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...workmanlike about basketball and life as he was. The one-on-one basketball culture in Chicago can be more about ego than improvement, but for Harvey, a quiet competitor like Gellert was the perfect opponent. The two would go at it relentlessly in workouts—one-on-one, mano-a-man-of-few-words—in quiet, epic battles, each trying to keep the other scoreless...
Karin was quickly extracted from beneath the lion, named Mano, who joined them for tea. According to Karin, Mano “subsequently stayed close to me throughout tea, lying at my feet like a cuddly bear.” Karin cautions us never to run in the sight of lions. Will do. If she has another encounter with a feline friend, Karin will try to remain still. Karin has one more comment: “It would have been great of someone to alert us to the presence of the lion in the garden.” We?...
...press that makes it impossible for Dad to claim that in his day he never did such a thing. Friends and family happily volunteer the story of young George arriving home, feeling no pain, running his car into trash cans and confronting his father with the taunt, "Wanna go mano a mano?" Then there's the famous D.U.I. that came out at the end of the campaign. Just two weeks ago at Yale, Bush wore the no-sweat saunter of the frat guy who was so smart (or elite) that he could party and succeed. Bush grew up to become...
...Allen 'The Answer' Iverson, the East squad came from 21 points behind with eight minutes left in the game to win a thrilling 111-110 match-up. Kobe Bryant and Stephon Marbury went mano a mano in the last minute. Finally Dikembe Mutumbo forced the Lakers sensation into an awkward pass to Tim Duncan with just seconds remaining, and his desperate last second shot was blocked by Vince Carter to end the game...
...Dubya nixes the mano-a-mano thing...