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...tail into a hurdy-gurdy handle, and it mooed music as he cranked away. Another bovine's teeth became a xylophone on which he beat out a tune. In short, Willie had what its more pretentious competitors lacked--energy and freedom. And its creator was on his way to fame, riches and immortality. --By Richard Schickel
When I finished the marathon, Hitler waved to me, and I thumbed my nose at him. That's my claim to fame. But Jesse told me, "Kelley, Hitler waved to me, and I waved back." That's actually what happened. When he won his fourth medal that day, after setting three world records, Jesse was the hero of the whole Games. To everyone. Except for Hitler. The dictator looked almost unbeatable at the time, but Jesse's victories upset his theory about an Aryan master race. Jesse Owens was the greatest track athlete we have ever...
...stepped to the plate in a Dodgers' uniform, he was a mature 28 years old that April day. (By contrast, Derek Jeter was playing in his eighth major league season when he reached that age last June.) But in a magnificent 10-year Hall of Fame career Robinson made up for lost time--his and that of the great Negro League ballplayers who never got the chance to shine in the Bigs. When Robinson stepped onto the field, it was the day baseball finally earned the right to be called the national pastime. --By Richard Corliss
Warren Buffett has been busy buying private companies, including The Pampered Chef, a kitchenware retailer, and apparel maker Garan (of Garanimals fame). That's promising. It suggests a value gap between the private and public markets because Buffett finds most common stocks still overvalued. Meanwhile, private-asset funds are a contrarian's delight: net new investment in venture-capital funds, which mainly seed technology and medical start-ups, plunged to $1.9 billion last year (the least since '81) amid investment losses that roughly tracked the public markets. Yet over three years and longer, these funds have outperformed stocks. "The tourists...
Fowler said beyond “the people’s ovation and fame forever,” a material prize is yet to be determined for the day’s contests...