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Captain Sanaz Ghazal, once again the squad's only senior, made quick work of the Scarlet Knights' Jennifer Hellier in the top slot, polishing her off in straight sets...
...appalling ignorance of history. What happened to the quarantine notices that were once routinely posted on houses afflicted by measles, mumps or whooping cough? Or the long rows of iron lungs filled with polio victims unable to breathe on their own? Why do the words diphtheria and scarlet fever draw only blank stares from today's kids? Because of vaccinations, that...
...draft has traditionally been a sartorial Chernobyl, Jalen Rose's scarlet suit in 1994 being a retina-burning example. This year, though, most draftees displayed impressive understatement. Reason: many contracted with custom suit designers, thus top pick Kenyon Martin's more sedate look...
...dancing revue. And so it was announced that Minnesota Governor JESSE VENTURA had signed over the rights to his life story to be adapted for a Broadway musical, tentatively titled The Body Ventura. The idea was hatched by Pierre Cossette, who produced The Will Rogers Follies and The Scarlet Pimpernel. Cossette plans to mount the production within 18 months, and has spoken with Baywatch star David Hasselhoff about the lead role. "I need a big guy who can sing," Cossette says. He hopes wrestling will serve as the basis for the most rousing production numbers: "You get four big wrestler...
...knighted Anglophile, he risked his career speaking against U.S. isolationism before World War II, fought bravely in it (he was childishly vain about his medals) and was a little resentful, later on, when show biz didn't give him any Old Guy awards. But by then he was the Scarlet Pimpernel of those illusive qualities, grace and charm. He made his living mysteriously--producing and arranging--but when he appeared, in drawing-room comedy revivals, his welcomes were thunderous. He pretended astonishment but basked in the warmth of these tributes to his essential quality: old-fashioned, unspoken gallantry...