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Some sports psychologist once spoke of a "two-hour period"--the first two hours the team gets on a bus. During that time, there's talk, chatter, jokes batted back and forth, insults hurled from player to player...
...course, there are differences. The American child started after seeing an ice show; the Canadian was first attracted to hockey. As they matured, so goes the rinkside chatter, Boitano became the "technical" Brian, long on consistency, short on artistry. Orser is the "theatrical" Brian, capable of delivering explosive performances when he isn't unhinged by nerves. But such nugget-size insights are misleading. Boitano can also stun the crowd with his flare, and Orser can draw gasps for his technical brilliance. So when the battle of the Brians is settled in the Olympic Saddledome on Feb. 20, barring cataclysm, injury...
...born in?" Gorbachev asked him. 1940). Walter Cronkite would have looked more mature, Dan Rather more aggressive (though when he feels the need to, Rather can play respectful). But Brokaw can be fast on his feet, and was well prepared. His usual interviewing style, honed in years of showbiz chatter on the Today show, is to be friendly, ingratiating, nonthreatening. In Moscow, Brokaw was so uncharacteristically solemn that he sometimes covered his mouth as if determined not to grin back at Gorbachev's smiles. Brokaw's behavior was remarkably self-effacing, and for the occasion quite appropriate...
Baverstock, a native of Great Britain, has managed to establish himself among his teammates as an on-the-field leader with his constant chatter and gutsy defensive play...
...future is now. Reagan's dinner chatter is again as charming as ever, as he proved last week with the visiting Governors and their wives. He effectively debated his Secretary of Treasury James Baker about post-Tower tactics. His set speeches have been well delivered. But all those things come to the President as naturally as breathing. Are they a sign of renewed vitality or a desperate camouflage of decay? The underlying instincts that once enabled him to judge correctly the men about him, the internal commitment and fire that carried him beyond his woeful failures to marshal the facts...