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...Hands Across America, a 4,000-mile chain of hand-holding Americans planned for May 25 and supported by nearly 1,000 celebrities. "The largest number of celebrities ever assembled," says the proud promoter. Prince, we are told, has "bought" Mile 1. Walter Payton has a mile of his own. And Oprah Winfrey has declared, "My mile will be for people who can't * afford the $10 (standing fee). No rich people in my mile." Ah, the little people...
...Washington, kicked off by a star-studded concert in the Los Angeles Coliseum. Endorsements by Madonna and Rosanna Arquette (Desperately Seeking Negotiation?) proved not quite enough, however. Celebritics requires sustained star power. In part because of celebrity no- shows, the Great Peace March took a wobble last month at Mile 120, in the Mojave Desert. Its chief sponsor collapsed in bankruptcy. But several hundred survivors declared themselves ready to carry on as soon as they could get essential supplies, including, says Spokeswoman Lisa Bell, throat lozenges, cough syrup, herbal teas, vitamins and honey-dried fruits. Eastward...
...back around Christmas, Drag Racer Don Garlits called a major tire company to ask if it could make him a tricycle-size front tire capable of running the quarter mile in 5.4 sec. at a top speed of, oh, 275 m.p.h. The tire company said it would have to get back to him. In July, maybe...
...mile away from any of the targetareas, and it was specifically rejected as atarget even though there's a large intelligencebuilding right next to the French embassy...
...parking lot was full 90 minutes before the first pitch. Thousands of fans swarmed the stands, proudly wearing their Red Sox caps. Jim Rice held forth in left field. Roger Clemens blasted his 90 mile-an-hour fastball past hopelessly overmatched White Sox hitters...