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...September's long shadows. Since then, the rockin' Rocks, who finished in the division cellar last season, have ripped off 21 wins in 22 games--a heart-pounding joyride that included a sudden-death victory just to get into postseason play, as well as playoff sweeps of the powerful Philadelphia Phillies and the lethargic Diamondbacks...
Pennsylvanians had been clamoring for a new road between Philadelphia and Lancaster for years, but the government just couldn't afford it. So in 1792 the state chartered a company that would build the nation's first private turnpike--62 miles (100 km) of stone and gravel--in exchange for the right to collect tolls. Today Pennsylvania finds itself in a similar bind, with the money it needs for roads and bridges far outstripping the money it gets from the gas tax and other revenue streams. So Governor Ed Rendell is turning back the clock, proposing a slew of deals...
...they named him best director as well as best writer for Three Wives and Eve.) No question, he loved the sound of his own authorial voice; it had an overripe eloquence that could beguile any viewer-listener. And when he turned plays into films - producing Philip Barry's The Philadelphia Story or directing Shakespeare's Julius Caesar - he could fall in love with other voices...
...that the mother he scarcely recognized arrived, a new Tyrolean outfit in hand, including the hat with the feather. She took him to Rome, where he had his first bath in six years, and ultimately to the New World, where they settled in a Quaker commune outside Philadelphia...
...that TIME would at least give honorable mention to the importance of studying and learning. We need to be concerned about academic standards and expectations for young athletes. Remember, the odds of their making it in professional sports are stacked against them. Nicholas A. DiNubile, M.D., OrthopedicConsultant to the Philadelphia 76ers Havertown, pennsylvania...