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...happy paradoxes of the game: while many fans prefer the action of a double rattling off the wall, just as many dote on that subtle little duel between hurler and hitter. Baseball has its troubles?shaky franchises, feuding owners, player dissents?but as long as its basic appeals thrive, so too will the game...
...purpose in life," his strength, courage and conviction recall to mind Paul Robeson, the hugely talented black singer who parried the assaults that a demi-world of small men thrust at him because of his beliefs. Like Robeson, Ali possesses a majestic grace that allows him to thrive when it is expected he will crumble. Seven years ago when he fulfilled that initial purpose of his life by winning the championship, he said, "I'm free to be who I want to be." He has maintained that freedom; however, one wonders at what cost. When I asked...
...that they will not be deaf to appeals made in the name of peace, of freedom and indeed of life itself. The peace of the Harvard community is at stake, for should it not act and act firmly then Harvard shall become a place in which only those can thrive who promote their beliefs with violence and defend their rights with force. The freedom of the University and that of all its members is at stake, for where self-righteous force is the tyrant there is no freedom. And my life, and that of every peaceful citizen is at stake...
...American has already been annihilated; now the Andromeda strain seems bent on total destruction. The Thing multiplies by some unknown process. At great-too great-length, the brains decide to nuke it to death. But wait! They suddenly realize their folly. Split atoms are what make the Thing thrive. It eats them for breakfast. The countdown begins. Can the stalwart defuse the bomb in time? The clock eats up seconds...
...city where 200,000 people sleep in the streets at night and an unskilled worker earns a pitiful two rupees (260) a day. India's largest metropolis (pop. 7,900,000), the capital of teeming West Bengal State, is also a place where artists and intellectuals thrive. Not surprisingly, in view of the intense pressures upon them, the all-consuming passion for this gifted and volatile people is politics. Put two Bengalis in a room and inevitably there is a heated political argument...