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"Well, what can I say? I'm just glad I'm in great physical condition. I'm not hurt. I thank the Lord. I'm so sorry once again." This was a reference to his only other defeat in 42 matches, 14 fierce rounds against Leonard in 1981. Whatever was...
Question: Who is the first batter in the major leagues to be the 4,000th strikeout victim of a pitcher? Answer: New York Met Danny Heep. After two fast-balls and a curve that fooled him badly, Mr. Heep became the latest answer to a trivia question on the occasion...
On occasion, however, something goes wrong, and a fortnight ago it did. In Niagara Falls, Lieut. Commander Robert Michael Gershon, 32, was piloting his Skyhawk through a stunt called the opposing blivot, in which two planes approach head on, then, as they come within 200 ft. of each other, go...
Exceptions to these indirect dealings existed too. In 1958, Tom Lehrer was singing We Will All Go Together When We Go ("universal bereavement,/ an inspiring achievement"). Robert Lowell, ahead of his time in such things, wrote Fall 1961: "All autumn the chafe and jar/ of nuclear war;/ we have talked...
Of course, both types of reactions, being extremes, may have little to do with the real fears of people; that is, the private feelings of an individual that his life is in a constant state of jeopardy, and that there is no course available but to live either sybaritically or...