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...Calling out her name and getting no answer, he feared the worst. On his third pass, he hurled a hammer at the hull. It landed with a sharp crack. Moments later, an escape hatch in the stern opened and out crawled a weary Autissier. Yelling "Super!" she set a raft in the water, Soldini tossed her a rope, and she pulled herself close enough to climb aboard. Reporting in, Soldini said he was warming her spirits with wine and cheese, and Autissier, arguably France's most popular female sports figure, assured fans she was "on an Italian cruise...
...trend in gangster chic. He lived large, in a suite at the Waldorf Astoria. Expensive and elegant suits, silk shirts, handmade shoes, cashmere topcoats and fedoras enhanced his executive image. There was always a beautiful woman, a showgirl or a nightclub singer on his arm. Sinatra and actor George Raft were pals...
Kraft, like so many other franchise owners in all of the major sports, felt the state owed him a living. He demanded, and eventually received from Connecticut, a publicly financed stadium, a raft of tax breaks and numerous financial guarantees. Were it not for the strong opposition of House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran (D-Mattapan), the state likely would have given in to Kraft's demands...
Obligingly, Death agrees to take a short break from his grim reapings in order to let Bill wind up his affairs in an orderly fashion. In return, he asks only that his victim teach him something about life. It does not occur to director Martin Brest and the raft of screenwriters employed on this enterprise that this is an illogical request. Who would know more about life than the figure who confronts us in our final moments, when all pride, all pomp, all defenses are stripped away...
...senior section" of the seating for Nelson Mandela's speech. In fact, a lot of the student proponents for advanced standing hold it up as the perfect way of beating the system--one convenient piece of paper good for better odds in Core lotteries, improved housing assignments and a raft of other benefits only sketchily associated with its actual academic function...