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...sound of my own swallowing rocked my head like a bullhorn when we arrived at our destination. So, one can imagine how my fragile equilibrium—and my will to live—were jolted when suddenly a noise as sharp and as a loud as a gunshot rang...
...Montreal stadium for $10 an hour, and she was waitressing at an Edmonton coffee shop. While the rest of the skating universe was still buzzing about the Nagano Olympics, Pelletier flew to Edmonton for a second try, and the two clicked. The minute Pelletier got back home, the phone rang, and it was Sale. "We put our cards on the table and decided, 'Let's get started,'" recalls Pelletier...
...moment I thought another plane had crashed. My wife was watching TV in the next room, when suddenly I heard moaning and then, "Oh, no!" The phone rang not 10 sec. later--my mother-in-law. "Did you see it?" she said. Her voice was loud and agitated. She demanded to speak with her daughter. I was worried...
...dining hall chandeliers at the “Olympiad.” The flags of many nations hung from walls or sprang from centerpieces; bright cloth napkins bedecked the tables. The theme from “Chariots of Fire,” as well as other vaguely martial music, rang from speakers. With cryptic symbolism, a smoke machine belched beside the Annenberg card swiper’s desk. Some dining hall workers were festively clad in funny hats...
...Nation of Islam to spout racist rhetoric and promote a homemade version of Islam, he showed his vulnerability to cults, but he later revealed his strengths by walking away. Perhaps Ali's greatest American-rebel moment was when he refused to go into the military service: he rang a chord going all the way back to the Civil War, when some whites refused to defend slavery for slave owners who had no respect for them either...