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...pitch a world-class surfing competition back in the very sea he had assaulted in 1969. Last week it happened. From Australia, Brazil, Tahiti, the U.S. and one or two other points came young hard bodies packing their tools in padded sarcophagi. The boards were put on a bus in Ho Chi Minh City, bound for Danang -- except that two bridges washed out midway. The mostly monosyllabic surfers (How do you like it here? ''Awesome.'' How do you feel? ''Stoked'') hung out without complaint. After all, all they ever do is eat, sleep, surf and have sex, wearing basically...
...admits that black history took place for her like news from another planet. The Supreme Court decision desegregating schools had less significance than a scene in Las Vegas featuring an infatuated Marlene Dietrich pursuing Frank Sinatra. The year Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, the teenage Gail was dancing at the Waldorf with Harry Belafonte. All along, Buckley chooses a policy of never apologize, never explain. She refuses to elaborate on a mysterious religious conversion that took place % before her divorce from Lumet and led, presumably, to this book. And there are many occasions...
...climbing specialist tested positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO), French anti-doping agency officials told reporters. French police immediately took Riccò into custody, as the now familiar scene of chaos erupted, with photographers and name-calling fans swarming around his Saunier Duval team's yellow bus. The entire Spanish team subsequently pulled out of the competition before Thursday's start of stage...
...Banker and community leader Miller Couse echoes a widely held view that Clewiston was thrown "under the bus" by not being looped into the secret discussions that resulted in U.S. Sugar's sale. The city and Hendry County plan to lobby aggressively for the town's needs to be considered, and for help making the economic adjustment to the departure of U.S. Sugar. Still, America is littered with examples that show there's no easy fix when a company town loses its economic engine. "If you just take U.S. Sugar out of the mix and don't replace it with...
...there came a point when the instant my dad got off the bus, he would shout “Booyah! Booyah!” and I would double up in laughter...