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NASHVILLE: Minnesota Fats, the flamboyant hustler who could shoot pool with either hand and once boasted that "nobody in the world can beat me if I play for money" died in Nashville. Born Rudolf Wanderone Jr. in New York City, Fats spent most of his life as a hustler in pool halls all across the country, playing competitively until the late 1980's. Known earlier in his career as New York Fats, he changed his name to Minnesota after Jackie Gleason's Minnesota Fats character in the 1960 movie "The Hustler." Fats was a consummate showman who stuffed $100 bills...
...slip out to the Rose Garden colonnade for a smoking break. If that were not indignity enough, Armey does not have a pass to roam around the West Wing. So whenever he ducked out of the meetings, he needed an escort to make sure the guards didn't shoot him on sight. At one point, Clinton's economic adviser, Gene Sperling, had Armey duty; another time a Secret Service agent warned the majority leader not to toss his cigarette butt into the Rose Garden. The dead leaves, the agent told him, might be a fire hazard...
Grancio not only contained Foyle on defense, but was an offensive madman. Grancio obviously was not intimidated to shoot over Foyle, who is ranked eighth in the country in blocked shots...
Colgate got off to a quick start, taking advantage of Harvard's lax perimeter defense to shoot out to a 20-6 lead. As the Crimson defenders collapsed on Foyle inside, Red Raider guard Seth Schaeffer lit it up, sinking two three-pointers and a 15-foot jumper in a span of just...
...peace enforcers serving under NATO command, the French, British, American and other members of the 60,000-strong international implementation force--32 countries in all are definitely participating in Operation Joint Endeavor--will carry heavy weapons and be authorized to shoot not only if they come under fire but even if they are just threatened. American G.I.s specifically can fire if anyone points a gun at them in a menacing fashion. And the order to fire need not come down any chain of command. It can be given by a sergeant on the spot...