Word: scamperers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...heart of old Damascus sits the filigreed stone tomb of Saladin, the 12th century sultan who ruled an empire stretching from Cairo to Baghdad. Worshipers bound for the gleaming Umayyad mosque pass by without pausing, and children scamper in a nearby courtyard oblivious of his presence. Yet as the premier potentate of the region, the conqueror of Jerusalem and the fearless warrior who helped crush the Crusaders, Saladin united a divided region and set off a burst of pride among his people that glowed for centuries...
...French Quarter of New Orleans, where this third chapter in Pryor's scarifyingly frank autobiography was shot. The man is still baaad as ever, effortlessly libeling ex-wives (make that all women), Ronald Reagan (make that most white folks) and a tiny racing crab that managed to scamper onstage. But after replaying his heart attack in Live in Concert (1979) and building a hilarious routine out of his near fatal experiment free-basing heroin in Live on the Sunset Strip (1982), Pryor is here to tell you he has been off alcohol and hard drugs for seven months. Given...
...Granger who had given Harvard its apparent game-winning touchdown on a three-yard scamper; just a minute and a half before Shulman split the uprights...
Harvard came right back again when Clivio fumbled on the Crusader' first play from scrimmage. Two plays later--a 12-yard. Allard scamper around left end and an eight yard TD drive by Granger--and Harvard had the lead. 15-10. with about seven minutes left before halftime. The Crimson went for two and Allard hit Garvey in the right side of the end zone to make...
...just gonna hang out in this room together. We'll talk it out." And the futile attempts of friends like Actor Jim Brown, and even some of his drug suppliers, to save him from his habit. And of the accident, and his anguished scamper across the lawns of Northridge: "I did the 100-yard dash in four-point-three." And his admission to the hospital-"I was all steam and smoke"-and his excruciatingly painful recovery...