-0 1-5 Sacked-yards lost 0-0 1-15 Offensive plays-total net yards 15-132 12-57 Wash. Phila.
Net yards passing 56 84 Net yards passing 76 47 Rushing plays-net yards 6-23 4-4 Points 3 21
Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0 Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1 Att.-Comp.-Int. 9-8-0 8-5-0 First downs 3 8
Time of possession 7:19 7:41 Time of possession 7:42 7:18 Sacked-yards lost 0-0 0-0 Offensive plays-total net yards 19-43 16-190
Net yards passing 109 53 Rushing plays-net yards 6-37 8-59
Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0 Att.-Comp.-Int. 12-2-0 8-6-1
Time of possession 8:36 6:24 Sacked-yards lost 1-9 0-0
Net yards passing 6 131
Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0
Time of possession 7:04 7:56

REDSKINS’ SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

SEPT. 11 SEPT. 18 SEPT. 26 OCT. 2 OCT. 16 OCT. 23 OCT. 30 NOV. 6 NOV. 13 NOV. 20 NOV. 27 DEC. 4 DEC. 11 DEC. 18 DEC. 24 JAN. 1
Redskins 28, Redskins 22, Cowboys 18, Redskins 17, Eagles 20, Panthers 33, Bills 23, 49ers 19, Dolphins 20, Cowboys 27, Redskins 23, N.Y. Jets 34, Patriots 34, Redskins 23, Vikings 33, Eagles 34,
Giants 14 Cardinals 21 Redskins 16 Rams 10 Redskins 13 Redskins 20 Redskins 0 Redskins 11 Redskins 9 Redskins 24 OT Seahawks 17 Redskins 19 Redskins 27 Giants 10 Redskins 26 Redskins 10
MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
Rice, Baltimore run to division title Playoff field is set
RAVENS 24,
BENGALS 16
Cincinnati ends up
with wild-card berth
BY J EFF Z REBIEC
cincinnati — With two electric
runs by Ray Rice, the Baltimore
Ravens secured the third AFC
North title in team history Sun-
day and satisfied their season-
long goal of getting a first-round
bye in the playoffs and at least one
home game.
Rice’s 51-yard touchdown run,
his second of the night, with just 5
minutes 41 seconds to play broke
open a tight game and pushed the
Ravens to a 24-16 victory in front
of an announced 63,439 at chilly
Paul Brown Stadium.
Rice, who scored on a 70-yard
touchdown run on the Ravens’
fourth offensive play, finished
with 191 yards rushing on 24
carries. His 15 total touchdowns
set a Ravens single-season record.
Trailing 24-16, the Bengals got
the ball back with one minute five
seconds to go. They had two shots
at the end zone, but both Andy
Dalton passes were incomplete.
The Ravens (12-4) celebrated
their first 6-0 record against the
AFC North in team history and
their first division title since
2006, which was the last time the
Ravens had a home game in the
playoffs and a first-round bye.
The Bengals (9-7) made the
playoffs anyway as a wild-card
team, after losses by the New York
Jets and Denver Broncos.
The Ravens held a 17-3 lead at
halftime and forced punts on the
first two Bengals drives of the
third quarter. But after Cincinna-
ti got the ball on the Ravens 48,
Dalton hit Jerome Simpson for
two 10-yard completions and
then Bernard Scott broke free for
a 25-yard touchdown run.
Scott sprinted past Ray Lewis
and then broke free of an arm
No Rodgers? No problem, when Flynn fills in for Packers
PACKERS 45,
LIONS 41
BY C HRIS J ENKINS
green bay, wis. — With Aaron
Rodgers resting up for the play-
offs, Matt Flynn had to be ready to
run the Green Bay Packers’ of-
fense. Was he ever.
With Rodgers bundled up on
the sideline in cold and windy
conditions at Lambeau Field, Fly-
nn set franchise records with 480
yards passing and six touchdowns
— the final one to Jermichael Fin-
ley with 1 minute 10 seconds left,
giving the Packers a 45-41 victory
over the Detroit Lions in a wild
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Hampden-Sydney 77, Washington & Lee 65
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Michigan 61, Minnesota 56
Northwestern 68, Penn St. 56
S. Illinois 86, Illinois St. 71
Syracuse 87, DePaul 68
SOUTHWEST
UTSA 86, Bowling Green 79 (OT)
NORFOLK ST. 71, NAVY 65
Norfolk St. Min FG FT O-T A PF Pts.
