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...confidence that once Tim got the ball,good things would happen," Sullivan said."Fortunately, we got enough lay-ups and fouls oncewe got across halfcourt that our inability toinbound wasn't magnified...
...further inflamed matters by courting Muslim extremists in an attempt to boost his power for the elections promised for next June. Muslims make up 87% of Indonesia's population of 210 million. Kept in check under Suharto's rule, a number of Muslim groups have now emerged to lay claim to political and economic power. Early last month Muslim youth vigilantes armed with sharpened bamboo spears were positioned around Jakarta to harass pro-democracy student demonstrators. Last week pictures of the former Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatullah Khomeini began to appear in street demonstrations. Though there have always been attacks against...
...Chicago banker, Cloud Wampler, who helped bail out Carrier's firm during the Depression and later became its CEO. Wampler wrote, "The stage was set for my unforgettable first meeting with 'The Chief.' I had already been told that Dr. Carrier was a genius and that his talents lay in the field of science and invention rather than in operation and finance. All the same I wasn't prepared for what happened...right off the bat Dr. Carrier made it clear he had a dim view of bankers...I remember so well the ring in his voice when he said...
Wolfe treats readers to a vivid, thoroughly realistic portrait of Atlanta life. In the chapter "Lay of the Land," for example, he takes readers from the wealthy Buckhead mansions north of Atlanta, down through the bustling business district and into the slums with one seamless narrative. Current trends and ideas are summarized with pithy aphorisms: Exercise-crazed women become "Boys with Breasts" and get-rich-quick schemes induce "The Aha! Phenomenon." Wolfe entertains readers with his keen ear for dialect and penchant for Dickensian names like Armholster, Peepgass and Armentrout. And of course, when it comes to clothes...
With 7:42 remaining in the first half, Hill sliced through the Mountain Hawks' paint like the proverbial hot knife through butter and flipped in a lay-up to make him the 19th Harvard player to cross the 1,000 career points mark and the first to couple it with 400 career assists...