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...Rahne is a minor legend in terms of leading comebacks late in the game,” Murphy said. “He’s a streaky player who has been more of a slow starter and a fast finisher...
...morning of Sept. 11). Still, people have latched onto it, even creating a backstory that the camera was found in the rubble. "To you and me, that fellow standing on the observation deck is clearly fake," says Barbara Mikkelson, an amateur folklorist who runs the suddenly inundated urban-legend website Snopes2.com "But a huge number of people thought it was real. And they were just horrified...Sometimes I'm tempted to say something like, 'Uh, for the morons in the room,' but my e-mail list snaps me back. Some intelligent folks are deeply disturbed by this...
...LEGEND OF THE FALL...
...that they would be killed, but stood fast. Now it seems possible that three or more American men, passengers on hijacked Flight 93, who knew that they were going to die, rushed their hijackers before the terrorists reached their objective. These Americans were as brave as any heroes of legend. This cool courage is one crucial ingredient in dealing with terrorists. The time for being cowards and mere survivors is over. J. STEPHEN CRIDLAND Observatory, South Africa...
...volatile world of college dating where, more often than not, princes are toads and and relationships are dysfunctional at best, it’s nice to know that sometimes, just sometimes, things work out. The legend of that guy who proposed to his girlfriend at the UC meeting will live on. Gusmorino pointed out, “Four years from now, when [a freshmen who was there] is president and is giving their opening remarks, they’ll be saying ‘my first UC meeting’ and retelling the story...