Tamares ................. 24 0-2 2-2 0-2 0 2 2
McEachin ............... 30 3-9 2-2 0-4 4 4 8
O'Quinn .................. 27 7-11 3-4 4-11 3 1 17
Williams ................ 29 6-7 4-5 0-1 2 2 20
McCauley ............... 15 1-3 0-0 1-1 0 2 2
Johnson ................. 13 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0
Fuentes .................. 20 2-2 4-6 0-1 4 2 8
Pugh ......................... 7 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0
Weathers ................. 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Wheeless ............... 25 4-7 2-3 2-3 1 1 12
Rogers ...................... 8 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 2
Totals ................... 200 24-47 17-22 10-29 14 15 71
Navy Min FG FT O-T A PF Pts.
Loupos ................... 19 3-3 1-3 2-3 1 0 7
Avila ....................... 36 7-16 3-4 3-9 4 4 18
Brickman ................ 28 3-7 0-0 0-1 3 4 7
Roberts .................. 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 3 0
Sugars .................... 37 4-13 1-2 3-4 3 1 11
Connolly ................. 25 1-5 0-0 1-3 3 3 2
Wyatt ..................... 12 1-1 0-0 0-1 2 1 3
Wynn ....................... 4 0-0 1-2 2-2 0 0 1
C Smith .................... 4 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 2 3
W Smith ................. 21 5-6 0-0 0-2 1 2 13
Totals ................... 200 25-52 7-12 12-28 18 20 65
Norfolk St. ..................................... 30
Navy .............................................. 36
NORFOLK ST.
Percentages: FG .511, FT .773. Three-Point Goals: 6-14,
.429 (Williams 4-4, Wheeless 2-3, Pugh 0-1, Weathers
0-1, Johnson 0-1, McCauley 0-1, McEachin 0-3). Team
Rebounds: 3. Blocked Shots: 2 (Johnson, O’Quinn).
Turnovers: 10 (Fuentes 3, O’Quinn 2, Johnson, Williams,
Pugh, Rogers, Wheeless). Steals: 8 (Johnson 3, Pugh,
Fuentes, Williams, Rogers, Wheeless).
NAVY
Percentages: FG .481, FT .583. Three-Point Goals: 8-24,
.333 (W. Smith 3-4, Sugars 2-8, Wyatt 1-1, Brickman
1-4, Avila 1-5, Connolly 0-2). Team Rebounds: 3. Blocked
Shots: 2 (Avila, Sugars). Turnovers: 12 (Sugars 4, Avila
2, Loupos 2, Wyatt 2, Brickman). Steals: 4 (Connolly 2,
Brickman, Loupos).
A: 1,312.
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PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
after final Sunday
yields wild results
BY G ENE W ANG With the Ravens (12-4) win-
AND M ARK M ASKE ning, the result of Pittsburgh’s
game against Cleveland was all
The New York Giants won but meaningless. The Steelers
their way into the NFL playoffs (12-4) wound up beating their
Sunday night, beating the Dallas AFC North rival, 13-9, and are
Cowboys to seize the NFC East the No. 5 seed, but lost the tie-
crown at the end of a day in breaker to Baltimore, which
which two AFC teams lost their swept the season series from the
way into the postseason field. Steelers.
The Giants got three touch- The New England Patriots se-
down passes from quarterback cured the No. 1 seed in the AFC,
Eli Manning en route to a 31-14 and home-field advantage
triumph over the Cowboys. The throughout the playoffs, with a
Giants won the division with a 49-21 victory over Buffalo. The
record of 9-7, a game in front of Patriots (13-3) finished the regu-
the Cowboys and Philadelphia lar season with eight wins in a
Eagles. row, and Tom Brady’s 5,235
“NFC East champions — yards passing were the second
that’s a great thing to hear,” Gi- most in NFL history for one
ants Coach Tom Coughlin said. season.
