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...ailments--pollution, crime, unemployment, suffering--the pizzaman just shakes his head. "So they'll clean up a little here, for a while. We are used to it. The garbage is part of it." His voice trails off as a co-worker notices him chatting on the job with a stranger. Without even a nod, the pizzaman turns his back and ends the exchange...
...stranger episode occurred when some members of the Afghanistan wrestling team were reported to be eager to defect. After British Television Correspondent Martin Lewis aired a story about the possible defections, all 18 members of the team, edgy and anxious, appeared at a press conference to issue a collective denial. Lewis disputed the claim, even pointing out one athlete who allegedly approached him -a journalistic lapse that could have serious consequences for the unfortunate Afghan...
...even and 86 lbs., one of those slim, prepubescent marvels who have revolutionized the sport. As she has matured, she has added three inches and 13 pounds; some coaches wondered if she had become too top-heavy to perform her limber routines. Indeed, Comaneci looked like a stranger in her new body. She finished a disappointing fourth in the all-around competition during the World Championships at Strasbourg in 1978, then missed much of that event last year due to a badly infected hand...
...horror movie should be about jumping out of your seat and gagging on popcorn and clutching the stranger next to you in a bear hug. In this regard, The Shining is strangely flawed. Kubrick's film contains more than two hours of intellectual horror, too much suggestive fear for those audiences hoping for a bood and guts creature form the black lagoon/omen/jaws/prophecy, or even those expecting Hitchcock-like suspense. It demands patience, a susceptibility to delicate suspense, a relish for the ounce of boredom that wafts through a hallway before all hell breaks loose. And even with these allowances...
...such accord in sight. Earlier he had tthreatened to "raise hell" with Begin on that date if the deadline was not respected. But when the time came, Sadat gave every indication of being willing to wait a little longer for a possible resolution of the autonomy issue. No stranger to political troubles of his own, Sadat apparently was not about to gloat publicly over the problems of his prickly partner in the peace process...