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...operation, which has dropped the dread PTL name in favor of the Inspirational Network, claims to make $250,000 a month. It could be spun off, if Mernick feels uncomfortable presiding over such soul-saving shows as Zola Levitt Presents, which aims openly at persuading Jews to follow Jesus. One dubious PTL officeworker figures that to save his investment Mernick may have no choice but to foster evangelistic Christianity. "People can go anywhere for a theme park, hotel or campsite," the worker says. "Why would they want to come out here in the middle of nowhere? The reason is simple...
...something like saying the sun was where you expected it to be at noon. Next up was a moderately difficult reverse somersault that he was accustomed to nailing for 8s and 9s, but this time it went wrong. He jumped almost straight up instead of up and out, spun too close to the board, cracked his head on the board's edge as he rotated backward, and wobbled raggedly into the water. It was the melodrama of the Seoul competition's opening week, and the message of this first act was "He's human after all." The second act, soon...
...around fight, Bilozerchev met expectations, outscoring both his teammates as he took 10s in three of the six events. But 50% of the all-around score carries over from the team competition, and there, Bilozerchev had faltered badly in one event, slamming into the high bar as he spun out of control during an unrivaled series of one-armed giant swings around the bar. The mishap cost him a crucial half point, which ultimately enabled the consistent Artemov, a perennial runner-up, to finally land on the top podium, and the aggressive Liukin to take the silver...
...there were still a few birds in it, the laziest of the doves just released. A couple may have been fricasseed. The risk that attends glory, especially the danger to peace, was already a backdrop of the Games and a theme of the entertainment. Alternately across the infield, children spun pinwheels or broke boards with their feet. Devil masks were brandished in a pantomime of chaos. Like East and West, or North and South, yin slammed yang in a breathtaking display of ropework and philosophy. But the exquisite counterpoint to all the violent charades was the sight...
...relatively unpopulated area of Mexico, 110 miles southwest of Brownsville, Texas, where the terrain of mountains and flat farmland helped undermine its strength. It did bring more than 6 in. of rain, causing flooding in an area the size of Colorado. At week's end it had spun off some 30 tornadoes twisting around coastal Texas. High winds and battering rain were expected as far north as Chicago. Gilbert, according to Mark Zimmer of the National Hurricane Center, will turn into a "huge rainmaking machine" that will bring water to parched areas extending to the lower Ohio River Valley...