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...Sammy Sosa as a legend chaser. The amiable but erratic Chicago Cubs outfielder was better known for throwing to the wrong bases and stealing at impractical times. Same thing at bat: flailing wildly, the power hitter seemed to go for the fences with every swing. Result: last year he struck out more than anyone in the National League...
...teachers and I, all college undergrads, faced the constant challenge of bringing the curriculum, which was centered around stereotypes and acceptance, to an accessible and honest level. I was repeatedly struck by the difficulty of helping children discuss issues of personal immediacy, like how safe they felt at home, when my life was so far removed from theirs and the time I spent with them was so minimal...
Congressional Republicans want the electorate to know the GOP is more hawkish than the White House in the war on drugs. Two weeks after President Clinton announced a campaign that focused on reducing not only the supply but also the demand for drugs, the GOP struck back with an old standby: Just say "No mas" -- legislation that would greatly beef up the U.S. presence on the border in order to halt the inflow of drugs...
...Arms and The English Patient, add another memorable star-crossed Red Cross romance: Thomas Moran's second novel, The World I Made for Her (Riverhead; 273 pages; $23.95), which delves into the bond between James Blatchley, a semicomatose New York City cop, and Nuala Riordan, his Irish-immigrant caregiver. Struck down (as the author himself was once) by a horrifically stubborn strain of chicken pox, the immobilized Blatchley has been rendered tongue-tied not by Cyrano-like shyness but by an emergency tracheotomy and an ominous respirator that he has nicknamed, Ken Kesey style, the Machine...
Finally, feeling slightly emboldened by the activity and bright lights behind the scenes, we struck up a conversation with a girl whose finger was bandaged...