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Cobb's patented hands-apart grip made him a nonpareil singles and doubles hitter, but furnished him with little power. Or so it seemed. In the Babe Ruth epoch, when Cobb was criticized for failing to hit the long ball, he went on record: "I'm going for home runs for the first time in my career." That day he went six for six: two singles, a double and three home runs. The following game he hit two more homers. The Peach had made his point; he hit just seven more home runs that season, and only...
...boys who would subsequently have died, be it 40,000 of them or a million? How could he have justified continuing the war, transferring weary G.I.s to the Pacific to prepare for an invasion, proceeding with the grotesque fire bombings and allowing the Kremlin to expand its grip in the Far East when he had spent $2 billion on a weapon that could produce a quick end to the conflict...
...that was fraught with serious constitutional ambiguities. Under the amended constitution, which Marcos first tailored in 1973 to formalize his rule, presidential elections can be called only if the chief executive dies, resigns, is incapacitated or is impeached. Marcos, however, is reluctant to cede his grip on power for the 60 days of the prospective campaign. Accordingly, the election legislation that goes to the National Assembly this week will be accompanied by a formal letter of resignation from Marcos--but it will take effect only after an election winner has been declared. Cracked a presidential aide: "It's tantamount...
...months there had been rumors of an impending leadership shuffle in Warsaw. But after the shake-up was announced last week, power remained exactly where it had begun: in the grip of General Wojciech Jaruzelski. The Polish leader stepped down as Premier and then went before parliament to name as his successor Deputy Prime Minister Zbigniew Messner. Earlier, Jaruzelski had himself elected head of the Council of State, Poland's collective presidency. He will continue in his all-powerful role as Communist Party chief...
...male dressers are architects, singers, artists, actors. While Flusser is flashing his stills of Adolphe Menjou, David Byrne is looking great--and different--in an Issey Miyake jacket. This kind of action gets by books like these, partly because most of them are written for readers with a shaky grip on individuality, by authorities who are probably spending too little time on the street and too much in front of the mirror. --By Jay Cocks