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...between the ages of 13 and 17, chances are she is. If her passions are shopping, popularity, pigging out on junk food and piling on cosmetics, the answer is probably "fer shurr." If she is almost unintelligible, the verdict can only be: "Totally." Particularly if she pronounces the word "Toe-dully...
...begin. In the second half of the opening game between Belgium and Argentina two weeks ago, a Belgian forward, Erwin Vandenbergh, the former European scoring champ, got the World Cup off on a brand-new foot. A pass from Teammate Alex Czerniatynski landed at Vandenbergh's toe. He had slithered through the Argentine defense like a British SAS unit, and stood alone before the goal. The crowd of 95,000, including Spanish King Juan Carlos, quieted for a moment: tradition hung in the balance. Ever since the single opening game was instituted back in 1966-five World Cups...
...effectively ended Dizzy Dean's career with a line drive smash that broke his toe? (Hint: it happened in the 1937 all-star game...
...course, there were those who refused to toe the line. Many writers went into hiding in Vichy France, publishing underground newspapers and organizing active resistance. Some, like Jean Paulhan, editor of La Nouvelle Revue Francaise, lived ambiguously, playing both sides of the game. During the occupation. Papulhan stayed on at the helm of the German-controlled Revue and at the same time was an active member of the resistance...
...Great Gretzky ("It's embarrassing. If I had my choice, I wouldn't use it") is a straw-haired, blotchy-skinned kid, barely 5 ft. 11 in., barely 165 Ibs., barely 21 years old. He blushes and scuffs his toe a lot. In 65 years only two players had ever scored 50 goals in a season's first 50 games; this year Gretzky scored his 50th goal in the 39th game, and last week he reached the alltime record 77th goal (and the 78th, and the 79th) with 16 games to go. It is more than just...