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...Texas oilmen flaunted their new wealth: "[O]ne oilman wore a hundred-dollar bill as a bow tie; when asked, he would take it off and throw it in the air, then tie another. Another took to riding a pet lion to meet the mailman; yet another tried in vain to keep penguins in a walk-in freezer. One wrote Pablo Picasso asking to buy ten paintings; he didn't specify color or type, just the size of his wall. A Houston oilman's wife wrote to the Smithsonian to ask whether the Hope Diamond was for sale. Then there...
...favor of The Big One, which, at best, sounds like something on a fast-food chain's menu. Then [Kansas City Chiefs owner] Lamar Hunt got into the picture... Around the time of the merger negotiations, Hunt saw his son and daughter playing with a new ball from Wham-O that was almost impossibly bouncy. It wasn't such a leap from Super Ball to Super Bowl. Hunt brought it up at an owners' meeting, and -over Rozelle's strong objections-the name stuck." (See the top 10 sports moments...
...least 10--an extraordinary tally for a congregation in this area. The young pastor, with two babies himself, talks softly about a God who never departs. "God is with you wherever you are going," he tells the youngsters. "God never says goodbye to us. Let's pray: O God, thank you for not saying goodbye. Thank you for always being with...
...after meetings on a dizzying array of topics, he returns home to read reports from Congress or the Group of Thirty, an international body of economists, and call a network of peers who advise him. "I have aged, so I don't think I have called anyone after 11 o'clock since this job," he jokes about his reputation for having late-night debates with friends. "I'm not sure that's a record I will be able to continue...
...ROSIE O'DONNELL ceases blogging, says, "It wasn't providing the joy it used to." We know, Rosie, we know...