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...movie, that made for quite a visual effect. There was a similar effect here: When Gibson hit the ball, the brake lights of every car exiting the Dodger Stadium parking lot went...
...brake on Arafat's homecoming is the problem of securing his safety. Palestinian radicals have threatened to kill him, and a former chief rabbi of Israel has blessed his murder. P.L.O. sources in the territories say Arafat plans to move between two headquarters, one in Jericho and one in the Gaza Strip, a 70-mile trip by road through central Israel. The agreement guarantees safe passage, but for Arafat, "safe" would probably necessitate a military convoy. A Palestinian force that size would irritate the Israelis, while an Israeli contingent would humiliate the P.L.O. Arafat might commute by helicopter...
...pulled up along side a blacked-out Camaro whose sole occupant wore wrap-around sunglasses, a pink bandanna and all the indications of steroid use. I inched up a little to the light, and when it turned he thrust his V8 engine into action. Of course, he had to brake heavily to stop before the next light, but I arrived, unavoidably, slightly later than he did. Knowing that my horsepower was inferior, I decided that brains would...
...trip back into Manhattan went almost as well. But five stops before ending his adventure, a slight incline sent the train speeding downhill, exceeding a 20-m.p.h. speed limit. Before Keno could slow train, he went through a speeding signal and tripped an emergency brake. The train hissed to a dead stop. All he had to do was get out of the train, get onto the tracks and reset the brake. But Keno was afraid of the dark subway tunnels, the rats and exposed high-voltage lines. For a full 30 minutes he sat panicked as the conductor and Transit...
...departure will have a major impact. For the first time in a quarter- century, Democrats will have a chance to put their man or woman on the court and brake the bench's conservative drift. White, 75, one of the original two dissenters in Roe v. Wade and a consistent foe of the constitutional right to abortion, opposed broad use of affirmative action, favored greater accommodation between church and state and regularly sided with police on law- and-order issues. President Clinton promptly promised to find a top notch replacement with "good judgment" and "a big heart...