Earlier Sunday, the Baltimore The top-seeded Green Bay
Ravens claimed the No. 2 seed in Packers (15-1), who clinched the
the AFC playoffs and the North No. 1 seed and a first-round bye
division title with a 24-16 victory last week, beat the Detroit Lions,
over the Cincinnati Bengals, 45-41, despite five touchdowns
earning a first-round bye and and 520 yards passing by Lions
ensuring that a potential game quarterback Matthew Stafford,
against the rival Pittsburgh The loss, coupled with Atlan-
Steelers would be played at M&T ta’s 45-24 win over Tampa Bay,
Bank Stadium, where they were made Detroit (10-6) the sixth
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8-0 this regular season. seed. Detroit will play at New
The Ravens’ Torrey Smith tries to fend off the Bengals’ Adam Jones in the first half in Cincinnati. In the AFC West, with another Orleans (13-3) in the first round.
division title up for grabs, the The Saints clobbered Carolina,
tackle by safety Ed Reed for the tors in the Ravens’ four road loss- with rib and thigh injuries, got to Tim Tebow-led Denver Broncos 45-17, behind five touchdowns
touchdown, which cut the Ra- es coming into the game was that the second level, leaving Rice backed into the No. 4 seed, and 389 yards passing from
vens’ lead to 17-10. they had gotten off to slow starts. with plenty of room to run. despite losing to the Kansas City quarterback Drew Brees, who
Another extended Bengals That wasn’t an issue Sunday. On the play, the Ravens got Chiefs, 7-3, when the Oakland finished the season with an
drive on their next possession The Ravens needed just four safety Reggie Nelson to bite on a Raiders fell to the San Diego NFL-record 5,476 yards passing.
resulted in Mike Nugent’s 46-yard plays to take a 7-0 lead as Rice fake end around to rookie wide Chargers, 38-26. But the Saints drew the third
field goal, which cut the Ravens’ offered another signature long receiver Torrey Smith, so there Denver (8-8) claimed a first- seed when San Francisco (13-3)
lead to 17-13 with 12:35 to play in run to his resume. He took a was nobody to bring down Rice round home game by virtue of a outlasted St. Louis, 34-27, to
the fourth quarter. Flacco handoff and burst through once he reached the secondary. tiebreaker over Oakland and claim a first-round bye as the
Still trailing by four, the Ben- a hole on the right side, not stop- Leading 7-0, the Ravens forced San Diego and will host Pitts- No. 2 seed and NFC West cham-
gals again got into Ravens territo- ping until he reached the end a three-and-out and again drove burgh next weekend. pion.
ry, but linebacker Terrell Suggs zone on a 70-yard touchdown run. into Bengals territory thanks to a The Raiders’ loss also pushed The fifth-seeded Falcons
leveled tight end Jermaine Gresh- Rice’s 11th rushing touchdown 39-yard Flacco completion to the Bengals (9-7) into the play- (10-6) will visit New York in the
am from behind, jarring the ball this season and his 14th overall tight end Dennis Pitta. Two more offs as the sixth seed even first round.
loose. Safety Bernard Pollard re- was perfectly executed, starting completions set up Billy Cundiff though Cincinnati’s comeback wangg@washpost.com
covered it and and three plays with a great block by right guard for a 42-yard field goal and a 10-0 fell short against Baltimore. Cin- maskem@washpost.com
later, Rice scored on his 51-yard Marshal Yanda on Bengals line- lead with 6:45 left in the third cinnati will go on the road to
run. backer Rey Maualuga. Yanda, quarter. play Houston (10-6), the No. 3 Maske reported from East
One of the common denomina- who was doubtful for the game — Baltimore Sun seed, in the first round. Rutherford, N.J.
regular season finale Sunday. straight road games to the Pack- plus touchdowns in a game. The
“Just think of all of the great ers, including the postseason. teams’ combined 971 net yards
quarterbacks that have come “We’re going to use this as passing broke the record of 906 set
through here,” Flynn said. “It’s motivation,” Stafford said. “We this season in a Week 1 game be-
very humbling. I just thank every- had a chance and didn’t get it tween New England and Miami.
body around me and everything. I done, so we’ve got to get out there “Flynn played a great game,”
couldn’t have done it, obviously, by and start making it happen. We’ve Stafford said. “Their guys were
myself. There’s weapons all got to get on a run here. That’s making plays all over the field and
around me, and the line did a great what it’s all about in the playoffs, scoring points.”
