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...course--some of them as shabby, venal or self-important as the cast of Evelyn Waugh's Scoop, the 1937 novel that is still the most hilarious depiction of foreign correspondents and their publishers in the grip of a vigorous incomprehension of just about everything. In the book William Boot, who writes a nature column for a British newspaper called the Beast--composing sentences like "Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole"--is recruited by mistake to join a collection of journalistic mountebanks and hacks in covering coup and countercoup in the fictional African land of Ishmaelia...
Also, the team will undergo what members fondly refer to as “spring break boot camp” while friends and fellow students are busy partying on beaches. All twelve members will remain in Cambridge and practice every day for six hours and then break down videotape at team meetings at night for another two hours...
...course - some of them as shabby, venal or self-important as the cast of Evelyn Waugh's Scoop, the 1937 novel that is still the most hilarious depiction of foreign correspondents and their publishers in the grip of a vigorous incomprehension of just about everything. In the book William Boot, who writes a nature column for a British newspaper called the Beast - composing sentences like "Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole" - is recruited by mistake to join a collection of journalistic mountebanks and hacks in covering coup and countercoup in the fictional African land of Ishmaelia...
...laid, he was quick to reply, “All I can say is thoroughly.” But consistent with his new-found “lovey-dovey vibe,” he promises “more of a smoochy thing, less of a full-on boot knocking thing.” Drawing on the breadth of Soul Coughing material and the depths of his own talent, Doughty’s tour should live up to the promise of warmth and fuzz. Expect not only a solid, satisfying performance, but also a few surprises...
...Lodwick - and the U.S. media - thought he had a decent chance of winning a medal, particularly considering his two podium finishes on this season's World Cup circuit and his strong showing in Saturday's ski-jump leg of the two-sport event. After breaking his boot during a training jump on Thursday, Lodwick decided he'd still prefer to compete with his familiar footwear. It was a good choice. Even in difficult wind conditions, he leaped into seventh place. Bill Demong, 21, of Vermontville, NY, took eighth...