Word: tarring
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Perhaps this cool lover will entice her onto the big screen. There is talk of film work -- maybe an adaptation of Toni Morrison's Tar Baby, maybe a movie version of Dreamgirls. Meanwhile, her family will keep Whitney well protected. Her brothers run interference for her on tour; Robyn offers support and palship; John promotes and shields the family star. Still, Dad must wonder when the cocoon becomes a cage. Last year, after a concert in London, Whitney joined the crew at the local Hippodrome. "I was nervous," he recalls. "At one point I spotted her on the dance floor...
...Nixon directive to tar John F. Kennedy with the assassination of former Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem...
...Orangemen, ranked No. 10 nationally and second in the region behind the Tar Heels, held off upstart Florida 87-81 in the opening game at the Brendan Byrne Arena behind a career-high 33-point performance by center Rony Seikaly...
East: If the Tar Heels finally realize that point guard Kenny Smith (16.9 points per game) is the man who should be taking the big shots, then North Carolina should win the East. Joe Wolf and Jeff Lebo are fine college shooters from the perimeter and freshman J.R. Reid can score with ease against less physical defenders, but Smith is the guy who should be netting 20 every game...
...aloft just as if they were caught. In baseball, overt cheating -- scuffing balls, corking bats -- brings only winks, while the real appreciation is reserved for breaches in the spirit of sportsmanship and fair play. Billy Martin waited for George Brett to hit a homer before objecting to the pine tar on his bat. The old Brooklyn pitcher Clyde King used to twist his cap slightly askew in hopes that the base runner on first would think he was glancing over. King got the idea from wearing two left sneakers in basketball games so that the defender could never tell which...