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...their future lives and will take care of them. Brannan has recently begun considering the ministry, something he never did before, because he says God has provided certain signs that he might be right for that calling. Fletcher jokingly says, "I'm going to become a Christian bum," but adds seriously it may be best to be in a position to speak for Christ in some career other than the ministry. He points to the great impact Sam Ervin had when he quoted scripture during the Watergate hearings...
...immigrant fisherman. The Depression is therefore a kind of blessing for Lavette, because it stops the game. Instead of jumping out of the window of his office to splatter on the streets of San Francisco when stock prices begin to plummet, Lavette, after a stint as a bum, leaves his business suits in storage and contentedly returns to the life of a fisherman, the life his father and countless generations before him had known...
...sits at the top of one of the world's most powerful newspapers was, to put it gently, a late bloomer. Mild dyslexia inherited from his mother was only part of his problem. "He was the most adorable, attractive boy," says she. "He was also a lazy little bum...
...think I've changed. I still have the same values and interests." Rising by 10 a.m., he typically breakfasts on a quart of juice, a vegetable omelet and rice. On game days, he arrives at the Memorial Coliseum ahead of his teammates for treatment of his bum ankles, tender knees and other ailments, practices with the team, and then returns home to walk or play soccer in a neighborhood park. A nap follows, and then he sits in a rocker sandwiched between speakers blaring the hard rock music of the Grateful Dead, absorbing the music and psyching himself...
Nevertheless, the team made the most of what it had, according to coach McCurdy. "These guys did very well," McCurdy said after the meet. "Everyone is capable of doing better--I know that's like saying you did great but you're a bum--but I'm satisfied," he added...