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...Most of the Western visitors wasted little time talking politics with their relatives. With more than two years of separation behind them, they dwelt on family matters, cooed over Tante Emma's new baby, or drank a belated brandy to Opa's memory. Only after the initial thrill of renewal ties was there time for furtive whispers about the future. Could the Communists really close the Wall again Jan. 5-the deadline-now that both East and West Berliners had tasted a mo ment of freedom? It was bound to erode Communism's barrier, and to speed...
...known as "El Fenomeno" until he put a little extra on a forehand one day and wound up whistling through a baseball-sized gap in his front teeth. Pelotaris like to compare themselves to bullfighters: the pelota is a charging bull, and the closer it comes, the bigger the thrill. In Miami some years back, one player was beaned and killed, and frontons tried to talk the players into wearing protective helmets. The suggestion brought hoots of disdain. Sneered one player: "Would a bullfighter enter the ring in a tank...
...usual, they were dillies, a superbly executed potpourri inspired by Bali's antic muse. There were subtle pencil drawings of nudes, erotic washes produced by the inky wiggling of a live baby octopus, fiery battle scenes with paint laid on thick enough to thrill a pastry chef. Of course, there was also his super-surrealism, typically in GALACIDALACIDEOXYRIB ONUCLEICACID (Homage to Crick and Watson), a title so long that it resorts to a parenthetical remark. In a slick equation of Botticelli and biochemistry, Dali portrays a translucent God lifting the dead Christ into heaven, superimposed on the molecular structure...
Despite this reversal and the problem presented by short attention spans and the flirting of the older Ute girls, Bayne and Goldberg consider the science program a success. "All the campers had the thrill of experimenting," Bayne noted, "and all of them had a chance to look at nature in a different...
...trip. "Well, what have I done?" she asked her readers. "I'm the first woman to have flown around the world. I circumnavigated the globe in 24 days, twelve hours and 51 minutes. This is almost three times as fast as Nellie Ely.-It's been a thrill!" Then she added: "I find to my surprise that I'm somewhat of a celebrity. It's not going to little Dorothy's head, however...