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...squad executes a series of elaborate routines with shields. A dozen little girls, clad in shocking-pink leotards, parade forward and wriggle in formation to the tune of Ghostbusters, each with a small black rifle in her hand. And then, all of a sudden, there comes a thumping of feet and a building of intensity and the thunderous eruption of a mass-rally chant: "U.S.A. Fight! Fight! Fight...
...expertise, which made what happened last week all the more inexplicable. At about 10 a.m., shortly before the zoo's Wild Asia exhibit was due to open, Silverman unlocked two doors and, along with Barbara Burke, 21, a volunteer aide, proceeded to walk into the two-acre enclosure. Twenty feet inside, two powerful Siberian tigresses sprang from thick foliage and pounced on her. Burke escaped by clambering up the 16-ft. chain fence. Silverman was the first fatality in the zoo's 86-year history...
...holders. When a New York fan taunted him, Cobb climbed into the stands and stomped the offender. It was later pointed out that the stompee had been missing all of one hand and three fingers of the other. Cobb replied tenderly, "I don't care if he has no feet...
...from his office at the Institute for Advanced Study every day, had attempted to figure out his discomfort. He had drawn two sketches of shoes (see diagram), showing the pattern of foot pressure. The one he had labeled "bad" showed his current problem: the pressure on his feet was concentrated on the outside of his foot and on his big toe. The drawing labeled "good" showed what he thought to be the ideal: pressure evenly distributed over the entire foot...
...Einstein had the right idea," says Hulit. "But he was very hard to fit. He wore old slippers or sneakers much of the time. Mostly he went barefoot. His feet were as soft and smooth as a baby's." After measuring, Hulit concluded that the professor just needed bigger shoes...