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...that other runners will recognize (though speaking of it generally draws an "Uh, yes, that's very interesting" reaction from sedentary friends). Williams says, "I don't feel good until about a half-hour after I start jogging. Then the sense of fatigue is like a warm blanket. It's a good time to meditate. You run along feeling like you're the greatest thing. Nobody can touch...
...Blanket Amnesty. According to a cantonal prosecutor's preliminary findings, the Chiasso branch managers saw a chance for a bit of highly private enterprise. Instead of placing the funds in the bank as deposits or in easily salable stocks, they invested the funds in ventures that they set up especially for that purpose. A door connected their offices with those of lawyers who were involved in some of the transactions. From Chiasso, an estimated $880 million was funneled to a Liechtenstein-based holding company called Texon-Finanzanstalt. In turn, that company invested the money in three Italian undertakings...
However, the investments did not flourish as the Chiasso bankers hoped they would. Then, in late 1976, the Italian government, which hoped to lure home lire, offered a blanket amnesty to all Italians who would bring back their money. Result: withdrawals were so large that Crédit Suisse's branch in Chiasso was forced to turn for help to the home office in Zurich. The head office's investigation led to police involvement. Three Chiasso bankers, including Branch Manager Ernst Kuhrmeier, have been arrested on charges of criminal mismanagement...
...minutes of discussion. The removal of excommunication requires the personal approval of Pope Paul VI, but that should be a mere formality. For one thing, the bishops' vote to ask for the change was a lopsided 231 to 8; for another, only the U.S. church has ever imposed blanket excommunication...
...their cuts at the plate; some thing called a designated hitter does that for them. Thanks to the delay of league play-offs and the lure of prime-time TV ratings, World Series games are regularly played on frigid October evenings. Last fall in Cincinnati, Angell notes, "the wretched, blanket-wrapped, huddled masses in the stands flumped their mittened paws together in feeble supplication, pleading now for almost any result that would send them home...