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...Ferris wheel peeks over the roof into the stadium, and a roller coaster screams by third base. Though the infield grass is plastic, the place is handsome. "Almost too nice," says the pitcher Bret Saberhagen. "It doesn't feel like spring training." In the name of civic pride and the interest of land development, tin and wood are being traded everywhere for aluminum and concrete...
...riderless limos are not the only sign that the 1988 Jackson campaign is a far cry from the seat-of-the-pants, roller-coaster operation of 1984. The dilapidated Lockheed Electra turboprop (which later crashed) has been replaced by a DC-9, complete with computers. Schedules, just vague advisories in the last campaign, which ran on Jesse Jackson time (three hours behind all known time zones), are sometimes adhered to. Church choirs warming up the crowd are still crucial, but now so are the hard-nosed strategists busily color-coding districts on wall-size maps. "Eighty-four was a crusade...
...this season of the character issue, nothing appears to stick to Robertson and Jackson. They could be called the Teflon Twins of post-Reagan politics, unabashed and unapologetic about intemperate statements, personality flaws and boastful exaggerations on their resumes. Robertson and Jackson remain carefree riders on the political roller coaster, rarely having to worry about the bumps and twists that have buffeted Gary Hart, Joseph Biden and Michael Dukakis. As other candidates pepper their rivals with grapeshot, these two preacher- politicians continue to have immunity from all but the most tepid criticism...
...million Americans with serious drinking problems, life is a runaway roller coaster that, left untended, inevitably leads to disaster. "It ruins everything that matters to you," says New York Times Reporter Nan Robertson, a recovered alcoholic. "In the end, the bottle is your only friend. Alcoholics would rather do anything than stop drinking." For the vast majority of Americans, the occasional social drink is a harmless affair. For the afflicted, however, the most innocent gathering of family or friends -- a wedding at a suburban country club, a casual gathering on an urban sidewalk -- can turn into a nightmare of temptation...
...every statistical category, including shots (27 to Yale's 14), the Bulldogs erased any apparent advantage when Yale forward Katie O'Sullivan put in the game's only tally 20:20 into the second half. The goal sealed the stickwomen's fate and put an end to their roller-coaster season...