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FRANK STELLA IS the Daniel Boone of the art world. While the hardy backwoods pioneer opened new lands to satisfy his hunger for "elbow room," Stella has spent his 20-year painting career trying to create "working space," his term for the expansive three-dimensional illusions painted by the post-Renaissance master Caravaggio...
...Afro-puffed University of Massachusetts underclassman from Roosevelt, N.Y. "I only played 20 minutes a game, and I didn't mind," Twardzik says, "because I could sit and enjoy Doc. I remember thinking 'They're paying me to watch this guy play.' On the bench, we'd elbow each other and whisper, 'Did you see that? God, did you see that?' " Gravity never had any pull with...
...Navy pilot, McCain was shot down over Viet Nam in 1967 and spent the next 5 1/2 years in a prisoner- of-war camp. He came out with two broken arms and a broken leg; he still walks with a slight limp and cannot raise his right forearm above elbow level. His war-hero status helped elect him to two terms in the House and, last week, to Barry Goldwater's seat in the Senate. McCain, 50, easily defeated Democrat Richard Kimball...
With a down-home story on his lips, a hand on someone's elbow and a deal in his vest pocket, Russell Long almost always got what he wanted during his 38 years in the Senate. The agile, garrulous Senator from Louisiana and longtime chairman of the powerful Finance Committee was the ultimate Senate insider who followed his own Golden Rule of politics: Do unto me, and I will do unto you. What Long usually wanted was quite specific: something for the state of Louisiana...
...mysterious leg infection, possibly from a spider bite, the Angels were deprived of their best player, Rookie First Baseman Wally Joyner, for the three straight losses. Confounded only by the ump in a nine-inning two-hitter, Nolan Ryan struck out twelve Mets not just with an aching elbow but for four innings on a sprained ankle. "A lot goes into getting you this far," Ryan said, "and so little keeps you from going farther...