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...best in the crunch. When disaster struck in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, those who saw her said she was tearless, perhaps spacy, "with a 50-yard stare." But she knew what she had to do to fulfill her commitment to her husband, her children and her country. Her bright pink suit was soiled with blood and gray matter, but she would not change it or leave John F. Kennedy's body...
...when the play begins, when movies capture the grace and crunch on the field or court or ice, it can be beautiful to watch. Films can't duplicate the 17-camera omniscience of the World Series on TV, but, as Shelton says, "I can put a camera where none of those 17 can go: on the mound, in the dugout or the shower." With such details, a sports film can appeal even when it is about spring training -- for how many other kinds of contemporary films actually show people working? An athlete's job may be more glamorous and hazardous...
...wait--no, I prepare--for the game all winter. I peruse my book-shelf full of Red Sox books, go over old scorebooks, and crunch stats on my computer. I exmpound on my pet theories about The Course of the Bambino. I do Rotisserie and Fantasy Leagues. I speculate on talk shows. My stove is very hot, indeed...
Which makes this season's turn of events all the more surprising. A freshman, for essentially the first time in his life, being the crunch-time player? Who would believe...
...what end? The politically popular War on Drugs of the '80s has given rise to the far less sexy Cell Crunch of the '90s. Mandatory minimum sentences for minor drug crimes have stuffed the prisons to bursting with nonviolent offenders. By 1990 almost 40 states were under court order to relieve overcrowding by releasing prisoners -- even habitual offenders. Today narcotics offenders occupy 61% of the beds in federal prisons. Meanwhile, 1 in 7 state facilities continues to operate beyond capacity. Ohio leads the pack with a stunning 182% of capacity...