job. It’s one of those games where getting hot and hopefully we can For Flynn, it was a huge day that
it got to a shootout, and we just get that going.” could eventually lead to a signifi-
kept having to match each other.” The Lions head to the playoffs cant payday. A seventh-round pick
It was an ideal afternoon for the for the first time since 1999 as a out of LSU in 2008, Flynn already
Packers (15-1), who got to rest wild card, but could have clinched had the attention of general man-
Rodgers and several other big- the No. 5 seed with a win. agers around the league after he
name players without losing mo- “This certainly wasn’t a throw- nearly beat New England last sea-
mentum going into the playoffs. away game for us,” Lions Coach son while Rodgers was recovering
Flynn barely got the Packers Jim Schwartz said. from a concussion.
past Matthew Stafford, who threw According to STATS LLC, it was “I’m excited to see what he does
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for 520 yards with five touch- the first time in NFL history that in the playoffs,” Flynn said of
downs and two interceptions for opposing quarterbacks each Rodgers. Tom Brady is pumped after firing a touchdown pass to BenJarvus
the Lions (10-6). Detroit has lost 21 threw for 400-plus yards and five- — Associated Press Green-Ellis for the Patriots, who will be the top seed in the AFC.
SCOREBOARD
FOOTBALL
NO. 1 SYRACUSE 87, NO. 7 DUKE 85, PENN 55 NCAA WOMEN FBS GIANTS 31,
DEPAUL 68
Penn (6-8) Brooks 4-10 0-0 8, Belcore 1-4 0-0 2,
Cartwright 5-14 0-0 10, Rosen 5-13 1-1 11, Bernardini
EAST
Yale 63, Army 62
SATURDAY’S RESULTS COWBOYS 14
Syracuse (15-0) Christmas 0-2 0-0 0, Joseph 7-15 7-9 22,
Melo 6-7 0-0 12, Jardine 2-3 0-2 4, Triche 4-6 1-1 10, 2-5 2-2 7, Esprit 0-0 0-0 0, Kukoc 3-6 2-2 9, Dougherty 1-4 SOUTH MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL COWBOYS .......................... 0 0 7 7 — 14
Carter-Williams 1-3 0-0 2, Resavy 0-0 0-0 0, Waiters 5-8 0-0 2, Cairns 0-0 0-0 0, Crocker 0-0 0-0 0, Jok 0-2 0-0 0, Georgia 67, Arkansas 57 In Houston GIANTS .............................. 7 14 0 10 — 31
3-5 13, Fair 6-6 4-4 16, Keita 0-0 0-0 0, Reese 0-0 0-0 0, Rennard 0-1 4-4 4, Lucas-Perry 0-0 0-0 0, Howlett 1-3 0-0 Kentucky 59, Florida 56 Texas A&M 33, Northwestern 22
Tomaszewski 0-3 0-0 0, Southerland 3-5 1-2 8. Totals 2. 22-62 9-9 55. LSU 83, Mississippi 44 FIRST QUARTER
Duke (12-1) Mas.Plumlee 4-8 2-5 10, Kelly 7-12 0-1 18, SUN BOWL
34-58 16-23 87. South Carolina 68, Alabama 42 NYG: Cruz 74 pass from Manning (Tynes kick), 4:57.
Rivers 3-8 2-2 8, Thornton 2-3 0-0 5, Curry 5-12 2-2 15, Tennessee 73, Auburn 52 In El Paso
DePaul (9-4) Melvin 9-18 5-9 23, Crockett 2-6 3-3 7, Utah 30, Georgia Tech 27 (OT)
Faber 1-2 0-0 2, Kelly 1-5 2-2 5, Young 0-8 0-0 0, Clahar Cook 2-5 2-2 6, Gbinije 1-2 0-0 2, Hairston 2-3 1-2 5, MIDWEST SECOND QUARTER
1-3 1-2 3, McGhee 1-1 0-0 2, Belcaster 0-0 0-0 0, Dawkins 2-7 1-2 6, Mi.Plumlee 4-6 2-2 10. 32-66 12-18 85 Illinois St. 62, Evansville 49 LIBERTY BOWL NYG: Bradshaw 5 run (Tynes kick), 13:27.
Robertson Jr. 2-4 0-0 4, Morgan 3-7 0-0 8, Kirk 5-6 4-4 14, Half: Duke 44-26. Three-pointers: Penn 2-13 (Bernardini Indiana St. 72, S. Illinois 66 In Memphis NYG: Bradshaw 10 pass from Manning (Tynes kick),
McKinney 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-62 15-20 68. 1-2, Kukoc 1-2, Belcore 0-1, Rennard 0-1, Jok 0-2, SOUTHWEST Cincinnati 31, Vanderbilt 24 1:09.
