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...love fest," says U2 frontman Bono, sounding genuinely humbled and slightly surprised that a tour by one of the most celebrated bands in the world in support of one of its most acclaimed albums in years would generate any sort of affection at all. "I've nearly wept reading some of the reviews of the shows, they've been so effusive." He pauses and smiles. "It's just great being in this band at this minute...
...city was trained on the towers, and the crowds in the street, refugees from the first explosion, were there to see it. Desks and chairs and people were sucked out the windows and rained down on the streets below. Men and women, cops and fire fighters watched and wept. As fire and debris fell, cars blew up; the air smelled of smoke and concrete, that smell that spits out of jackhammers chewing up pavement. You could taste the air more easily than you could breathe...
...city was trained on the towers, and the crowds in the street, refugees from the first explosion, were there to see it. Desks and chairs and people were sucked out the windows and rained down on the streets below. Men and women, cops and fire fighters watched and wept. As fire and debris fell, cars blew up; the air smelled of smoke and concrete, that smell that spits out of jackhammers chewing up pavement. You could taste the air more easily than you could breathe...
...misinterpreting the famously incomprehensible Rav Kook, it seems to me that there is only one way: if men leave in stones their own hearts. Unlike the gorgeous mosques next door, the Western Wall is nothing to look at—it’s only holy because millions have wept there. And Abbey Road is just another tree-lined avenue in St. John’s Wood—cherished because thousands have had their picture taken in the crosswalk, because millions have looked into someone else’s eyes and seen George?...
...Star game were up 9% this year, and it's no wonder. CAL RIPKEN JR., America's official icon of staying power, provided enough heart-tugging drama for a Billy Crystal TV movie by crushing a home run in his final bow at an All-Star game. Grown men wept as the room-service fastball, served up by Chan Ho Park, landed beyond the left-field fence. For comic relief, TOMMY LASORDA took a flying baseball bat off his hip while coaching third base, wobbled over and popped right back up like the giant, adorable Weeble he is. "I feel...