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...hell not?' " There was a refreshing innocence, a kind of bravery in that attitude, especially as the power of the Western myth dimmed. His heroes were not like Hemingway's. They did not have grace under pressure; they had instead a stubbornness -foolish, willful and glorious-when they were caught between the rock and the hard place. We could not forget Wayne if we tried. Those images of a big man etched against the big Western sky were part of the experience of growing up in America in the past half-century...
...starters are hitting over their lifetime averages. Rightfielder George Hendrick, 29, is batting .342, fourth in the league, and Shortstop Garry Templeton, 23, is averaging .332 and fielding with a brilliance that recalls the feats of the great Marty ("Slats") Marion, who played the position for the glorious Cardinal teams of the 1940s. With the hits falling like raindrops, small wonder that the Cards celebrate each victory in the locker room with a blaring disco rendition of We Are Family by Sister Sledge...
...next two years were glorious for Russell and Mimi. Fleet Street is the home of some of the world's worst journalism, and also some of the best. But most important, says Baker, the intense competition often or twelve newspapers jostling for attention in London produced a kind of reporting in which, because everyone had the facts, interpretation was prized...
...willpower of the Americans astonished me ... the determination that has transformed a handful of emigrants into a powerful nation; the industry which has made it great and wealthy; and the wisdom which is leading it onward to a glorious and assured future...
...four straight volleys, the last of which caught the net and hung in the air for the "bearded lefty." "He whaled on it, and it hit like the back screen," Chaikovsky said. At 3-4, Cornell missed the return, and the tension-filled match boiled down to one final, glorious, gut-wrenching point (is that one adjective too many...