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Sweeping out of last week's press conference like Errol Flynn in a gray suit, the triumphant Turner embarked on a twelve-block march to his law firm's Madison Avenue office. It seemed almost like a nose-thumbing gesture toward doubters in New York City's media and financial communities. "Hey, it's Ted!" cried star-struck pedestrians. Said one admiring businessman to a colleague: "That guy's got a lot of nerve...
...what you call a sweet victory. I wanted to do it better than Leonard. Tommy predicted the third round: that was the prize. I done did what I had to do. I'm not a politician. I'm a fighter." The next morning, touching the stitch line above his nose, Hagler said, "I'm not scared of blood. Matter of fact, it turns me on sometimes. The monster comes out." He would like to devour someone else before the year is over, for another $5 million to $8 million or much less. An opponent is the problem...
...find himself living in Rocky Marciano's home town. They gave him a job with their construction company and a place to dream on the side. "Rocky and I grew up five miles apart. He was going to go in with us on the gym," says Goody, whose own nose is unmistakably bent. "I thought of him when Marvin was bleeding, and it looked like they might stop it, and they didn't. I knew the knockout was coming then. He fought like Rocky this time...
Safety, however, will be paramount in the minds of the crew. Collins will be commanding the shuttle's first ever nose-over-tail spin, so the tiled underbelly can be photographed by the International Space Station and checked for problems. After docking with the station, her team will conduct experimental repairs on tile samples during space walks, using a caulk gun to fill gouges with high-tech goo and sponge brushes to add heat-resistant coating. Collins sees the mission as an important step in getting the U.S. space program back on track--and headed toward manned trips...
...Science Museum in LONDON from April 16 until June 12, and then departs for Edinburgh and Belfast, among other locations. Targeted mainly at 11- to 14-year-olds, the show profiles some of the projects that Einstein's successors are working on, such as an electronic nose that can sniff your breath to make a medical diagnosis, and tiny robots that may soon navigate your bloodstream. Tel: (44-870) 870 4868; einsteinyear.org...