Word: macs
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...that Bonds will say so. In a virtuoso display of athlete-speak, Bonds is doing everything possible to talk down his achievements and keep the media crush at bay. "I'm not even thinking about Mark McGwire," he said before a weekend series against Mac's St. Louis Cardinals. Other variations on the theme include "You can get hit by a truck tomorrow" and "I've had hot streaks before...
...then there is the enigma inside a batting helmet that is Bonds. It was easy to get behind Big Mac, a big man who couldn't wait to share his vulnerability, or Slammin' Sammy, the Dominican kid who overcame all the odds. But Brooding Barry? The closest Bonds gets to pathos is admitting that he has felt intimidated by the expectations of his storied baseball lineage. His father Bobby was a three-time All-Star; his godfather Willie Mays is a baseball god. Not exactly a relatable problem for most bleacher bums. Bonds can alienate fans with his aloofness...
...summer place in Antibes, and an urgent call came through from the White House, from Lyndon Johnson's special assistant, Mike Montaigne. Victor Charlie was on the warpath. The Tet offensive had just erupted. Numbah Ten! The President needed the me in Saigon, yesterday!, to cut orders from MAC-V to I-Corps and retake the Imperial City of Hue. The President himself came on the line: "Son, you tell Westy he can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs." I took the next Huey to the Delta...
...returned to a hero's welcome, the Prof. would remember. Mac Bundy threw me into Bobby Kennedy's pool. I did a cameo on "Laugh-In." I wrote a song called "Bobbie Magee and I," but Kristofferson stole it, the drunk - just changed the words a little...
...Lewis also says that there needs to be a reevaluation of whether tutor and guest suites in the Houses are the best use of space. But like MAC renovations, this cannot happen until a report is filed...