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Unfortunately, all the anticipation proved to be in vain, as the convention received no confirmed guests from the future...
...many errors Cobb committed, suggesting that he knows there were more than a few. Beyond the five different positions that Rose has played in the All-Star Game (first, second, third, left and right), he is proud of changing posts several times for the good of his team and vain about his outfielding record (.991). He does not dwell on how many fewer games (3,034 to 3,455) and at bats (11,429 to 13,689) Cobb enjoyed over his 24 seasons...
...names themselves, scenarios about the timing are speculative. The cardinals could, in these final 48 hours before they move together into the Santa Marta hotel inside the Vatican, begin to converge on an outsider to point to in the early voting. Or they could find themselves waiting in vain to see if someone new emerges in the early balloting, before turning to one of the established figures. In any case, if there is no Pope by Friday, alarms of "A Church Divided!" may start ringing around the world...
...spent most of his adult life on college campuses, teaching and writing: poems, critical essays, reviews, a novel (Pictures from an Institution), translations and children's books. His visible eccentricities were mild. He appeared vain about his looks. As a young man, he turned himself out like a river boat gambler, slim, dark, natty and sporting a pencil mustache; in his late 30s he raised a bushy, patriarchal beard. When he was excited, his high, piercing voice had a tendency to rise in volume and exaggerate his Tennessee twang. For the most part, though, he kept his inner fires banked...
...hopes of delivering them, Broadway's veteran creators have devised a variety of strategies, all in vain this season. Some say the trick is to scale back the shows and their costs. But Quilters, a genial bit of Americana, lasted only 24 performances. Some advocate looking for a beloved story, but The Three Musketeers managed only nine performances. Some call for a celebration of show biz itself, but Harrigan 'n Hart, a tribute to two founding fathers of the modern musical, barely lasted a week. Some call for presold songs, performed in low-key review style, but Leader...