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...performances enthrall us. But in the end, it is simply what he is." Last week, as part of a revived $5 million ad campaign, Heston's metaphysics came newly into focus. His jaw set, his gaze uncompromising, his rifle gleaming, he stared out from a magazine ad under the caption, "I've never been afraid of doing the right thing...I'm the N.R.A...
...like your curves"--or, alternatively, "I like the way the hair falls down your back." And when all else fails: "Kiss it." Lawyers of the future will know to reach at once for the trademark wordplay of Robert Bennett, growling at plaintiffs, "This is tabloid trash with a legal caption." Even our knowledge of medicine has deepened. Everyone now knows that Peyronie isn't an Italian luncheon meat...
...first parcel of cards played, is usually for noir, the second for rouge. 1850 [see INVERSE sb. 3]. 1928 M. CAROL How to play Roulette iv. 56 The even money chances are Rouge or Red, Noir or Black, Coleur [sic] and Inverse. 1964 A. WYKES Gambling vii. 171 (caption) The dealer lays out two rows of cards (le noir and le rouge) until each total 31 or more. Players bet that one or the other row will be nearer to 31 by placing chips on rouge or on noir...
...devout Orioles fan, and general Baltimore enthusiast, I would like to clarify a few things regarding the recent controversy over the "Hit 'em where they ain't" quotation printed as a caption in The Crimson (Sports, April 1). First, I was angered at the time of the printing because the caption mistakenly associates the quotation with the Boston Red Sox (two ex-Red Sox players were pictured). But second and more importantly, Eli B. Richlin '01 wrote a letter (April 3) in which he attributed the now famous quotation to Brooklyn Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese...
...longtime and loyal baseball fan that I write you to express my anger at the recent caption above a photograph of Ted Williams and Wade Boggs. The caption read "Hit 'em where they ain't." This phrase is attributable to Pee Wee Reese, a slap-hitting shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the '40s and '50s, and has absolutely no relevance to Ted Williams...