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...Cleese was the Python's John Lennon (a natural leader, quick and acerbic), surely Idle was Paul McCartney: the cute one with the high voice, the gregarious disposition and the burden of the audience's suspicion that he needed to be universally loved. "When you make an audience laugh they love you, they really do love you," he has said, in what seems to be a dead-serious, Sally Field fashion, "and that's one of the nicest things about being a comedian." Pre-Python, Idle contributed a Beatles parody song, "I Want to Hold Your Handle," to the radio...
...Houston Astros, signed a seven-year, $119 million contract one month after the Martinez deal. "Beltran wouldn't have considered us without Pedro," Minaya says. Before this season, Minaya traded for Beltran's close friend, slugger Carlos Delgado, who has hit 38 home runs. Delgado eased Beltran's burden in the lineup, contributing to his MVP-caliber resurgence...
...Crimson 13 total in only two games.Junior defensive end Desmond Bryant had 1.5 sacks Saturday, while sophomore defensive tackle Matt Curtis aided with a pair, sophomore Carl Ehrlich added another, and junior end Sam Workman earned credit for half a sack. The backfield pressure also helped ease the burden on Harvard’s secondary.“They make things a lot easier for us,” said junior cornerback Steve Williams, who had the Crimson’s only turnover—an interception early in the third quarter—thanks in part to an anxious...
...year-old Ranger, and from that day on followed each phase of his recovery. When he was on furlough and had to bounce on his butt up a flight of stairs to check on his crying son, Katie commiserated. When his young wife seemed overcome by the burden of a handicapped husband, Katie fretted for their marriage. After he went snowboarding on an amputee outing to Colorado, Katie brimmed with compliments...
...senior tailback Clifton Dawson, who proved quite capable of shouldering the load against Holy Cross. The defensive line is possibly the best in the league, and coach Tim Murphy and captain Ryan Tully have raved about a young defensive secondary. Depth at wideout will also ease the early-season burden on sophomore newcomer Jeff Witt under center...