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...nine children, the near death, twice, of a fifth, and the mental retardation of still another. Endured? Triumphed would be more accurate, for it is questions of life, not death, that concern her. Her answers have been both spiritual and worldly: "God never sends us a cross heavier than we can bear," she says. And to Teddy: "You can never afford to let down in a nonelection year...
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...Death, it is the camera that achieves what prose approximates. In the waters of Ceylon, Madagascar and the Mozambique Channel, and in the intemperate shoals off South Africa, a group of unarmed hunters seek an acquaintance with the great white shark. The fish-twice as tall as a man, heavier than a ton-is no ordinary killer. One 18th century writer reported that "in the belly of one was found a human corpse entire, which is far from incredible, considering their vast greediness after human flesh...
...match between Jim Kardon of Dunster and Jim Doherty of Leverett promises to be a classic confrontation between brains and brawn. Doherty, who usually wrestles at 167, has beaten two much heavier opponents to reach the finals...
...Jessica, Scott simply released the handkerchief, and the wind carried it away. In O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms, he had two loads of farm equipment of clearly different weights placed just off the stage. When he and his son made their first entrance, the father carried the heavier one. The audience was silently but clearly told what O'Neill wanted them to know about the old man's strength and his relationship with his son. As Shakespeare's Richard III, he taped a piece of metal to his leg to keep it from bending, then attached a rigid...