Word: priesting
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...ball, but by putting pressure on the inside half of the ball, right-handed pitchers can aim at a left-handed hitter's body and still make it break over the plate, opposite from the movement of a curve or slider. The Atlanta Braves' Greg Maddux is the high priest of the pitch, but Reynolds estimates 30 or more hurlers are using it--with great success. "It's really deceptive," he says. "It's scaring hitters...
...most responsible for NAFTA Man's ascendance in McAllen is a former Catholic priest turned economic hustler named, coincidentally, Mike Allen. As president of the local economic-development office, the 63-year-old executive uses local tax funds to attract business to McAllen--as well as to its Mexican sister city, Reynosa, across the vein-thin river. "I remember back in '88 meeting the mayor of Reynosa. He had an AK-47 in his back seat. We did a handshake deal to bring manufacturers to Mexico," says Allen. Back then, Reynosa had fewer than 20 factories, with 16,000 employees...
...witnesses were called by the defense and echoed Riley’s sentiments: a lawyer for the AFL-CIO, a dining services union representative, a Mass. Hall custodian, a priest from the United Ministries and three faculty members...
...group, run by American citizen Nguyen Huu Chanh, is accused of planning armed attacks and fomenting political instability in Vietnam. The defendants, some arrested as long as two years ago, face sentences ranging from 12 years to death. The verdict is expected this week. Police also arrested a Catholic priest, Father Nguyen Van Ly, on antigovernment charges...
Each of these characters tells his story to an avid listener: Randy to the hitman (Michael Douglas, who also produced the movie) he has hired to rid himself of Jewel; Dehling to his brother (Richard Jenkins), who is a priest; Carl to a psychiatrist (Reba McEntire)--wow, this is a well-cast movie. But none of them can do much more than offer sympathy for the poor dopes' entrapments. For what is possibly the funniest thing about McCool's is how easily the men fall into Jewel's clutches...