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...freakish string of injuries (and they are freakish - what are the odds that both Mike Piazza and Alex Rodriguez would suffer concussions in the last weekend before the game?) seem pretty legit; it doesn't look like anyone's faking it just to get out of playing. Except, now that you mention it, it does seem a little strange that Junior Griffey, who played for the Reds Sunday, can participate in the home run derby today but not play tomorrow... although the Kid has for years been famously reluctant to play in the Midsummer Classic - something about wanting to spend...
Some of the events that unfold in Bee Season, notably Miriam's worsening episodes of kleptomania, seem a little contrived. But Goldberg engenders considerable suspense around both Eliza's string of spelling successes and the fates of the other Naumanns. And her descriptions of Eliza's strange linguistic mastery--"The letters are magnets, her brain a refrigerator door"--are humorous and, in a way that Eliza's father would appreciate and understand, mystical...
Somebody wanted Vuk Draskovic dead, but it may not have been Slobodan Milosevic - after all, the Serbian strongman has little reason to fear the veteran opposition leader these days. In contrast to the string of professional hits that have eliminated both friend and foe of the Milosevic regime over the past year, Friday's attempt on Draskovic was an amateurish hit-or-miss affair, the gunmen spraying the opposition leader's holiday apartment with automatic rifle fire while he was vacationing in Montenegro. But not even an attempt on his life is likely to restore his declining political fortunes...
...going to have a state-of-the-art radar system in the near future. What can be done in the meantime to make our runways safer? The NTSB has offered a string of suggestions, many of which are revolutionary in their simplicity: Controllers need to speak slowly and clearly, and pilots should come to a full stop before crossing any runways. Good thing these people went through intensive aviation training - otherwise, all of these complicated safety directives might be way over their heads...
Serenaded by a string quartet playing Dvorak's opus, the honorands dined last night in Annenberg Hall on tomato basil soup, veal scaloppini with Madeira sauce and almond tulie cups for dessert...