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...neck to keep the behemoth in view for as long as possible, the last thing I saw before we rounded the corner to safety was an archetypal drama of David and Goliath. Like the famous lone protester of Tiananmen facing off a Chinese army tank, there stood one brave lunatic, arm outstretched and brandishing a rock as the elephant lumbered mightily towards him. As far as I know the man survived. But as soon as we got off the mountain, I badly needed a cup of tea, and that long-postponed cigarette...
Ball's many fans, however, will enjoy how vividly Kanfer captures Ball in her prime--brave, pioneering and, above all, ravenous for applause. It has become a cliche for tributes to Ball to gush about how much we love Lucy. What is just as important, Ball of Fire shows, is how much she loved us. --By James Poniewozik
...speech with darlin' and dadgum, was 51 years old and clueless about expedition climbing when he decided to summit Mount McKinley in 1981. Bass, the owner of Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort in Utah, had no idea McKinley was among the hardest U.S. climbs. He made the decision to brave the elements after a particularly tough employee pronounced that he would never cut it on the mountain. Bass vowed to prove her wrong. "I didn't even know how to put a tent up," he says. But off he trudged, defiantly...
Discrepancies notwithstanding, the net impression is of a woman of substance, brave and smart and devoted, who plays a crucial--perhaps irreplaceable--role in Christianity's defining moment. So where did all the juicy stuff come from? Mary Magdalene's image became distorted when early church leaders bundled into her story those of several less distinguished women whom the Bible did not name or referred to without a last name. One is the "sinner" in Luke who bathes Jesus' feet with her tears, dries them with her hair, kisses them and anoints them with ointment. "Her many sins have been...
...Operational Ethics I never thought of those who worked to separate the Bijani twins [July 21] as anything but heroes. The medical-team members risked their peace of mind to offer those two brave women a chance at a normal life. Both twins knew what the outcome might be. But life conjoined was so intolerable they were willing to risk death to end their suffering. The saddest irony to me was seeing their two coffins. The twins were individuals at last, but only in death. Marie H. Medoro Mississauga, Canada...