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...hockey. If there had been a selection process, I wouldn't have had a chance seeing as I accomplished nothing greater than falling over. But standing there on the ice, in skates that caused my ankles to turn in and gloves so big I couldn't even grip the stick, I felt a sense of freedom. Despite my lack of credentials or skill, I could be Wayne Gretzky for the evening. And seeing as it will be spring soon, I'm thinking about looking into IM lacrosse...
...task fell to Coelho, the wiry, intense former Congressman and backroom operator who had joined Gore's team in June. Coelho had been working to wrest Gore free from the office he inhabited. That was harder than it may sound. The Vice President's staff had such a tight grip on the candidate that top campaign officials sometimes couldn't get Gore's schedule. Coelho banished nearly all the White House aides from Air Force Two and froze out Gore's small army of ad hoc advisers--a dozen former aides who currently work as lobbyists, and showed...
...lost my job and then I lost my place," he remembers. "I didn't want to deal with life. An ugly side of me came out. It took me a while to get a grip on myself. I needed to like myself again before I could love myself...
...enthused lemming nearing the cliff of Opening Day. Why have newscasts been filled with footage of players playing catch and stretching at spring training, instead of hockey or basketball highlights? Because spring training is the proof that there is a new life coming in April, a new passion to grip us from Opening Day to the playoffs and World Series, a life to live between the foul lines...
...GRIP For Luddites who still write with pens, A.T. Cross has developed a high-tech item to make the job more pleasant. Twist a dial on its Morph pen ($50), and the device changes from its initial cylindrical shape into a flexible triangular prism, giving you a better grip and providing soft, flat surfaces for your thumb, index and middle fingers. The rubbery material has a pleasant, almost sensual feel, and the sleek design--available in eight colors, including copper, gold and green--makes a style statement...