Halftime: SU 45-26. Three-point goals: SU 3-12 (South- Cartwright 0-2, Rosen 0-3), Duke 9-20 (Kelly 4-4, Curry Tulsa 72, Stephen F. Austin 53
3-7, Thornton 1-1, Dawkins 1-3, Gbinije 0-1, Rivers 0-2, FAR WEST FIGHT HUNGER BOWL THIRD QUARTER
erland 1-2, Triche 1-2, Joseph 1-3, Carter-Williams 0-1,
Jardine 0-1, Tomaszewski 0-3), DePaul 3-18 (Morgan Cook 0-2). Reb: Penn 29 (Brooks 6), Duke 47 (Mas. Gonzaga 92, St. Francis (Pa.) 50 In San Francisco DAL: Robinson 34 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 6:54.
2-5, Kelly 1-5, Melvin 0-1, McKinney 0-1, Young 0-3, Plumlee 14). Ast: Penn 10 (Rosen 4), Duke 20 (Cook 9). New Mexico St. 61, Shaw 53 Illinois 20, UCLA 14 FOURTH QUARTER
Crockett 0-3). Rebounds: SU 35 (Joseph 7), DePaul 32 CHICK-FIL-A BOWL
DAL: Robinson 6 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 10:15.
(Melvin 8). Assists: SU 15 (Jardine, Waiters 3), DePaul
16 (Young 8). Total fouls: SU 15, DePaul 17. A: 12,102.
NO. 14 MARQUETTE 81, NO. 6 KENTUCKY 59, In Atlanta NYG: FG Tynes 28, 5:45.
VILLANOVA 77 Auburn 43, Virginia 24 NYG: Nicks 4 pass from Manning (Tynes kick), 3:41.
FLORIDA 56
Attendance: 81,077. Time: 2:59.
NO. 5 N. CAROLINA 102, Villanova (7-7) Yarou 5-9 4-6 14, Pinkston 4-9 5-9 13,
UK (12-2) Walker 4-7 0-1 8, Mathies 5-11 2-2 14, Goss MONDAY‘S GAMES
Wayns 4-13 4-4 12, Hilliard 4-7 4-4 12, Cheek 2-10 1-1 6, COWBOYS GIANTS
MONMOUTH (NJ) 65 Johnson 1-2 0-0 2, Ouano 0-0 0-0 0, Kennedy 4-5 0-0 8, 5-10 0-0 11, Smith 1-7 4-6 7, Evans 1-4 2-2 4, Riley 1-3 TICKETCITY BOWL Rushing First Downs .............................. 3 3
Yacoubou 3-6 0-0 8, Sutton 1-3 0-0 2, Bell 0-0 0-0 0. 0-0 2, Snowden 2-6 0-0 5, Pinkett 0-0 0-0 0, Conwright In Dallas Passing First Downs ............................. 16 16
Monmouth (NJ) (2-12) Myers Keitt 2-8 2-2 7, Ware 3-7 1-1 0-0 2, Drake 1-1 0-0 2, Henderson 1-4 0-2 2, Bishop
0-1 6, Waite 1-5 0-0 2, Nesmith 0-3 0-0 0, Steele 6-14 2-2 Totals 28-64 18-24 77. Penn St. (9-3) vs. Houston (12-1), Noon (ESPNU) Penalty First Downs ............................... 0 1
Marquette (12-2) J. Wilson 3-8 5-8 11, Crowder 4-9 0-0 0-3 2-2 2. Totals 22-57 10-15 59. Third Down Eff .................................. 4-12 7-15
17, DiLeo 2-3 0-0 4, Campbell 0-4 0-0 0, Nicholas 8-12 0-2 UF (10-4) Stewart 0-1 2-4 2, George 4-11 2-4 10, Bartley CAPITAL ONE BOWL
22, Harris 0-4 0-0 0, Tillotson 3-5 0-0 7, James 0-0 0-1 0, 9, Johnson-Odom 8-18 4-7 24, Blue 2-5 3-8 7, Cadougan Fourth Down Eff ................................. 0-1 0-1
1-6 2-2 4, Bonds 4-11 1-2 10, Jones 1-7 0-0 3, Allen 6-12 In Orlando Total Net Yards ................................... 300 437
Wait 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-67 4-8 65. 1-5 4-6 6, Mayo 2-6 6-7 11, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, D. Wilson
0-1 14, Madu 4-9 2-2 11, Vilaro Aragones 0-0 0-0 0, Shine Nebraska (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), 1 (ESPN) Total Plays ............................................ 59 66
UNC (13-2) Henson 9-12 3-6 21, Barnes 7-13 3-3 18, 0-0 0-0 0, Gardner 6-9 1-1 13. Totals 26-60 23-37 81.
