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...ceremonies opening the new Japan House in New York City, Professor Jun Eto of the Tokyo Institute of Technology said: "It was almost as if the black ships had reappeared off the coast of Japan." The Japanese described Nixon's twin action as an ofuku binta?the forehand-backhand slap in the face that imperial army officers administered to erring soldiers before...
...penalty shot should never be missed," Messing explained, "so you have to use psychological tricks. I went out to their player and gave him a friendly slap. I guess he was pretty shook...
Lost Momentum. The big showdown occurred last week when the Dodgers met the Giants for the last time this season in a two-game series at Candlestick Park. In the first game, the slap-hitting Dodgers uncharacteristically clouted three home runs to outlast the Giants 5-4. In the process a disputed call and a near free-for-all over an exchange of beanballs resulted in two players from each team being thrown out of the game. Next night, the Giants rebounded long enough to take a 5-3 lead into the ninth inning. Then some more strange things...
...when in 1922 he joined Richard Strauss, Director Max Reinhardt and Librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal in organizing the Salzburg Festival. Before he began his eleven years as the festival's president in 1960, Paumgartner proved eminently resourceful. Once, while recording Don Giovanni, he went so far as to slap a soprano in order to evoke a properly furious scream from...