Word: tallness
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Hugh McColl is what southerners call "a firecracker of a man." He is a tiny stick of dynamite: 5 ft. 6 3/4 in. tall, with a big mouth and a short fuse. Once, deep into a negotiation to grab a billion-dollar bank, he waited for words until an idea materialized somewhere out of that Marine Corps (1957-59) mind, and he unloaded over the phone at the poor gentleman on the other end: "My board is meeting, and we've gone too far. I've got to launch my missiles!" (The not-so-gentlemanly reply, reported later...
...Shea Stadium, home of the Mets, who have a three-game stand against Philadelphia July 16-18. Shea is where the 1969 Miracle Mets worked their magic, and is within a few line drives--and a trolley ride--of the 1964 World's Fair grounds, with its 140-ft.-tall metallic globe, the U.S.T.A. Tennis Center and the New York Hall of Science. If you can't get enough baseball, the Yankees play Detroit on July 20. Or take in other New York City sites: the dinosaur-rich American Museum of Natural History, the Children's Museum, Central Park...
...headquarters for this year's Northwestern Summit is Washington State's Western Washington University, which rests between the breathtaking peak of Mount Baker and the calm waters of Bellingham Bay. It's an idyllic setting--Alpine meadows, tall pines, unspoiled lakes and miles of hiking trails--and also a great place to learn about the Northwest and its marine environments. You'll take wildlife cruises to Puget Sound, trips to North Cascades National Park and, of course, visits to Mount Baker. Also planned this year are special trips for kayakers, beginners and advanced, and courses about the ancient forests...
What D'Arcis's letter sketched out, documents left by 16th century nuns described in detail: the 14-ft.-long, herringbone-twill linen cloth of which the bishop spoke did bear the image of a naked and bearded man about 6 ft. tall, hair in a loose ponytail, back apparently scourged with a multithonged whip, hands crossed modestly before him. The figure was already faded then: a more recent witness described it as having "both the color and character of faint scorch marks on a well-used ironing cover." But not so faint that, D'Arcis excepted, people doubted...
Harvard (3-5, 1-2 Ivy), which sits in sixth place in the Ivy standings, needs wins against undefeated foes Princeton (8-2, 3-0) tomorrow and No. 9 Dartmouth (7-1, 3-0) next Wednesday to have any hope of contending. It's a tall order, but the Crimson must start...