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...months in the U.S. during Hussein's cancer treatment were among their most enriching times together since the former Princeton cheerleader (ne Lisa Halaby) married the Arab monarch two decades ago. They lived at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, kept up on work in Jordan via e-mail, spun around in a Volkswagen Beetle, browsed in bookstores, walked in nearby woods and watched Canada geese settling down for autumn nights. "I never managed to get him out Rollerblading," says the Queen, whose Arabic name means "Light of Hussein." And then her voice breaks as she explains how "these moments meant...
Story after story, friend to friend, in the bars, on the commuter trains--tales of a Homeric champion spun in the air like plates on sticks, so that they would not fall and smash, so that children might keep them alive ("You'll never forget that"). DiMaggio was both hero and celebrity, the distinction being that one does and the other is. The hero was the player; the celebrity dated show girls and eventually married Marilyn Monroe, effecting the merger of America's two favorite pastimes. The press protected him, and he protected himself by silence. Hank Greenberg observed that...
...Sophomore John Birtwell, last season's resident rookie sensation with a 4-0 record and a 2.29 ERA, spun three-hit ball for six innings, striking out five and allowing just one earned...
...About halfway through the second period, Laing made two incredible saves on an amazing rush by the Crimson. Sophomore forward Chris Bala flew to a loose puck at the left circle. Off-balance, he slid a pass to a cutting Schwefel. Schwefel spun around his defender for one shot and then tried to stuff in the rebound...
Like most choreographers, Fosse spun his idiosyncratic moves out of the peculiarities of his own body. "He was a bit bent and crooked by nature," recalls Reinking, "and somewhat pigeon-toed." The style that resulted, says Fosse dance captain Brad Musgrove, was the antithesis of the expansive approach of classical ballet: "It's all turned in. You're knock-kneed, you roll over on your ankles, you're sitting into your hip, you're arching your back, the elbows are in, the wrists are flexed. You have to work exactly the opposite from the way you're trained...