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Contraception, invented in the Middle Ages, came in two varieties: plate metal and chain link...
...South Africa that the whites have acknowledged that their best chance is to negotiate openly with Africans," says Robert I. Rotberg, a professor of history and political science at Tufts University. "What they have done is move South Africa from way out in the outfield to closer to home plate...
When U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jay Stephens finally bagged Mayor Marion Barry, he did not sink back into a gray-flannel cocoon of "no comment." Once an anonymous deputy counsel in the Reagan White House whose only attempt at flash was his vanity license plate WH LAW, Stephens is now a rising Republican star. After numerous press interviews about Barry's arrest, he took to the Sunday TV circuit to explain why his sting operation was a triumph...
...observer learns all this by interviewing a plate of superior grilled snapper at an amiable neighborhood restaurant called La Riviera, out in the 'burbs of Jefferson Parish. The snapper is the liveliest football interview in a town that has other important matters, such as the onrush of Mardi Gras, on its mind. "Joe Billy," the observer asked, "how will Elway do against the nickel, three pennies, car keys and a couple pieces of pocket-lint defense...
Munch lunch, Italian sausage and hot pickled onions, at the Home Plate Inn out on Tulane Avenue. Some retired cops there say, nah, they're not interested in the game, too much hype, but they've got two cards of a hefty betting pool filled anyway. Head for the big N.F.L. pregame monster rally at the Convention Center. Then on to Pat O'Brien's, where they serve a drink called the Hurricane. Note the immediate lowering of atmospheric pressure. Try a cheer: "Go, Pittsburgh!" "Joe Billy, the Steelers are a lock...