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...Catholic Church may gently pooh-pooh her claims, but that hasn't stopped tens of thousands of pilgrims from flocking to the Georgia farm of Nancy Fowler -- after all, if the clergy are wrong, then staying away would mean missing a rare public message from the Virgin Mary. More than 100,000 people from all over the U.S. and Latin America are expected at Tuesday's event, in which Fowler plans to channel the words of the Virgin. The 47-year-old former nurse claims to have delivered annual messages from Mary for the past seven years, although...
Stiffer racquets offer more control, Brody notes, but flexible racquets are more comfortable. The professor pooh-poohs the digital precision of rating systems, at least for Bad Doubles players: "You cannot tell the difference between a 6.0 and a 6.2," he says. But even players like me should consider string tension: "The tighter the strings, the less power you get," he explains. Racquets strung less tightly launch the ball like a trampoline but with some loss of control...
...draw a plurality of 41% in the Democratic primary, his drawbacks in a general election are obvious. While most of his positions (pro-choice, pro-environment) put him on the liberal end of the political spectrum, his crude, combative style has largely alienated the state's traditional party Pooh-Bahs and threatens to scare upscale Democrats into Engler's camp. Some Dems, though, see a silver lining in Fieger's ascent: his in-your-face campaign style could lure a fresh wave of young voters, as well as win back blue-collar constituents and reinvigorate African-American voters outraged...
22.Winnie-the-Pooh, A. A. Milne...
...audience for the Muppets has not only been huge; it has also been passionate. In fact, given the number of his fans and the intensity of their devotion, Kermit may possibly be the leading children's character of the century, more significant than even Peter Pan or Winnie-the-Pooh...