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...week passed, precious few additional details came to light concerning the Sadat assassination. One theory remained unchanged: that the assassins were members of a small, violent Islamic fundamentalist group, Takfir wa Hijra (Atonement and Holy Flight). An outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood, Takfir wa Hijra was responsible for the abduction and murder of one of Sadat's former Cabinet ministers in 1977; now it is implicated not only in the killing of Sadat but in the rioting later that week in Asyut...
...thinking. Yes, the movement is very risky indeed. First of all, it is unprecedented. Secondly, it endangers not only Poland, but the whole world's political balance (although here I have some doubts: is the contemporary world really so balanced? and is this kind of balance really so precious?). However, at this point I usually demand some concrete arguments upholding the thesis that "the Poles do not understand" the risk. And this is the response I usually...
...green eyes begin to flash with fire and ice as, clad in black tights and a form-hugging tunic top, she dashes up the back stairs of a stage and into a burst of light. Hit Me with Your Best Shot, she sings to thousands of screaming fans. That precious time has arrived: Patty Andrzejewski, former cheerleader, has become Pat Benatar, the heartbreaker queen of rock 'n'roll...
...will not rise for almost three hours, but already the line has begun to form in front of the austere, dimly lit shop. A panel truck pulls up to the rear entrance, and two burly workers, their white smocks spattered with red stains, deliver their precious cargo: a day's supply of meat. Within three hours, the choicest cuts-pork chops, ham, boneless beef-will be gone. The late arrivals will have to make do with sausage, soup bones or chicken. Or perhaps nothing...
...that the guy is a hustler, and, more than likely, a winner. But he has also always been an athlete, and that has been taken away from him. His health is intact--"That's the hard part about my injury, I feel fine now"--but he has lost something precious to him. After 12 years surrounded by the crowd that is the game of football, it is not easy to be alone...