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Belmont is a small neighborhood, but along the full length of the South Bronx lies its commercial and cultural spine. The Grand Concourse was built at the turn of the century as a speedway for the Rider and Driver Club of New York. By World War II, however, the Concourse was a fully developed residential strip containing the greatest collection of Art-Deco buildings in the United States. It was a street attracting people from all over New York, the home of the wealthy and influential leaders of the Bronx...
...first of the four wasn't so interesting. Chris Sailer opened the scoring at 3:37 when she converted a Maureen Finn hit out and Sara LeBlond handstop into her third goal of the year, and second off a corner. Cornell's Terri Rider evened things up in the the 31st minute, and, except for the Big Red's last-minute rush, that...
...Anne Porter, 90, author of gemlike novellas and short stories that dealt, in her words, with the human propensity for "self-betrayal and self-deception, in all its forms"; in Silver Spring, Md. With such lapidary works as Flowering Judas, The Jilting of Granny Weatherall and Pale Horse, Pale Rider, the Texas-born Porter reigned in the 1930s and '40s as the undisputed queen of the short story. But popular and financial success did not come until the publication in 1962 of her only full-length novel, Ship of Fools, which received mixed reviews but became an international bestseller...
...keeping in condition for skating. Now she enjoys the sport as an end in itself-and as another means to Olympic gold: women's cycling has been added to the 1984 Los Angeles Games. "Cycling is exciting because anything can happen," she says, adding modestly: "The best rider doesn't always...
...have crossed the Rocky Mountains in a covered wagon and to have learned ancient mysteries in a Tibetan lamasery. She knew how to charm snakes and people, roll cigarettes, and swear fluently in several languages. She learned horsemanship from Kalmuck tribesmen and was a superb rough-and-tumble rider. The granddaughter of a Russian princess, she cared nothing for Victorian morality, but insisted, after two marriages, several lovers and the birth of an illegitimate child, that she was still a virgin...