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...loosely. As Krinsky says, “The essence of my column is to talk about things we all talk about anyway, just a lot louder.” Once Krinsky has settled on an idea for a column, she often convenes an intimate group of girlfriends who volley thoughts on the issue back and forth over cocktails...
...turns vaudeville comic who has gone into television... His show is a weekly catchall of the things the 40-year-old comic has learned in 35 hard-working years in show business. Berle uses not only his brash, strongbow-shaped mouth to get off his loud, fast, uneven volley of one-line gags; with expert timing and tireless bounce, he also hurls his whole 6 feet and 191 dieted pounds into every act of his show. His motto is still "anything for a laugh"--and practically anything he does gets...
...particularly comic moment ensued when the Crimson appeared to put away a short-angled volley to win a point. Harvard’s assistant volunteer coach, Michael Flanagan, sitting on the nearby bench, saw the ball coming at him and suddenly grabbed it after one bounce...
...eyes twitch with tension and concentration. "You see them?" he barks to the men at their guns. Another grenade explodes, louder and nearer, and this time a machine gun fires too--at the post. "That's very close!" Owdeh shouts. The Israeli machine guns open up a brief, deafening volley. But their target has retreated. In the nervous silence, a soldier speaks up. "It's quiet, too quiet." The Israelis know this won't last. "There's no quiet here," Owdeh mutters. "In this place, there's no such thing...
...Tuesday morning nearly all the Arabs had followed to higher ground, where they fired mortars and machine guns at the advancing mujahidin. Three fighters on a strategic ridge held off the advance for much of the morning before a volley of small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades blew them apart. Two were later dragged to a command post and dumped on the ground for mujahidin fighters to gawk at. One was so mangled that his torso faced the sky and his legs faced the ground...