Word: blends
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Theo is an imaginary character, though the specific details of his dilem ma are all too true. Forbes' novel is not "faction" or a thriller, but a thoughtful blend of both...
...line, known, naturally, as "the Rat Patrol." Bobby Clarke, 30, captain of Philadelphia's championship teams in the mid-'70s, anchors the entire team. Of his once and future centers, Quinn says: "Since the beginning of the year, we've thought this was a real good blend...
...Islanders are determined to scramble Philadelphia's blend and bring the Stanley Cup to Long Island, but just getting this far has helped fulfill the unmet hopes of years past. Says Center Lorne Henning, who is one of two players remaining from the Islanders' inaugural season: "We've frustrated ourselves and our fans for so long. It's nice to feel that for once we didn't disappoint anyone...
...college English departments, the shift from an all-out study of literature to a more rigorous blend of literature and composition can be a shock to the faculty. At the University of Texas' Austin campus, half the students in the 1960s were excused from fulfilling the freshman English requirement. Today that group has dipped to 28%. To staff the 256 sections of freshman English now required at the sprawling state campus. Liberal Arts Dean Robert King has ordered all English professors to teach one composition course annually. So far, none has carried out initial threats to quit from overwork...
...swaggering William Harvey, an improbable pair of diverse talents and temperaments who together stood guard over America's secrets for much of the postwar era. Observes Martin: "Where Harvey had raged against the Soviet threat with basso profundo and six-shooter, Angleton seduced with a hypnotic blend of brilliance and mystique. Angleton was the Italian stiletto to Harvey's German Luger...