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Surely this is only the beginning. I sure hope mental health is next on the agenda—we can cure Oscar’s depression and get to dealing with Bert’s Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. And the Count, clearly, is desperately in need of a psychological evaluation...
...doses of electrons and orbitals and arrow-pushing, I try to fill my schedule with Shakespeare and Sophocles and even Spielberg for a little balance. At this point, I’ve taken more mediocre “exploratory” classes than I’d care to count, and I still haven’t found the path to my passion...
Watkins would eventually escape the embarrassing inning, but not before issuing four free passes and leaving the Crimson behind by a count...
Technically, it was not a knockout. In a daze, Hearns had blithely walked away from a line of right hands that double-crossed him and smashed him to the ground. At Steele's count of "nine," Hearns was approximately erect, but the referee had a grace of sense. As Hagler was hoisted on a number of shoulders, Hearns was carried across the ring like a bride across the threshold by one grim man in formal dress with a boutonniere in his lapel. It was a relief to see Hearns walking even unsteadily later, though he bore scarcely a recognizable resemblance...
...Nonsense, say the players, who accuse owners of using legal but oddball accounting methods to create paper losses. New owners, in particular, mark down profits for tax purposes by taking depreciation allowances that are supposed to account for the declining value of their players. In addition, the clubs often count long-term deferred compensation to players as a current expense. George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees, admits that only a small portion of his team's $9 million 1984 deficit was an actual cash loss...