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Staph’s story reads like a script from the minds that brought us “The Mighty Ducks,” “The Replacements” and the more recent “Hardball.” Injured one year and mired in obscurity the next, Staph wasn’t invited to camp his junior year because Harvard Coach Tim Murphy felt he “wasn’t far enough along” in his development. He persevered and eventually stuck on the roster, only to see limited action behind starting fullback...
...voices do not comfort us with the illusion that these victims died instantly, ignorant of their fate. Quite the contrary. They give us a script to run through in our minds. The victims moved past denial into acceptance at breakneck speed, which meant they understood clearly--more clearly than we--what was happening. Perhaps that's why the hijackers, as some reports have suggested, urged some passengers to call home--quite aware that the drama would inflame our despair...
...brother. They own a farm that becomes the site of enormous, mysterious crop circles. A surprise ending to this one? He's coy, but promises it will be unique: "I'm an Indian living in Philadelphia--I can't help it!" Disney execs, who paid eight figures for the script, are counting on a hit--and hope the surprises stay on the screen...
...security agreement with the U.S. When he died in 1969, Junichiro was studying in London. He hurried back home and, while sorting through Junya's papers, discovered that his future had been laid out for him. "Certain victory, Junichiro-kun," read a note written in his father's script. In Japan, political inheritance is common: about a third of the seats in parliament are passed from one generation to the next. So Koizumi's election should have been a slam dunk. Instead, he suffered an embarrassing defeat in Yokosuka, his family's parliamentary district. "His political base was fragile, because...
...When journalists learned of the first human heart transplant in 1967, the story turned out to be worthy of a Hollywood script. CHRIS BARNARD was young, confident, good-looking -- a surgeon-genius from the backwoods of South Africa. His innocence and disarming honesty only added to one of the most extraordinary medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. "What happens now?" we asked him after the operation. "I don't exactly know, it's never been done before," he replied. But real life isn't always like the movies. When I spoke with Barnard a month ago, he was a lonely...