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Peggy Noonan, a former White House speechwriter and Reagan favorite, was driving with her mother from a supermarket in suburban Virginia when she heard a radio sound bite of Bush's "I'm one of you" quote. She felt her stomach sink. She called Fuller, who told her to be on Air Force Two the next afternoon for Bush's return to New Hampshire. Sitting next to Bush on the plane, she tried to make sense of what he was trying to say about himself. His hands fluttered near his chest, as if seeking his heart, and he said softly...
...plurality at the expense of Labor. Three other leftist parties could account for as many as eight seats in the Knesset. Darawshe's new Arab Democratic Party, which calls for direct negotiations with the P.L.O., could pick up another. But he represents the only Arab party that Labor might stomach in a coalition...
...Park Street station, I realized that Iactually felt nervous and a little scared. Therewas a kiosk with an aerial photo-map of Boston;looking down from the air into the buildings andstreets made my stomach rise and tilt, like I wasin an elevator that had just lurched 50 stories. Ididn't want to go upstairs and face job hunting; Iwandered around looking for a musician, feelingvaguely sorry for myself. It was amazing how justimagining that I had no job depressed me; twocheerful Deadheads playing "Jailhouse Rock"finally got me upstairs...
...restaurant with the red and gold painted signs had the best squid selections, so I went there. The squid, which was chewy and seafood-like, saw more of my armpit than my stomach as I reached across the table to eat off other people's plates. Crowding with other people is really the point of this place anyway; long cafe tables, piled with bring-your-own beer bottles and crumpled napkins, tend to promote sharing. When other Reviewers got sick of sharing (which your friends may also do) I drank the free tea and watched the activity. Scallions getting chopped...
...almost every sport, there are some pills and potions that promise black- magic results. To fire their systems up, many competitors have turned to stimulants, using amphetamines or even caffeine enemas and suppositories, because rectal administration puts the chemical into the bloodstream without causing an upset stomach. Testing for "uppers" by sports federations is highly reliable, but use of this class of drugs is not confined to competitions like the Olympics. Some of the most famous cases of stimulant usage have occurred in professional baseball and football, which have lax testing for the substances...