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...before slipping and defeating the Cardinals 6-1. Some diehard Cub supporters have had enough. During the streak, a contingent of fans showed up at Wrigley Field wearing paper bags over their heads, and another group wore disguises. "We're too embarrassed to show our faces," said Disc Jockey Bob Del Giorno from behind a fake nose and eyeglasses. Season Ticket Holder Al Bernstein, however, is one of the many who declined to join the covered-face revolt...
Dick Francis, 60, says deadpan that his debut as a professional jockey came at the age of five, when an older brother bet him sixpence that he couldn't take their Welsh pony over a hedge while sitting backward in the saddle. After five falls, daring Dick collected. The steeplechase riders he has written about in 21 novels have a lot in common with the young Francis. They are dogged, not necessarily the best, but decent and vulnerable; they eat a lot of mud and get mauled frequently and badly. But they do collect: the bruises, the booty...
...years, PLOT: a love story between two dynamic people. Obvious padding not permitted, LOVE SCENES: within first 50 pages; we want to see foreplay, during play and afterplay. Euphemisms essential below the waist. Rape not recommended. Should it occur, it must move the story forward. POSSIBLE PROFESSIONS: disc jockey, bartender, scientist, securities broker, tennis - instructor...
...Chapman outside the Dakota. Said one, "He just seemed like a really nice, genuine, honest person who was there because he admired John." Others, like WPLJ Disc Jockey Carol Miller, who lives near the Dakota, had noticed Chapman and thought "he looked strange. He was older than the kids who hung around there." When Miller first heard that Lennon had been shot, Chapman's face flashed in her mind...
Existence today often means escaping from the latest Oscar award acceptance speech only to be trapped within earshot of a disc jockey who considers it a felony to fall silent for a second. Some 5,000 radio and TV talk shows fill the air with an oceanic surf of gabble, a big fraction of it as disposable as a weather-caster's strained charm. It is easy to snap off and tune out, but it is not so simple to elude real-life blather. Try to get away from it all, and soon a stage-struck airline captain will...