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...combination of mogul geology and sun chemistry make a mediocre skier without edge control into a magician. The hill becomes a slippery sandbox of rhythm in the frosty intensity of late winter afternoon. But crossed tips can make a four-stitch salad out of a novice leg. The end: the skier looks out of a mountain urinal at the back of the city...
...carry in the penalty box for four seconds, which is all the time it took Norris to stuff Gerry Jorgenson's pass into the goal. The Tigers brought about their own downfall for the rest of the period when Jim Wadsworth, a birdlike 160-pounder, carved out a three-stitch gash over Beckett's left eye, and a five-minute major penalty for himself...
...Basilica four new princes of the church, clad in magnificent scarlet robes, knelt last week to receive from Pope John their red hats, symbolic of their elevation to the College of Cardinals. Besides their rank and faith, the new cardinals had something else in common: the same tailor. Every stitch of their elaborate garments, from scarlet silk stockings to matching skullcap, came from Bonaventura Gammarelli, 61, the most prestigious name in the Roman Catholic cloak and soutane trade. From his small shop in the shadow of Rome's ancient Pantheon, Gammarelli sends out the robes and capes to Catholic...
...been designed by Hollywood Couturier Don Loper, who regularly makes up ladies' ensembles. Soon after Loper leaked the news that Frankie had ordered "two of everything" just "in case he spills anything," Frankie got so mad at the chic designer that he vowed he would not wear a stitch of Loper clothing...
...four basic techniques for clearing local arterial roadblocks: 1) cut out the diseased section, pull the severed ends of the artery together and stitch them: 2) make a slit in the side of the artery, insert a special instrument, ream out the fatty debris and close the incision with a couple of stitches; 3) slit the artery lengthwise along the blocked stretch and put a long oval plastic patch in the wall to increase its diameter; 4) make an artificial detour for the blood by splicing a length of plastic tube into the artery, above and below the blocked section...