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...Joan of Arc--Caravan Theatre...
Earlier, as the Pontiff entered St. Peter's Basilica, borne on a swaying chair, a choir of 10,000 voices performed. TV arc lights played across the colors of African robes and Asian pantaloons in the packed congregation. Paul sought no assistance as he rose from the papal throne and lifted the host and chalice. But his hands trembled visibly and he walked to the altar with a slow, painful shuffle caused by his arthritis. To symbolize his years, Paul personally gave Communion to 80 people...
...breed's tasks of another century. Newfoundland fishermen used the dogs to gather nets spread in rich offshore fishing grounds. With a double coat similar to an otter's, the dogs withstood long exposure in the icy waters. Newfs are also strong swimmers whose webbed front paws arc out in a powerful breast stroke: no ministroke dog paddle for these canines. In the 19th century, it was rare to find a sailing ship that did not carry a Newfoundland for rescue work on the high seas. Lloyd's of London once presented a medal to a Newf...
...same way. Of course, baseball is Jackie Robinson stealing home in a thunder of lethal spikes and cheery abandon, it is Joe DiMaggio gliding around second base without ever losing his cap, it is Willie Mays soaring through center field space, snaring a foolishly ambitious triple in mid-arc. But baseball is also a hungry kid with visions of a big league paycheck waging war in a dusty sandlot game, swallowing the lump in his throat as the big rainbow curve whirs towards his head, wanting to bail out but afraid to do anything but take...
...legends and lose their meaning. Kahn's book has not blurred this distinction; he seems to have as firm a hold on reality as Professor Dizzy Dean. It was Dean who, with typical prescience, settled the great curveball debate of the 1930s, the controversy over whether a curveball's arc was real or merely an optical illusion. Dean, professing ignorance of aerodynamics, merely stated, "If you put a man behind a tree and you put me on the other side of that tree, 60 feet, six inches away--well hell, I'll whomp him to death with an optical illusion...