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...universe. Instead of focusing on the nuts and bolts -- exotic particles, black-body radiation and the like -- Overbye draws intimate portraits of such people as Allan Sandage, once a "lean, Jimmy Stewartish" youngster and now the grand old man of cosmology; David Schramm, a Porsche-driving physicist and ex-wrestler; and Yakov Zeldovich, a sort of "Zorba the Cosmologist," who dazzled colleagues with his intuitive genius and women with his charm. By describing the quirky personalities and brilliant minds of these and other scientists, Overbye reveals cosmology to be a human and passionate enterprise. This lures the reader into wanting...
...first round, only Cole and freshman Michael Warnick at 142-lb. won their matches. Warnick was major-decisioned in the next round by William and Mary's Thierry Chaney, who was named the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler. Cole squeaked out a 10-8 win in the quarters before being decisioned 7-2 by Rich Santana of eventual Eastern champion Syracuse...
...hear the one about the half-Armenian woman in Bombay, with a weakness for baklava, who was introduced by her lover, the procuress, to a gigolo from the Seychelles known as Raper George? When her husband -- a 7-ft., entirely bald Azerbaijani all-in wrestler with gold-capped teeth -- heard about how his wife was spending her lazy afternoons, he hurried over to the small hotel where she was finding her pleasure...
...Mike looked really good in his matches," said Cole, who knocked off the sixth-ranked wrestler in the country in the semifinals. "I made a mental mistake in my final match...
...Sumo Wrestler" by Laura Evans exemplifies this timidity. The artist successfully uses color. There is a bold contrast of orange, blue, and green, well suited to the subject matter. The weighty aggressiveness of a Sumo wrestler is further underlined by the artist's blocky style. But the painting technique leaves a lot to be desired, with one thin washy layer and no variation in strokes or thickness. Because of an unsophisticated use of oil, the painting appears to be a sketch for a future, developed rendition...