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...fell off when the shots were fired," said Viola Cuprian, 23. "I can't swim. I thought I was going to die. People were crying and screaming everywhere." Horrified villagers from nearby Baie du Mesle saved dozens with quickly dispatched dugout canoes. But the rescuers estimate that at least 65 people drowned, probably more. Jean Bercharles, 25, lost seven members of his family, including a brother, sister and several cousins. "We do not know how many are dead because the ship left so quickly we don't know who got on and ( who died," said 23-year-old schoolteacher Sanon...
...towering fly landed untouched in leftfield when New York's Kevin McReynolds lost sight of the ball, but Plantier, who could have had a double, had to settle for a single because he wasn't running hard. So Riggleman yanked him, leading to an ugly scene in the dugout as Plantier stalked after the manager, complaining bitterly...
Harvard's final inning at the plate proved fruitless as the Bears put them away three-up-three-down. The mesmerized Crimson returned to the dugout with a 6-5 loss...
...crunch on the field or court or ice, it can be beautiful to watch. Films can't duplicate the 17-camera omniscience of the World Series on TV, but, as Shelton says, "I can put a camera where none of those 17 can go: on the mound, in the dugout or the shower." With such details, a sports film can appeal even when it is about spring training -- for how many other kinds of contemporary films actually show people working? An athlete's job may be more glamorous and hazardous than most, the payoff quicker and richer, the taste...
When he entered Major League Baseball, he found beer everywhere--in the clubhouse, in the dugout's refrigerator, in the hotel rooms--and this ubiquity made Musselman feel that the league provided "a safe environment for the problem drinker...