Word: boyds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Series was in progress, I couldn't bring myself to care. Moreover, the entire season had been one long, progressive benumbment, as circumstances snatched interest from me, piece by progressive piece. The Sox were out of it before we began--what with Clemens' holdout, Gedman's erasure, and Boyd's injury. So I followed the Yanks, who stayed on top far longer than they deserved (on almost no pitching worth mentioning) but eventually, and inevitably, faded. Then I swallowed my pride of last October and followed the Mets (I remain a New Yorker at heart). I was sure they would...
...Hendu has struck out far more often than he has homered. Roger Clemens and Rich Gedman began the season late after holding out for more money. Oil Can Boyd shoulder was hurt. Jim Rice forgot how to hit home runs--much less anything else. Calvin Schiraldi continued to throw meatball pitches right over the plate. The upshot of all this was that the Red Sox were never even in contention, dashing the expectations of fans all over New England...
Usually being one to defend political cartoonists from those who are inclined to take their art too seriously, I feel a bit odd writing a letter to complain about the insulting and tasteless "Boyd's Eye View" you published on April 20. But Boyd's cartoon means to be taken seriously, and the subject matter is important enough that I can't avoid feeling insulted. The cartoon shows a coat-and-tie clad college student with the label "New Conservatism" with a demonic, whip-holding shadow labeled "New Collegiate Racism...
...Boyd's cartoon offends, and hurts our ability to deal with the very real problems of deteriorating race relations on campus. First, it is just not true. I resent the fact that wild and irresponsbile charges force me into having to "prove" that I and my fellow conservatives are not racist bigots. How is one to defend against such accusations, anyway? What could I possible say here that would "prove" that I believe in human dignity, equality and liberty as much as anyone alive...
...obscene form of racial McCarthyism, but to acknowledge a real problem that we all must try to deal with. Name-calling, character assassination, and tying partisan politics up with issues that are fundamentally more important only degrade the effort to combat racial bigotry. By feeding these divisive fires, Boyd's cartoon only makes the problem worse. Christopher A. Ford...