Word: necks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...very good writer" -- and laboriously signs with his left hand, which he learned to write with after coming home to Russell, Kans., a horribly wounded veteran of the war against Nazi Germany. It took three years, seven operations and months in a plaster cast that encased him from neck to waist for him to recover. Compared with that ordeal, says Dole's younger brother Kenny, "running for President will be a piece of cake...
...self-confidence, but in one-on-one conversations he is surprisingly guarded. He often uses one-liners to deflect questions he does not want to answer. When he forgoes the quips, his replies are carefully phrased to neutralize any hint of boastfulness. He seldom initiates talk about the broken neck and shattered shoulder he suffered in combat with the Germans in Italy's Po Valley in 1945. But if pressed, he can movingly recollect how his neighbors took up collections that helped pay for his operations. Privately, Dole comes across as somewhat ambivalent about running for President, as though unalloyed...
...there are lapses. The film's wonderfully orchestrated car chases do linger on, and red-neck ribaldry can pale after a while, and maybe Glen shouldn't have to run smack into a cactus. But who can blame the Coens for blowing up their tale into conventionally funny shapes? Besides, as the brothers demonstrate at the climax, round is funny too. And more than a little poignant. The plot circles back to the quints' nursery, and then to the McDonnoughs' bedroom, where Hi has the strangest dream he dare consider. It is a vision into the future perfect, of middle...
...middle-aged woman with a crystal hanging around her neck politely asked me to look around and let her know if I wanted to sign up for a psychic reading. For only $12, I could have my aura read and my fortune told. I hesitated for a moment and a man from behind me spoke up to ask for a reading. I turned to see a Schwarznegger look-alike decked out in Adidas gym gear with a walkman on his hip asking if he could have a reading done...
...FROM THE NORTH east. He grew up in Manhasset, New York, located on the northern shore of Long Island. He acted and played basketball at Manhasset High School, where he was the only white player on his school team. He garnered the nickname, "White Shadow," from the rival Great Neck basketball squad. Regarding that nickname, Howard's former high school coach Fritz Mueller says, "sure he liked it, but he'd love any nickname. He was very funny and would spend hours singing in the showers with the other guys after practice, because Ken is a great singer, and they...