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...stood there in the Monday evening dusk, his first Grand Slam quarterfinal berth finally secured, he looked stunned...
...their bullets passed between his arms and body? And the 86-year-old is still surprised people wonder at what is so clear to him: "I found myself there, and to see, I had to get up - and to get up, I had to show myself. So I just stood up and that was it. I was in it." Before he went to sleep that night, and in all the days of battle after it, the young private didn't think again about what had happened on May 15, 1945, in the steamy heat of New Guinea...
...followed by an upsurge in terror attacks-and everyone from Israeli military intelligence to leading Hamas figures agrees that it will-they might use that as an opportunity to ditch the prime minister. When that happens, Netanyahu may be well situated to capitalize, as the man who finally stood on principle and quit, rather than vote for the withdrawal...
...remember being uncharacteristically shy with Betsy, hesitant even to talk to her. One day, though, my boss asked me to read a hair-product commercial the station was recording. When I showed up in the studio, there stood my gorgeous redhead, ready to read the female part. After the final take, feeling frustrated by the exercise, I crumpled the script, threw it on the floor and fumed, "Who in the world writes this junk...
...editor-in-chief, to comply with a federal grand jury's subpoena and surrender the notes and files of White House correspondent Matthew Cooper [July 18]. Pearlstine said the company had an obligation to follow the law. But throughout our country's history, it has been those who have stood up to the misuse of laws who have brought about the social changes needed to protect our constitutional rights. The American press has been justifiably criticized for being too easy on the Bush Administration and not practicing real investigative journalism. I fear that Pearlstine's decision reinforces those views...