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...where he had practiced the jump shot a hundred or a thousand times. Then he was in the air as high as he could go, his right arm raised with the ball touching the heel of his hand and resting like a cloud on his fingertips. He flexed his wrist, and he felt the ball lift off into a medium orbit, and as soon as it began the 15-ft. trajectory, he knew it would...
...reality, Clinton's formula is a very moderate effort to reduce the deficit without disrupting the economy. Proposed spending cuts nip at the fringes of the government's massive spending package; huge items like entitlements remain untouched. New taxes, while very visible, amount to only a slap on the wrist. Energy duties are minuscule in comparison to those Europeans have to pay. Clinton's plan is hardly radical, and as it passes through Congress it will likely become even less...
...graphic unveiling of Dil's manhood elicits gasps from some moviegoers. Others -- cannier judges of such subtleties as voice timbre and wrist circumference -- smile sagely at the validation of their perspicacity. Stephen Woolley, the film's producer, theorizes that perhaps a quarter of the audience knows Dil's gender at once, another quarter suspects it, and at least half are completely in the dark. "Many," he says, "still insist that Jaye is a girl...
...colleagues on both papers, he announced last week that he was going over to the News (for a reported $260,000). Speaking of Hoffenberg, McAlary said, "It's very hard to work for a publisher who, when you talk to him, is staring at the watch on your wrist and the rings on your fingers. I cover crooks. I don't work for them." But how, he was asked, could he work for Zuckerman after denouncing him so viciously? Easy, replied McAlary. "He's willing to look past it. So, he starts off a bigger guy than...
Harvard did hold its own in the first stanza, despite the game's frenetic pace. After pinning the Crimson deep in its zone for much of the early going, the Providence defense began make some mistakes. Sophomore Winkie Mleczko flicked a wrist-shot into the pack in front of the net. After a wild flurry of slashing at the puck, sophomore Diana Clark corralled the puck and stuffed it past Friar goalie Gina Martinello with 2:28 remaining in the first period...