Word: rings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...HANG AROUND ANYMORE. I JUST train," says Maurice Gray, 28, who dreams of becoming heavyweight boxing champion of the world. "This keeps me out of trouble. I have gotten more hurt in the street than in the ring...
When they finally arrived, the doctor turned out to be a knee specialist, hardly unqualified, but still clearly uncomfortable with explaining the nature of the fracture and the wrapping of the cast for my arm. My hand was swollen around my class ring, and he immediately cut the ring off, laughing at my suggestion of trying a little soap and water first. I headed home three hours after I arrived at UHS with an ace bandage "cast" and a broken ring, wishing I'd sprained my knee...
...Simpson wants his Calvin Klein underwear back. He also wants the garage door opener, golf shoes and other items that police seized from his Ford Bronco. According to documents filed Monday by Simpson attorney Carl Douglas, the former football star got his passport and Hall of Fame ring back after he was acquitted of murder, but prosecutors have refused to return anything else. Among them: the famous handgun, fake beard and mustache; two cassettes ("Too Funky" and "Frank Sinatra Duets"); various membership cards (Hertz, West Hills Country Club, Blockbuster Video and a "Hooters VIP" card) and $3.93 in change...
Only time will tell whether the end of this ordeal will put the ring back in the cash register, as devoted viewers emerge from their dens and head groggily for the malls, with disposable income that has not been spent since the trial began...
...Though not matching the sums paid for recent works by hot novelists like Michael Crichton and John Grisham, Evans got a bigger publishing advance--and more money from Hollywood--than any other first novelist in history. "It's probably good that, once in a while, someone proves the brass ring can be snatched," says Michael Korda, editor in chief at Simon & Schuster. "Otherwise, it's like a casino where none of the slot machines ever...