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Each month K.C. Esperance, 31, a San Francisco nurse practitioner, suffered menstrual cramps so agonizing that she would take to her bed, curl up and pray that she would live through the next couple of days. Doctor after doctor gave her the same ineffectual advice: rest, take some codeine and bear with...
...quarterback Rob DeVirgilio, in the only memorable play of the game, rolled out left while wide receiver Peter Pujols ran a deep curl on the right. Throwing against his body, DeVirgilio completed the pass to Pujols, who was brought down at the Lowell four yd-line...
...didn't you know that? Nearly brought Lizzie's husband Horace to his knees. That's Horace there, out in front of his clothing store, and a fine, gentle man he was. Why, I remember when Horace . . . What did you say, child, you're sleepy? Well you just curl up here while I go through the old photographs. Lovely days, sad days. So many memories, child. But no matter...
...every boulevard and each street square." The memory sends Alexander into a lyrical flight: "Wonderfully smelling, thin, fresh waffles, which were twisted, still hot, into cornets and crammed with cream--the very image of waves, heaving hump-backed and white-crested as they reach the shore, to topple, curl and close like the wave of Hokusai...
...their names--Dan Ma-ri-no, Joe Mon-ta-na--the similarity of their bearing and stock--Pennsylvania grimy--the disparity of their builds and sun coasts--Miami and San Francisco--the level of their confidence, the quality of their arrogance, even the way they can make hair curl up under helmets and stand up on necks suggested a confrontation was coming one day. If all of the National Football League quarterbacks were ringed in a battle royal, wouldn't these two be the ones left standing at the end? That roughly describes the process of the past four long...