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Byzantine Deceit. Like a lot of Frankish knights of the day,11th century Roussel de Balliol offered his sword for hire-and even then, before the Crusades, the steadiest work around was fighting the infidel. When Roussel and his troop of 300 mailed warriors got a chance to hire out to the Emperor of Byzantium to fight the Turks, he jumped at the chance. Out in Asia Minor, at the very frontiers of the Christian world, there were chances which a mercenary might never have in Europe...
...George, Novelist Isaac Rosenfeld tells a memorable story of psychological exhibitionists at a Greenwich Village drinking party. When one of them, a girl named Gloria, turns into a physical exhibitionist by doffing all her clothes, good old George, the steadiest character in the room, saves what is left of decorum by making a circus-style departure that shakes even Gloria out of her pose...
...Make a Deal?" On a lucky day, an organ grinder may make as much as 20 pesos from such notoriously open-handed patrons as drunks, lovers and tourists. But his steadiest customers are the poor. When the shoeshiner's family takes a trip on the second-class bus, the cilindrero plays Las Golondrinas at the sendoff. He performs at dances for those who cannot afford to hire mariachis or fancy bands. When at midafternoon he shuffles into the big patio of a working-class tenement, children shriek, dogs bark, chickens scurry around, and women drop their housework to listen...
...short of clothes. Would Bergdorf's please send her 24 more outfits, in beige, grey, black and brown? One matron delighted in buying $60 Bergdorf hats for her dachshund; another regularly bought ermine capes for her granddaughter's doll collection. For years, one of Bergdorf's steadiest customers was an aged woman who bought a custom-made burial dress once a year to be sure that she'd be properly attired when the time came...
Midfielder Ron Iluebach was out at the beginning of the season with mumps. Turk Broder, steadiest defense man on the club, broke his cheekbone and was shelved for the rest of the year...