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...have been like to confront this Bradman? His entry onto the ground was an amble, which some interpreted as him basking in the applause. In fact, he was allowing his blue eyes to adjust to the sunlight. From narrow shoulders hung muscular arms; this was the result of nothing except overuse of a bat. More striking was his unmistakable half-smile, reflecting both supreme self-confidence and pleasure. "I couldn't wait to bat," he said. "The bigger the occasion, the tenser the atmosphere, the more I liked the game...
...very good to have a president who can speak out on major national issues," said Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney H. Verba '53 . "Neil Rudenstine was an academic whose whole career, except for a few years, had been within universities. [Summers] may be more of an outspoken figure, and that would be to the good...
...Taiwan both belong to 'one China.'" Catch the difference? In the old version of the sentence, Taiwan is presented as a part of China. In the new sentence, Taiwan and the mainland are positioned as parts of the same entity. That means the two sides can talk as equals. Except for one thing: the alternative to reunification, Zhou made clear, is war. Beijing is asking Taiwan, again, to negotiate with a gun at its head...
Sounds like perfectly normal behavior to us--except maybe the fantasies about Kim Basinger...
...spent the first two days interviewing the contestants for the personality third of the contest. We were able to ask them about anything except current-events questions because "these women have been in a bubble for two weeks." I'm guessing those bubbles had been forming for much longer. I never imagined I could be so bored talking to attractive women whose only goal was to impress me. I was mildly impressed by the fact that Miss Vermont had written several books, including True Beauty: A Sunny Face Means a Happy Heart, Betsy the Cow Goes to the Vermont State...