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Bush, whose apparent nervousness in the initial debate led to long interludes of incoherence, was as relaxed and confident in Los Angeles as he has ever been on a national stage. His efforts at humor seemed mostly spontaneous rather than the spoon-fed one-liners of backstage handlers. Asked to find something to praise about his Democratic rival, Bush flashed a broad grin and said, "Listen, you're stealing my close. I had something very nice to say in that." This easy-listening tone was established early in the debate, when the Vice President interrupted moderator Shaw, who was trying...
...rose from the grave. But last week Turin's Anastasio Cardinal Ballestrero calmly announced that scientific testing proves the yellowing 14- ft.-long fabric is only six or seven centuries old and could not have dated from the time of Jesus. Thus ended the most intense scientific study ever conducted on a Christian relic...
...dating dispute may be settled, but the shroud remains as mysterious as ever. Reason: it bears an inexplicable life-size image of a crucified body, which is uncannily accurate and looks just like a photographic negative -- occurring centuries before photography was invented. The elaborate 1988 testing failed to produce any agreed explanation of how the image, which is indistinguishable from close up, could have been imprinted. There is, for instance, no evidence that it was painted...
Welcome to Fantasy Play-by-Play. "Ever since the first baseball broadcast, fans have said, 'That bum doesn't know what he's talking about. I can do better than that,' " says Fantasy founder Fred Greene, 33, a rabid A's fan who last season brought his dream to life in a box overlooking first base at the Oakland Coliseum. For $50, any Tom, Dick or would-be Harry Caray can announce a full inning of baseball with all the electronic panoply of a network broadcast booth. And this year for the first time -- at a premium...
...Ever since it outlawed public school segregation in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court has been on the cutting edge of civil rights advances. Now, however, the Justices may be on the verge of a historic rollback. In an unusual move, the court last week considered whether to overturn its 1976 ruling in Runyon v. McCrary, a key civil rights decision. That possibility prompted a flood of briefs from Senators, Congressmen, state attorneys general and civil rights groups urging the court not to overrule Runyon...