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By Scott Higham and Rafael Alvarez and Scott Higham and Rafael Alvarez,SUN STAFF Staff writers Peter Hermann and Eric Siegel and researcher Paul McCardell contributed to this article | October 31, 1998
Five minutes before his death in a car crash yesterday morning, Baltimore police officer Harold J. Carey was doing one of the things he loved most about life -- laughing.In a little luncheonette at Howard and 25th streets, Carey and his co-workers were joking about his arrest of a shoplifter.The crook's take: 70 packets of Kool-Aid."We were joking with him, and we just all laughed," said Carey's partner, Officer Demetrius Jackson. "And then we hit the street."Five blocks away, Baltimore's 3,200-member force lost an officer many knew as the "gentle giant," a bear of man at 6 feet 1 and 250 pounds who loved to joke with his friends, drive fast cars and shoot pool near his Catonsville home.
NEWS
By Peter Hermann and Peter Hermann,SUN STAFF | November 5, 1998
Baltimore police buried a "gentle giant" yesterday as more than 2,500 officers heard tributes to a colleague whom they described as kind enough to spend an hour consoling a disturbed man but angry whenever a bad guy got away.Officer Harold J. Carey, who was killed in a car accident Friday while riding in a police van that was speeding to help a fellow officer, was eulogized in song, poetry and Scripture during a packed funeral service at Central Church of Christ on Edmondson Avenue."This was a terrible and sudden tragedy," said Commissioner Thomas C. Frazier.
SPORTS
By JERRY BEMBRY and JERRY BEMBRY,SUN STAFF | June 25, 1999
NEW YORK -- His biceps are massive, making him a cover candidate for "Muscle and Fitness" magazine. And he's incredibly long. When he unfolded his 7-foot-1 frame and stood up yesterday, there was a noticeable gap between the bottom of his sweat pants and the top of his sneaker.On sight alone, David Robinson would appear to be one of the most dominant players in the NBA. And over a 10-year career he has proven as much, although he hasn't been devoid of criticism. He's been called "too nice," not tough enough.
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By Jean Marbella and Jean Marbella,SUN NATIONAL STAFF | September 5, 1998
ST. LOUIS -- This is the kind of city where, if you're standing next to your car and fishing through your pockets, someone driving by will stop to ask if you need change for the parking meter.It's the kind of city where the reigning sentiment is: If I caught it, I'd give it to Mac. It's the kind of city where everyone knows "it" is the home run ball that breaks one of baseball's most storied records, Roger Maris' 61 home runs.And "Mac" is, of course, Mark McGwire, the St. Louis Cardinal who is taking the city on one glorious ride as he gets thisclose to doing just that.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Evan Henerson and Evan Henerson,New York Times News Service | December 2, 2001
A painless 20-second procedure was all it took for Karl Meyer and his designers at Gentle Giant Studios in Burbank, Calif., to revolutionize the art of toymaking. While children on Christmas morning may whine about their presents, one complaint you're unlikely to hear is, "But he doesn't even look like Harry Potter." That's because Harry himself (aka 12-year-old actor Daniel Radcliffe) sat and posed for the Gentle Giant digital scanning equipment. Twenty seconds is all the time it takes for the scanner to digitally create a topographical map of the human face.
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By JULIE BELL and JULIE BELL,SUN REPORTER | June 12, 2006
George Bernard Solomon, a "gentle giant" who served for 12 years as chairman of Advance Bank, was pronounced dead last Monday after apparently suffering a heart attack the previous night while walking at the Woodlawn High School track. He was 55. Mr. Solomon helped guide Advance, a community bank founded to serve African-Americans in Baltimore, as it more than doubled its assets over the past dozen years to about $75 million, according to its president and chief executive officer, John Hamilton.