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...Washington, B.C., already too stiff to ask the Senators' players for autographs, Kuhn whiled away early 1940s summers manning the scoreboard for a dollar a day, just to have some part in the wondrous events at Griffith Stadium. "That old stadium had magic," he said. "When they tore it down, my world disappeared...
This week's excerpts tell of the President's hopes and fears through the dramatic 13 days at Camp David that resulted in the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty. Next week, Carter writes of the 444 days that tore at the very roots of his presidency-the period in which America's hostages were held in Iran...
...backs; one young man had been castrated. Middle-aged women and girls as young as three, their arms and legs grotesquely splayed, were draped across piles of rubble. Portions of their heads were blown away. One woman was found clutching an infant to her body; the same bullet that tore through her chest had also killed the baby. Said a Lebanese Army officer: "There is so much butchery the mind cannot comprehend...
...captives, sent the women and children back into the camp and eventually released the men. At one point, an Israeli officer asked through a bullhorn if any of the group were from Shatila. He was told yes, and was told what had happened there. When he heard, the officer tore his peaked cap from his head and threw it to the ground with a violent curse...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN tore dozens of towns apart two years ago. The rock star often varied his performances during his most celebrated U.S. tour. But the result was consistent: With a devastated crowd as proof, Springsteen affirmed nightly his status as the quintessential American rock hero. Springsteen's 1980-81 tour--each concert frenetic, fresh and at least three hours in length--has few parallels. For pure hysteria, last year's tour by the Rolling Stones and the current Who circuit following the release of their new album are close comparisons. But Springsteen's shows did not simply arrest and frenzy...