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...something furry," Snuffer intoned as Kayleen entered her stall. Madame Zelda took a deep breath and continued. "Something warm. What is it? Maybe...
...disturbances may also strengthen Arafat in his dealings with the Israelis. Says al-Khatib: "It proves to the Israelis that he has certain cards to play if they continue to stall the peace process." Certainly Arafat was in no great hurry to squelch the uprising. On Wednesday Israeli security officials expressed frustration that he was not responding to their appeals to restore calm. On Thursday afternoon Arafat issued a call to his forces for restraint. But it was half-hearted, and the violence, though lessened, continued into Saturday. Netanyahu, once so resolutely standoffish, phoned Arafat asking for a meeting...
...various ventures may be, consumers can't send their kids to college or buy that vacation home unless Fidelity is in the money. As a former employee says, performance is the sine qua non; if Fidelity does not get back into the top 10%, the whole operation may stall...
...hotel lobby in 1928, Hughie is an old-fashioned tale--even the clock on the wall ticks in waltz tempo. And Erie Smith (Pacino) is an old-fashioned gambler, a loser out of Damon Runyon. For Erie, horseplaying is a sacred vocation. "I'd rather sleep in the same stall with old Man o' War," he says, "than make the whole damn Follies." Down on his luck, he has the sour, insistent patter of a guy without dolls, a sharpie gone flat. Tonight he's got nothing better to do than talk to a taciturn desk clerk (the excellent Paul...
...unevenness of the ground, and shadows. Experienced riders walk the course twice. Reeve always did it three or four times. "The last thing I remember is that on Saturday morning I went out and walked the course again," he says. "I finished suiting up, got Buck out of his stall, rechecked the girth, hopped onboard and headed out for the warm-up area. The next thing I remember was Wednesday afternoon in the hospital at the University of Virginia...