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...Armchair psychologists speculate that Silber's ballistic streaks are compensation for being born with a deformed right arm. But his brother Paul says, "The only thing John couldn't do growing up was pick his nose with his right hand. He never knew he was handicapped. He just knew he was different." As a boy in San Antonio, Silber concluded it was best to attack early in a fight, a strategy that has been an article of faith ever since. "He learned that if he had to fight, it was best for him to land the first blow," recalls Paul...
...Likewise, those curious about "The Geographical Distribution of Insanity in the U.S." (1903) or "Pelican Profiles" (1943), or anyone "In Quest of the World's Largest Frog" (1967), had a handy reference guide. For most of its 102 years, National Geographic has been a colorful coffee-table companion for armchair explorers, roaming the world with rose-colored glasses and bringing back a cheery album of natives at play. But last week the abrupt firing of veteran editor Wilbur Garrett left staffers -- and readers -- wondering where the magazine might be headed next...
Sprawled across a rose-patterned armchair in his new Hollywood Hills home, John Goodman looks like a baby elephant lolling in a flower bed. The oversize (6 ft. 3 in., 260 lbs.), overworked actor is taking a rare five-day respite from his nonstop schedule. Says Goodman, with a sigh of exhaustion: "I'm drained...
...date and time of the coming coup: Dec. 1 at 3 a.m. But Manila was used to rumors. And since the failure of the last big putsch, in August 1987, most of the talk had led nowhere, good only for a stir in the stock market or titillation among armchair plotters in the capital's gossipy coffee shops. At 10 p.m. on Nov. 30, the speculation was scotched as the government announced the arrest of three members of an elite military division who had attempted to sabotage a provincial communications station south of Manila. For most Filipinos, that seemed...
...privately. The idea, says Epstein, arose out of his own frustration: "There wasn't enough shelf space in the stores." He is counting on the convenience of mail-order shopping, and may have hit on a winning enterprise. Still, the thriving independents hope that buying a book from your armchair catalog won't be so satisfying as browsing through a volume in an armchair at your local mom-and-pop shop...