The barrier islands that take the brunt of most storms appeared to have survived unscathed: sea oats were still standing tall Tuesday, while new roads and sand fencing — put in place after Hurricane Ivan tore through the area five years ago — showed no sign of damage.
But Klingenberg stood tall Friday, leaping to head away a shot by Sweden's Caroline Seger in the 77th minute, preserving a scoreless tie and giving a U.S. the hard-earned point that keeps it atop the group standings with one game left in World Cup pool play.
'Once Upon a Story Johnny Appleseedd and Other American Tall Tales' (Friday, Saturday, Tuesday and Wednesday) The United States doesn't have just one storytelling tradition, but many.
Dressed in orange hazmat suits, and looking quite strange themselves, the earthlings head into the tall cylinder day after day, hoping to communicate with a being that does not speak in linear terms, sentences or easily discernible patterns.
'Once Upon a Story: Johnny Appleseed and Other American Tall Tales' (Friday, and Monday through Thursday) The United States doesn't have just one storytelling tradition, but many.
The Indiana Pacers stood taller Sunday afternoon, quite literally, and they played bigger.
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Sept. 24 — With an average height around 6 feet 5 inches, the Jets' offensive line could walk even a little taller Monday, knowing it contributed greatly to a 31-28 victoverover the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.
In 1970, as Friedan led women in a march down Fifth Avenue, Pete Hamill reported, "All women looked six feet tall that day".
Now the legend opened out, to become a vast, sprawling movie-novel filmed on sets of the most consummate and particularized realism: period clothing, furniture, and kitchen appliances; real food; a cast of characters headed by a Doris Dayish Plath (a tall Doris Day who "wrote") and a Laurence Olivier Heathcliffish Hughes.
