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...comp, the powers that be bestow upon you a title worthy of your achievement, a title that testifies to your position as the near equal of the entrenched establishment. The results are frequently rather interesting. For instance, "Official Poster Designer, Hasty Pudding Theatricals 161" has a rather Olympic ring to it, I think, while "Sackbut" tends a bit more to the je ne sais quoi...
...Gerry Cooney will return to the boxing ring...
Accustomed to the godlike treatment accorded surgeons, Koop was stunned by the viciousness of Washington, which has neither gods nor heroes. Every day he would go to his temporary office on the seventh floor at the Department of Health and Human Services. Every day the phone wouldn't ring. His wife, uprooted from Philadelphia, waited in their small sublet wondering whether to unpack. One day Koop returned to find tears rolling down her face, a critical newspaper article on her lap. He considered leaving, but Betty persuaded him to stay. The two had been through a lot -- long years...
...baseball mitts and spotted plump puppies,/ Horseshoes that ring and bright smiling yuppies . . ./ These are a few of my favorite things...
Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, thought to head a ring that shipped up to two tons of cocaine monthly into the U.S., had been sought for years, but was protected by corrupt Mexican officials, according to U.S. drug agents...