Word: crackings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ravens (+5) over JETS: O'Donnell will crack under Parcells' heel. Dolphins (+2) over BILLS: Don't the Bills stink this year? Patriots (pick) over VIKINGS: Beat me again, Norse bastards. PANTHERS (-3) over Raiders: Remembering the wildcard. BENGALS (pick) over Chargers: Slim loves a loser. Rams (+3) over FALCONS: Just can't bet with Dan Reeves. Bucs (-4.5) over COLTS: Not this loser. 49ERS (-6.5) over Cowboys: Put the 'Boys to bed. BRONCOS (-9) over Seahawks: Last chance to cover, Elway. OILERS (+2) over Jags: Oilers are sending my kids to college. BEARS (+3) over Redskins: On a roll...
...Bill" Haywood and other union leaders by Pinkerton detective James McParland. Unable to extradite his prey legally from their Colorado headquarters, McParland abducted them, bundled them onto a train and ordered the tracks cleared all the way to Idaho. Such episodes of swashbuckling adventure bring out the crack reporter in Lukas as well as the showman, suggesting that what he relished about his story wasn't its intricate political subtleties but its moments of Wild West theatricality...
...rather than mend our ways, we opted to re-define some terms. Redemption was no longer associated with reformation. It came free with apology. Broken families were simply replaced by a new definition of family. For those who left their wives and children penniless, the co-inhabitants of their crack house became their...
...could do. Every time the characters eat, buy something or look around, there's another reference to Banana Republic or Orange Julius, Return of the Jedi or Bonfire of the Vanities; to something that you have eaten, bought, seen or done. Even the title is a reference: Geniuses of Crack is the title of a song by Tsunami which describes people who are experts in irrelevant and obscure topics...
...another sequel. While the plot is mostly resolved, we are left wondering what will happen to Gary, Steve and especially Mark in the years to come. Will their record sell? Will they become rich and famous? The same questions can be asked about their creator. Will Geniuses of Crack find the twenty-something audience that will appreciate the allusions and references? Will these same twenty-somethings be willing to shell out $12 for a paperback? Only time will tell, but it is clear that Gomez, too, deserves a sequel, and there is no doubt he will...