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Supporting the front line is arguably the best bullpen in the business, led by the team's bulwark. Bruce Sutter (9-8, 35 saves, 3 04). Sutter had an abysmal month-long drought in which he was awful, with an ERA over seven Since then, just the sight of him warming up has been enough toquell nascent rallies and give opposing managers nightmares. With a week and a half remaining, Sutter has an outside shot at surpassing John Hiller's mark of 38 saves...
...politics. He was never a consensus seeker; he dominated his supporters by the force of his personality. He also sees himself as leading a kind of mission on behalf of the Jews. Says an intimate: "He still believes Jews are the victims of hatred and prejudice. Jewish blood, the sight of helpless Jews being killed by enemies and pogroms. The fear of elimination and liquidation. That's what goes through his mind all the time." Says a Begin aide: "He feels a duty to see that the Jewish people are safe. Not just Israel." He adds, "Begin refers...
Next: loneliness at sight of large and cheerful groups at every turn, irresolvable personality clashes with roommates, cold war with hometown sweetheart, distress at ridiculous string of accomplishments boasted by everyone else in entryway, despair at impossible equation of things to do and time available, fear of extraordinary academic failure (with concurrent anxiety that admissions-office computer made error), agony that infatuating face prefers one's own roommate, disquieting sense that life at home has changed in one's absence, exasperation at sarcastic attitude of hometown friends and family about fancyschmancy college (with cute regional pronunciation of college name...
...salvaged bed, storage-crate furniture, a beer cooler and a stove made from an oil drum, smack in the middle of a 35-ft.-long traffic island on Manhattan's East River Drive. His presence immediately stopped a bit of traffic; passing motorists were enchanted by the sight of the eccentric tenant, protected from the elements only by the elevated southbound lanes overhead, and slowed down long enough to contribute food and beer. New enough to contribute food and beer. New York newspapers and TV stations showed a serene Cruz sitting back and reading a book while the world...
Dead water birds, their gooey bodies strewed along a filthy shore. It is a sadly familiar scene in the wake of a major oil spill. For one man, however, the sight evoked more curiosity than pathos. After viewing photos of the 1967 Torrey Canyon grounding off the Cornish coast, Al Crotti, an American international lawyer based in London, had a novel idea: "If feathers attracting the oil are part of the problem, why can't feathers be part of the solution?" Why not indeed? Now being added to the arsenal of weapons for fighting oil spills is Seaclean...