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...more egregious, and widely committed, offenses of sloganeering has been the overuse of derivatives of Reebok's "Life is Short...Play Hard." I've always thought the slogan a rather curious blend of epicurianism and stoicism. Reebok plays to the American propensity for play, but also to the remnants of our Protestant work ethic, reminding us that Life is Short, and so any playing must be done sedulously. Sweaty joggers and wellmuscled mountain-bikers parrot the line with fitter-than-thou reproachfulness...
...BOTTOM LINE: Myth and reality blend unsentimentally in a lovely, lively fairy tale about modern Ireland...
This year the league is strong from the top to bottom. But with its four Fab Frosh and a talented blend of returners, the Crimson is primed to make a run at the league title...
Although he says digging on his allotted square was "grunt work," Glew says he was fascinated to be part of a blend...
...into the record books. At 12 he was the youngest player ever to qualify for the British championship, at 14 the world's youngest current international master, and at 19 the world's youngest grandmaster. All the while he struggled through school as the genius underachiever striving unsuccessfully to blend in with the guys. He went easy on the studies, grew his hair long and played bass guitar in a punk band called the Urge...