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...It’s been a constant tug of war between my emphasis on historical accuracy and [the filmmakers’] emphasis on telling a good story,” Nicholi says...
...from the trailers, which, it turned out, were for manufacturing hydrogen for use in weather balloons. "They said to me, 'I'm sorry we can't find what we told you existed,'" Kay recalled. Yet some analysts would not give up the fight. Kay told of a months-long tug-of-war between those back in Washington who believed and those in the field who could see with their own eyes. Kay tried to rotate the former into the field because, as he put it, "the people who stuck to their guns the longest" were the ones who never went...
...DIED. TUG MCGRAW, 59, intensely competitive left-hander whose relief-pitching prowess helped the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies capture World Series championships; of brain cancer; in Nashville. A crowd favorite known for his boyish enthusiasm, he coined the Mets' battle cry "You gotta believe!" during the 1973 National League pennant race. After notching 180 saves in a 20-year career, he went on to work as a TV sportscaster and wrote three children's books...
Sometimes the tug of war between parents and children even reverses direction. Kendel Ratley, 23, a public relations account executive in New York City, misses her miniature dachshund, Loki, dreadfully and begs her mom to bring him for a visit. But Betty Ratley, a nonprofit fund raiser in Tyson's Corner, Va., has resisted, afraid Kendel won't let her take him home again. As for me, I can grumble all I want about my girls not taking their cats--because I know they never will. Recently when little Seis fell ill, I felt stricken. Caring for her was hard...
...DIED. FRANK (TUG) MCGRAW, 59, exuberant baseball relief pitcher whose phrase "Ya gotta believe!" was the rallying cry of the New York Mets' unlikely last-to-first run for the 1973 National League pennant; of brain cancer; in Nashville. McGraw, who was known for on-field antics such as feigning heart palpitations when home-run balls drifted foul, pitched in the World Series for the Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies. Asked how he would spend his bonus from the 1973 Mets pennant, McGraw replied, "Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish whiskey. The other 10 percent...