Halftime: MU 40-37. Three-point goals: UV 3-17 (Ya- 0-2 1-2 1, Svete 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 20-61 11-19 56. Avg Gain ............................................... 5.1 6.6
Zeller 4-5 0-4 8, Strickland 2-4 3-4 7, Marshall 1-2 4-6 6, OUTBACK BOWL
coubou 2-5, Cheek 1-7, Wayns 0-1, Pinkston 0-1, Half: UK 33-29. Three-point goals: UK 5-8 (Mathies 2-2, Avg Per Rush ....................................... 3.1 3.4
White 0-1 1-2 1, Hubert 0-0 0-0 0, Hairston 6-11 0-0 16, Snowden 1-1, Goss 1-2, Smith 1-2, Bishop 0-1), UF 5-18 In Tampa
Simmons 0-1 0-0 0, Dupont 1-2 0-0 3, Watts 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 0-1, Hilliard 0-2), MU 6-15 (Johnson-Odom 4-6, Georgia (10-3) vs. Michigan St. (10-3), 1 (ABC) Sacked-Yds Lost ............................... 6-38 2-15
Crowder 1-3, Mayo 1-4, Cadougan 0-1, J. Wilson 0-1). (Allen 2-4, Madu 1-2, Bonds 1-3, Jones 1-5, Shine 0-1, Yards-Pass Play ................................... 5.8 9.5
Crouch 0-1 1-2 1, Cooper 1-1 0-1 2, Bullock 4-8 1-1 11, Bartley 0-1, Svete 0-2). Rebounds: UK 42 (Bishop 8), UF
McAdoo 2-7 4-4 8. Totals 37-68 20-33 102. Rebounds: UV 40 (Kennedy 12), MU 38 (Gardner 10). GATOR BOWL Kickoffs-Endzone-Tb ....................... 3-1-0 6-4-0
44 (George 11). Assists: UK 11 (Mathies 3), UF 11
Half: UNC 57-26. Three-point goals: Monmouth (NJ) Assists: UV 11 (Wayns 4), MU 17 (Cadougan 6). Total In Jacksonville, Fla. Punts-Avg. ..................................... 6-42.3 4-40.3
(Jones 4). Total fouls: UK 21, UF 18. A: 941.
11-27 (Nicholas 6-8, Steele 3-7, Tillotson 1-2, Myers fouls: UV 27, MU 21. A: 14,550. Florida (6-6) vs. Ohio St. (6-6), 1 (ESPN2) Penalties-Yds ................................... 7-43 3-28
Keitt 1-3, Wait 0-1, Nesmith 0-2, Harris 0-2, Campbell Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 2-1 2-0
ROSE BOWL
0-2), UNC 8-21 (Hairston 4-9, Bullock 2-6, Dupont 1-1, Time Of Possession ......................... 25:27 34:33
NO. 18 MICHIGAN 61, NO. 7 TENNESSEE 73, In Pasadena, Calif.
Barnes 1-2, Marshall 0-1, Crouch 0-1, White 0-1). None. Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (11-2), 5 (ESPN) RUSHING
Reb: Monmouth (NJ) 26 (Tillotson 4), UNC 55 (Zeller 11). MINNESOTA 56 AUBURN 52
Assists: Monmouth (NJ) 18 (Steele 9), UNC 26 (Mar- FIESTA BOWL DAL: F.Jones 11-30, Morris 3-16, Romo 2-3. NYG:
Tennessee (9-3) Manning 3-6 4-4 10, Johnson 5-9 4-5 14,
shall 11). Fouls: Monmouth (NJ) 28, UNC 9. A: 18,614. Minnesota (12-3) Williams 4-8 3-4 11, Sampson III 3-5 In Glendale, Ariz. Bradshaw 16-57, Ware 2-19, Jacobs 7-16, Manning 6-14.
