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...only twins with differences in our family. My father, a writer and former diplomat, had an identical twin brother, Francis, who was a right-brained banker. Francis, who died in 1992, also had identical twin daughters. My cousin Rose is an intense adventurist while her sister Peg is softer and more traditional...
...trick with fire, Lilley says, is to use a hard piece of wood to rub between the hands, and a softer piece on the ground. "We used to do it in school," he says. "We would take wooden rulers and rub them really hard on the desk. If you did it hard enough, you'd actually burn the desk." Speaking of fire, the bush fire rumored to be heading for "Survivor" territory could be a good thing. "When the grass starts to grow afresh after burning off, all the animals will come to feed on it, whereupon you beat them...
...slot, Harvard's James Bullock easily handled Amherst's John Holodnak, 15-4, 15-2, and 15-7. The normally hard-hitting Bullock, heeding his coach's suggestion, used the match to try out a slightly softer game that would enhance his ability to dictate the pace of the match and work on other technical aspects of his play, including increasing his use of the side walls...
...narcotics. He has the tough, dour demeanor of someone who knows how bad it can get out there. Villalobos, 14 years with the police, worked gangs and sex crimes before coming to homicide but has a more empathetic, sunnier approach to life. "Brian is very intense, I do the softer approach. We feed off each other real well," says Villalobos...
...hearing. David Boies assured reporters he expected prompt and fair action from the Supreme Court, and that the Bush team had "a very heavy burden" in the case. (He's even begun borrowing Baker's "rules of the game" trope.) He also mused that Dec. 12 was a rather softer deadline than the bulk of the Florida legislature was making...