Two sweet swings separated by five days of anguish and anxiety provided a salve for a reeling team and, perhaps, the finishing touch on a homecoming that left a stadium of Dodgers fans delirious and two in particular in tears.Nomar Garciaparra topped his unforgettable 10th-inning walkoff home run against the San Diego Padres by belting a grand slam with two out in the ninth Sunday to give the Dodgers a 5-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Fan Appreciation Day and keep them from losing ground in the National League West and wild-card races.It might have been Garciaparra’s last at-bat at Dodger Stadium. (It’s best showcased in a dinosaur chase sequence and a food fight involving a “meatball cannon.”) In other words, the stereoscopic effect, achieved through state-of-the-art digital technology, is used in no more modern a fashion than it was in the golden age of 3-D: the 1950s.Which is perhaps in keeping with the overall retro-futurist vibe. I just shot it a little bit long.”East guard Nick Calathes grabbed the rebound, but his scoop layup at the buzzer missed.Mayo remained on the bench with a towel draped over his head afterward while West forward Michael Beasley received the most-valuable-player award from John Wooden. For example: Dustin Hoffman in “Tootsie,” Tom Cruise in “The Firm” and Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford in “The Way We Were.” That’s also the case with “The Interpreter,” which stars Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn.

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But “my social life is the conservatory.”Burnett, the child psychologist, said increased home schooling of gifted athletes is part of the trend of parents doing whatever it takes to give their children an advantage — from training with expensive coaches to holding students back a year for a physical edge on competitors.Sheri Nogaki of Orange started home schooling daughters, Katy, 11, and Kristen, 8, this last school year after Katy started having stomach aches from the anxiety of trying to mix gymnastics and schoolwork. She got Benedict XVI.It’s not certain what this new pope will mean for Latin America. With 23 consecutive scoreless innings, the postseason record books could barely contain him. Ketchum, a Rogers biographer, Eskimos watching from a remote shoreline near Point Barrow saw the plane lift off and bank to the right. Manny, Moe, Jack and Lute.”Trick question: In the spirit of the NFL’s Wonderlic test, TNT’s “Inside the NBA” crew created a test for Charles Barkley called the “WonderChuck.”Barkley’s first question: “If Charles, playing for Phoenix, grabbed a defensive rebound, took two dribbles, passed to Kevin Johnson, then ran the floor with Dan Majerle, who would get the fastbreak dunk?”Barkley’s answer: “Dan Marjerle.”The correct answer: “It’s a moot point.