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...given moment. Of the orbiting objects, 251 are "useful payloads"-201 American, 43 Russian, three French, two British and two Canadian. The remaining 860 pieces are ''garbage," including Mike Collins' lost Hasselblad camera and Dick Gordon's jettisoned space pack. (Ed White's glove has dropped out of orbit and burned...
...duty attire includes a leather World War I aviator's helmet and goggles. El Roy Face, the Pirates' No. 1 relief pitcher, struts around in a buccaneer's hat, complete with skull and crossbones. Starting Pitcher Steve Blass sometimes forgets he has a glove; last week he fielded two hot grounders barehanded and broke a bone. Outfielder Willie Stargell has trouble ordering in restaurants, because he speaks a language all his own: "Gospel bird" is fried chicken, and "jungle plum" is watermelon. All four Pirates are charter members of an "in" group that calls itself the Black...
...guerrilla leader became his country's most decorated World War II hero, intends to make it smaller yet. He has seeded the troubled area with loyal officials who fought with him against the Japanese, and has devised his own pacification program, a mailed-fist and velvet-glove approach...
...Rome not long ago, a stroller stopped at a traffic light and stared at the girl in the convertible. Was that a very short skirt she was wearing-or a long sweater? No matter; he couldn't stop looking. That was when the girl reached into her glove compartment, pulled out a pistol and let the gawker have it right between the eyes...
...tricks when he reported to San Francisco in July 1960. All but one (his screwball) were part of his repertory before he left the Dominican Republic in March 1958. In short, the Giants have not taught Juan a thing-except how to hide the ball in his glove during his windup. "I first saw Juan at the age of 19. And he looked like a ten-year pro even then," says Carl Hubbell, San Francisco's head scout and once a pretty fair pitcher himself. Giants Owner Horace Stoneham was so impressed when he first saw Marichal throw that...