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...first been published in 1946-but 25 years later, his voice gave his words a special poignancy: "At 0730 we loaded. The bomb is now alive and it's a funny feeling knowing it's right in back of you. Knock wood . . . We started our climb to 30,000 feet at 0740. Well, folks, it's not long now." As the B-29 let the Bomb go: "For the next minute no one knew what would happen. The bombardier and the right seat jockey or pilot both forgot to put on their dark glasses and therefore witnessed...
...rider becomes the penitent, shaves his head and commits himself to the task of digging a tunnel out of the cave. Because he is bigger and stronger than all the prisoners, he can climb out of the cave. With the dwarf women who took care of him on his back, he goes into the town to collect money by begging for supplies to dig the tunnel. The town is an exaggerated stereotype of a Hollywood Western town; boorish, fat old women in 1890's dresses, who ooh and aah as they watch two men kill each other; black slaves branded...
...Cleveland, he was a food-store manager, first became interested in the priesthood when he was troubled by his inability to defend the church against the barbs of a Protestant friend. Krol has spent most of his career in canon law classrooms and chancery offices. In a rapid climb of the priestly pyramid, he was ordained at the age of 26, became auxiliary bishop of the Cleveland diocese at 42 and Archbishop of Philadelphia at 50. Now 61, he is healthy and hardworking, yet enjoys relaxing in the sprawling Archdiocesan mansion...
...archetypal homme engagé, the intellectual man of action, Malraux is not yet fully ready to climb down from the barricades. Last month he announced that he was prepared to fight for Bangla Desh, the East Bengali independence movement spawned by the Pakistani civil...
While other squads struggled to find replacements at the bottom of their depleted ranks. Barnaby can round out his line-up with lettermen. At eight last year, Neil Vosters is perhaps the strongest player on the squad and the most fiery. Again, Barnaby's refinement could help Vosters climb on the varsity ladder...