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...traumas range from fear of death to family split-ups. In Middletown, across the Susquehanna River from Three Mile Island, a ten-year-old boy trembled and broke out in sweat more than a year after the accident; he was convinced that he had contracted leukemia. The Rev. David Newhart, a Middletown pastor, has witnessed several marital breakups. Says he: "Just the question of whether to relocate causes great problems. The wife is mainly concerned about the children, while the husband is worried about finding a new job and supporting the family...
...stop running in a couple of blocks, and quickly take off my black leather jacket and wipe the sweat off my face and make like a pedestrian. I can't see anything and stop some people on the street to ask what street I'm on and which way to the nearest telephone. They point west...
...arguing continued for five full minutes. Finally, the man wearing the flag relented. He nodded his head. He hugged the carabinieri one at a time, kissing them on both cheeks Tears--or was it sweat--were visible on his face. The carabinieri smiled, while the blue lights continued to flash in the background...
Basketball is a most intimate game. Observing a baseball or football player from a distance, the first impression of color might be the color of his uniform. But basketball players are running around in their underwear, and the spectators are close enough to see the players' beards dripping sweat. Since a giant black center is no novelty, something about Ewing must be particularly affecting. "He looks like a big, bad, mean guy," says John Thompson, his coach. "Actually he's a big, quiet, sensitive...
Crews confined to the tanks exude and exert as much or more sweat and effort as teams on the water, without the feeling of the world sweeping past or the excitement of knowing that the boat has never gone as fast. They suffer for the sake of a distant goal and follow a schedule that monopolizes more of the athletes time over the course of a year than perhaps any other sport...