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...Padua likes to keep itself and its treasures hidden in plain sight. Evidence that the town doesn't like to brag: Locals modestly (and cheekily) refer to Padua as the city that has a saint without a name, a field with no grass and a café with no doors. And they're talking about three of their greatest treasures. Perhaps the saint is so popular he doesn't even need a name. The Basilica del Santo is the resting place of St. Anthony - known simply as il Santo - a humble 13th century Franciscan monk. The massive church, with...
More weeks went by before the moment in late July when they truly bonded, the day when Rlickman had sudden health trouble and Appel drove him to the VA Hospital in Jamaica Plain. During the three-and-a-half weeks he spent there last August, he called her from the hospital several times...
...SARS in perspective, plain influenza (which comes from southeast Asia and probably exploited the same mechanism that SARS did to become infectious) kills between a quarter and half a million people each year. The deadly Hantavirus, which was discovered in the U.S. in 1993, kills half of its victims. By contrast, SARS kills only about four percent if its victims, and has infected about 2,700 people as of Saturday...
...that slider and another pitch that’s neither here nor there...When he’s got those going right, he’s something.” There aren’t many trade secrets when it comes to what’s in plain view...
...course, maybe that’s because what’s in plain view doesn’t matter much. “Look at this guy,” a scout tells me. “Look at a guy that size and tell me if you’ve ever seen somebody in the big leagues his size do much. Maybe a lefty, fine…” Schutt, listed at 6’1 and 200 pounds, lets loose another pitch, called outside. “Most of these guys here, they’re what...