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Ironically, Nicolas Pacana's Jester spun out the ballet's only truly arresting dance--capering, cartwheeling, bursting up in a jangle of lines knocked askew. As a clown, the Jester can spoof and comment like the ballet itself, exercising the only mode of feeling and moving, which is neither blunted nor ridiculed...
Though he didn't outlast Tiger opponent Milt Wilcox (now 13-12), Sox hurler Luis Tiant whirled and spun for five strong innings, retiring in the sixth when Ron LeFlore guessed correctly on a Tiant hesitation-ephus pitch, punching it into the left field screens. Tiant left the game complaining of a slight muscle pull behind his left knee...
...life, the editor nudged James Jones down the thin red line that led to From Here to Eternity. Once he sensed the presence of talent, Perkins thought no burden too great if it would help an author produce a worthy novel. While suggesting possible improvements to one writer, he spun out a letter 30 pages long. He managed finances, patched up family troubles, soothed egos and never complained about the demands made on his patience and energy. The strain hastened his death...
Most sheep chicers are recent escapees from the suburbs, who get their folk wisdom from Blair & Ketchum's Country Journal. But their money and enthusiasm, along with a certain craving for hand-spun yarn and naturally colored fleece, lend impetus to the recent renaissance in New Hampshire sheep raising...
...summer they help keep mowing costs down. Regularly bred ewes add one or two lambs a year, which can be either sold for meat or used to increase the flock. The shepherd can expect to obtain about 10 Ibs. of fleece per sheep a year, which can either be spun or sold for an average price...