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Joining Potysman in the awards circle were senior fullback Chris Doherty (Frederick Greeley Crocker "Most Valuable Player" Award); senior linebacker Joe Jason (William Paine La Croix Trophy); senior middle guard Joe Malone (Henry N. Lamar Award); senior halfback Jon Sigillito (Robert F. Kennedy Award); and senior defensive end Russ Savage (Joseph E Wolf Award presented to the outstanding interior lineman...
...grotesques; since that much is clear on the novel's opening pages, Coover's torrent of trivia seems like so much padding along the way to a foregone conclusion. He cannot resist parading his data: a nickname is provided for every U.S. President through Truman, and Betty Crocker, like a public address announcer, introduces the 96 U.S. Senators by name at the execution. He also likes to show off his literary ingenuity, as in a long narrative passage told through song lyrics. e.g., "... down to St. James' Infirmary on the trail of the lonesome pine, and back...
...Joann Crocker Buffalo...
...million in real estate and mortgages. Equitable's tough job will be to change those investments so that real estate and mortgages represent no more than half the assets. The big insurance company, which has overall fiduciary responsibility for the fund, will be aided by four co-managers: Crocker National Bank, Mercantile National Bank at Dallas, Lazard Fréres, the New York City investment banking company, and Victor Palmieri & Co., a Los Angeles and Washington asset management firm...
...Crocker," Kojak would say, musing over the body of a just dispatched crook, "...don't worry. It happens." For Long John and Bentley, facing generals and then orals, facing the real prospect of unemployment in June, that was transcendent wisdom. It happens. No use worrying. The simple serene Greek wisdom of Theo Kojak. There was another side also appealing, to Kojak: he was a tough, single-minded avenger of slights, insults and crimes. On the trail of a double-crossing jewel thief or of a big-time narcotics gang, he'd snap orders to Crocker and Stavros, ignore the warnings...