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...from self-incrimination. "The main benefit of the meeting," says Cacheris, "was our being able to tell her they were interested in the truth and them telling us she would be protected." Starr proposed meeting at the apartment of his mother-in-law in New York City, and the curtain was ready to rise...
...lead singer thanked Tori for asking them to play, the roars were almost deafening, signifying who everyone was really there to see. Although it took over half an hour to set up the stage after the Devlins left, in only a matter of seconds the lights dimmed, the black curtain at the front of the stage was ripped down, the band started up and Tori Amos--clad in a dazzling blue sequined dress and black leggings--waved hello to the crowd and took her place behind the piano. And the synthesizer...
...window of the Catholic family's home in a mostly Protestant housing development in the town of Ballymoney. Lee was saved because he had been spending the night with his grandmother. "It's hot in here," he murmured as he pulled back the flowered bedsheet that served as a curtain and popped open the window. The thud of the mighty drums down the road grew louder, making the floors vibrate. On the day of the wake, Rasharkin happened to be the venue for the local Orange Order marches...
...media or haggle over free-agent contracts, and neither does Big Mac. He comes to the plate to the tune of the Guns 'N' Roses war dance Welcome to the Jungle. After a home run, he jogs around the bases with his head down, and he takes a curtain call only when the fans won't let up. He has spent almost his entire pro career working for tactician-manager Tony LaRussa (who makes decisions based on numbers crunched in his dugout Macintosh Powerbook), but McGwire doesn't need the coach's signs. His job is hit rock with stick...
...still feel uncomfortable watching it. Part of me doesn?t want to know Frank Horrigan, what his past is, who at the office he has the hots for. I still want him to save the President, but I don?t want to meet him until afterward. Lift the curtain and the wizard grows smaller. Lift the mirrored sunglasses and yank out the earpiece, and the Secret Service man loses his invincibility. He is no longer a wall between peril and the President, he?s a guy in a gray suit with a lousy home life. And that makes me nervous...