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...still haven’t seen him,” said catcher Schuyler Mann, the team’s captain. “But as soon as I do, I’m going to give him a big hug, because I’m pretty excited about...
...been talking about it [at the end of last year],” Mann said. “But I didn’t want to talk about it or push him, because there are just so many questions and things that can come...
...Paulette Mann, 69, a Jewish grandmother in Maplewood, N.J., has always tried to show respect to her son and daughter-in-law who are raising their two sons Catholic. "When the grandkids were younger, I asked my daughter-in-law if I could send Hanukkah gifts, and she said no, it would be too confusing," says Mann. "So I took my cues from her." Several years later, when her grandson called to tell her that he was being confirmed in the Catholic Church, Mann recalls thinking, "I'd love to ignore this, but how can I diminish such a milestone...
Living 3,000 miles apart means that this grandmother and her grandsons don't have to deal with day-to-day, in-your-face religious differences. During a recent visit to the West Coast, however, Mann heard her 10year-old grandson ask, "Is Grandpa Catholic?" No, she explained, he's Jewish. "I'm Catholic, and I'm going to stay that way," the boy replied. Mann wasn't worried. "He was simply making a statement," she says. "It wasn't self-righteous or malicious, just a statement about...
...during the Internet boom; to 18 months in prison; in New York City. He is appealing a May conviction for hindering a federal stock investigation involving Credit Suisse First Boston, but will be forced to begin serving prison time in late October while the appeal is pending. SENTENCED. SIMON MANN, 51, British former special forces soldier and supplier of security and military services; to seven years in prison; in Harare, Zimbabwe. Mann was arrested in March at Harare airport as he tried to take delivery of a $180,000 arms consignment, allegedly for a coup in Equatorial Guinea...