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Junior freestyle ace Vicki Chang blew away the competition in the 1000-yard freestyle, motoring to the wall...
...this Game 7 would be considered extraordinary. But then, by the standards of this remarkable Series, it could have been another interleague game in May. Curt Schilling, the Series co-MVP, mowed the punchless Yankees down despite pitching on three days rest for the second time. His opponent, Yankee ace Roger Clemens, matched him frame for frame into the 7th inning. The D-Backs punched a run home in the 6th; the Yanks matched it in the top of the 7th. But when manager Bob Brenly elected to let Schilling hit in the 8th, it looked like a decision that...
...detectors and into the ballparks. The South Bronx was never more secure. No so the D-Backs, who threw journeyman pitcher Brian Anderson, who seemed like the red meat the Yankees had been craving. But they could only eke out a 2-1 win, riding the arms of their ace Roger Clemens and their late-inning lock, closer Mariano Rivera...
...surface, the piece is a magic show. Jay has audience members take a card and place it back in the deck so that he can then locate it. Jay cuts the deck to an ace (repeatedly). Jay even pulls out reputedly the oldest of magician’s tools—the cup and balls. Yet Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants is far more than a magic show, it is a theatrical experience blessed with wit and genuine charm. Jay sets the tone early as, after he cuts an ace for the first time, he drolly deadpans...
...agency will even return, say, a necktie "forgotten at the conference." The alibi companies--originally established in Britain but now franchised in the U.S. and Canada--say they're legally bound to keep the secrets from everyone except the authorities, but there is obviously some risk involved. Britain's Ace Alibi Agency curbed memberships at 1,200. A California branch was so successful it has now gone national...