Massengale 1-5 2-3 4, Simmons 6-15 7-8 20, Stricklen
0-0 6, Welch 3-7 2-2 11, Ahanmisi 2-7 1-2 7, Au. Hollins Stanford (11-1) vs. Oklahoma St. (11-1), 8:30 (ESPN)
5-18 5-5 17, Burdick 0-3 2-2 2, Harrison 1-4 0-0 2, Baugh PASSING
2-6 0-0 6, An. Hollins 0-3 0-0 0, Osenieks 3-4 0-0 6,
0-5 4-4 4. Totals 21-65 28-31 73. DAL: Romo 29-37-1-289. NYG: Manning 24-33-0-346.
Coleman 0-0 0-0 0, Armelin 3-7 0-0 7, Eliason 1-2 0-0 2.
LOCAL RUNNING Totals 21-49 6-8 56. Auburn (8-6) Alverson 2-7 1-1 6, Hilliard 2-2 1-2 5, TUESDAY‘S GAME
RECEIVING
Michigan (12-2) Smotrycz 1-4 0-0 2, Morgan 3-6 1-4 7, Muhammad 3-11 0-0 7, Jennings 0-5 1-2 1, Simmons 0-0 SUGAR BOWL
Novak 3-9 2-4 9, Burke 8-11 9-11 27, Hardaway Jr. 2-14 0-0 0, Ouardad 0-0 0-0 0, Strain 0-1 0-0 0, Glymph 7-14 DAL: Witten 7-69, F.Jones 7-47, Bryant 6-70, Robinson
DC ROAD RUNNERS PREDICTIONS & In New Orleans
3-4 7, Douglass 3-6 0-0 9, Brundidge 0-0 0-0 0, Vogrich 2-2 21, Williams 2-5 0-0 4, Tanner 3-6 2-5 8, Davis 0-0 0-0 4-61, Austin 2-20, Fiammetta 1-14, Bennett 1-5, Morris
RESOLUTIONS Michigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 8 (ESPN)
0-1 0-0 0, McLimans 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-52 15-23 61. 0. Totals 19-51 7-12 52. 1-3. NYG: Cruz 6-178, Nicks 5-76, Hynoski 4-31, Brad-
In Arlington shaw 3-12, Pascoe 2-14, Beckum 2-13, D.Thomas 1-14,
Halftime: UM 23-19. Three-point goals: Minn. 8-19 Half: UT 31-29. Three-point goals: UT 3-16 (Stricklen
MEN 5K 2-9, Simmons 1-5, Burdick 0-1, Massengale 0-1), AU
WEDNESDAY‘S GAME Ware 1-8.
(Welch 3-4, Ahanmisi 2-4, Au. Hollins 2-6, Armelin 1-1,
1. Edi Turco, Arlington, 17 minutes 52 seconds; 2. Kevin An. Hollins 0-1, Osenieks 0-1, Williams 0-2), UM 6-20 7-16 (Glymph 5-10, Alverson 1-2, Muhammad 1-4). ORANGE BOWL PUNT RETURNS
D’Amanda, Bethesda, 18:10; 3. Evan Warner, Falls (Douglass 3-4, Burke 2-2, Novak 1-6, McLimans 0-1, Rebounds: UT 49 (Johnson 13), AU 31 (Alverson 6). In Miami
Church, 18:55; 4. Henry Grossmann, Annandale, 19:21; 5. West Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3), 8 (ESPN) DAL: Bryant 2-13, Harris 1-4. NYG: Blackmon 3-1.
Vogrich 0-1, Smotrycz 0-2, Hardaway Jr. 0-4). Rebounds: Assists: UT 12 (Manning, Stricklen 3), AU 13 (Jennings
Mike Sanders, Washington, 19:51. Minn. 28 (Sampson III 10), UM 36 (Morgan 12). Assists: 7). Total fouls: UT 14, AU 26. A: 4,269. KICKOFF RETURNS
WOMEN 5K Minn. 16 (An. Hollins, Sampson III, Welch 3), UM 9 FRIDAY‘S GAME DAL: Harris 3-72, Bryant 3-55. NYG: Jernigan 2-35,
(Burke 3). Total fouls: Minn. 18, UM 12. A: 12,721. D.Thomas 1-31.
