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...aftermath of one of the most outrageous acts of cold-blooded civic slaughter in recent memory. In a speech at the Piazza Palitearna, the Pope cautiously sympathized with Palermo's anguished citizens. "Facts of barbarous violence, which for too long a time have bloodied the strengths of this splendid city, offend human dignity...
There are few tales to be told about most of the men who rule the Soviet Union from splendid isolation in the Kremlin, but Yuri Andropov is a curious exception. As onetime Ambassador to Hungary, he has had more contact with foreigners than many of his comrades who have spent their careers at home. Now that he has stepped into the international limelight, scattered details and vignettes from his past have begun to emerge, adding both light and shadow to the Andropov portrait...
...evidence, including a prewritten, first-person SPORTS ILLUSTRATED account, suggested the evening was pure melodrama. But Leonard insisted his decision to retire was not finally made until right there in the ring, when, looking directly at Middleweight Champion Marvin Hagler and rhapsodizing over what a splendid match they would make, he said, "Unfortunately, it will never happen...
Onstage, he cuts a splendid figure: blond and handsome, with impossibly blue eyes, an athletic carriage and an assured, commanding presence. His distinctive, honey-rich, seductive lyric baritone voice is equally adept at the histrionic demands of opera and the more intimate sentiments of lieder. He is in demand at the world's great opera houses, has made dozens of recordings and in his native Germany has had his own television show. Along with his colleague and rival Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, he has long been regarded as a leading German baritone of his generation, and possesses a more beautiful...
...there was small doubt that St. Louis was the better team, not because its speed was more important than Milwaukee's power, but because pitching is always most important of all. Critically, the splendid St. Louis reliever, Bruce Sutter, was sound...