1. Hiruni Wijayaratne, Herndon, 19 minutes 5 seconds; 2. COTTON BOWL
Dionis Gauvin, Washington, 20:32; 3. Win Persina, NO. 17 GEORGIA 67, In Arlington, Texas INTERCEPTIONS
41 —71
29 —65 Washington, 21:40; 4. Erica Holland, Alexandria, 21:54; CINCINNATI 66, ARKANSAS 57 Kansas St. (10-2) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 8 (FOX)
NYG: Rolle 1-(minus 1).
5. Betty Blank, Falls Church, 22:21.
NO. 22 PITTSBURGH 63 MISSED FIELD GOALS
Arkansas (11-2) Watkins 5-16 5-5 15, Berna 2-5 0-0 6, SATURDAY‘S GAME
UC (11-3) Jackson 3-9 0-0 6, Wright 3-10 0-0 7, Dixon Daniels 3-6 0-0 6, Robinson 2-6 0-0 5, Ricketts 6-15 1-2 BBVA COMPASS BOWL DAL: Bailey 52 (WL). NYG: Tynes 40 (WR).
6-14 0-0 13, Kilpatrick 7-18 0-1 19, Parker 7-11 3-5 21, 14, Peak 1-3 0-0 2, Hatcher 0-0 0-0 0, Townsend 0-0 0-0 0,
TENNIS Davis 0-1 0-0 0, Guyn 0-1 0-0 0, Sanders 0-0 0-0 0, Gaines Gatling 2-3 0-0 4, Williams 0-3 0-0 0, Harris 1-8 1-2 3,
In Birmingham, Ala.
Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5), Noon (ESPN)
0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-65 3-6 66. Bowen 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 23-67 7-9 57.
Pitt (11-4) Taylor 0-4 2-2 2, Patterson 4-10 2-2 13, NFL PLAYOFFS
BRISBANE Georgia (12-2) Miller 4-15 0-0 12, Armstrong 5-9 3-3 15,
Robinson 8-12 3-4 19, Wright 1-4 1-2 3, Gibbs 7-15 2-2 JAN. 8
James 0-4 1-2 1, Mitchell 4-8 1-2 12, Hassell 9-11 1-3 19,
INTERNATIONAL 18, Epps 0-1 0-0 0, J. Johnson 1-5 2-3 4, Zanna 1-2 0-0 2, Donald 0-3 0-0 0, Willis 1-2 1-2 3, Ford 2-2 0-0 5. Totals GODADDY.COM BOWL SATURDAY’S GAMES
At Queensland Tennis Centre; In Brisbane, Australia Moore 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 23-56 12-15 63. 25-54 7-12 67. In Mobile, Ala. FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
Purse: Men, $486,000 (WT250); Surface: Hard-Outdoor Halftime: Tied 31-31. Three-point goals: UC 11-27 Half: UGa. 38-28. Three-point goals: Ark. 4-22 (Berna Arkansas St. (10-2) vs. N. Illinois (10-3), 9 (ESPN) at Houston ................. 3 Cincinnati
(Kilpatrick 5-11, Parker 4-6, Dixon 1-3, Wright 1-5, Guyn 2-5, Ricketts 1-3, Robinson 1-4, Peak 0-1, Gatling 0-1, at New Orleans .......... 101/2 Detroit
SINGLES 0-1, Jackson 0-1), Pitt 5-19 (Patterson 3-6, Gibbs 2-7, Watkins 0-2, Harris 0-6), UGa. 10-18 (Miller 4-12,
Taylor 0-1, Epps 0-1, Moore 0-1, Wright 0-1, J. Johnson Mitchell 3-3, Armstrong 2-2, Ford 1-1). Rebounds: Ark.
JAN. 9
MEN’S FIRST ROUND BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY’S GAMES
0-2). Rebounds: UC 30 (Jackson, Parker 7), Pitt 44 39 (Watkins 9), UGa. 37 (Armstrong, Hassell, Mitchell
Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Florian Mayer (4), (Taylor 11). Assists: UC 14 (Wright 7), Pitt 14 (J. 7). Assists: Ark. 7 (Ricketts 4), UGa. 11 (Armstrong 5). In New Orleans at N.Y. Giants ............ 31/2 Atlanta
Germany, 7-6 (5), 2-3, retired Johnson 5). Total fouls: UC 15, Pitt 13. A: 12,508. Total fouls: Ark. 13, UGa. 10. A: 2,736. LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 8:30 (ESPN) Pittsburgh .................. 71/2 at Denver