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...argument goes. It does not convince most sandlot swamis, who know that even to hurl a baseball at 70 m.p.h. to 100 m.p.h. is a preposterously unnatural activity. Many a splendid athlete has retired to an early car dealership after suffering a warped rotator cuff in his pitching arm. How could Ryan throw close to 100,000 pitches, most of them fast balls, in 24 pro seasons -- and get better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: An Old-Timer for All Seasons | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

...think they are too important to give an immediate, off-the-cuff, superficial response to," says Wilson...

Author: By Maggie S. Tucker, | Title: Searching for Community | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

Seth Morgan began writing this first novel during a prison term for armed robbery. The cuff marks show, and not just in detail that seems accurate. The novel is funny and fast moving, but its air stinks slightly of decay. As it should. A couple of Nelson Algren's low-life adventures come to mind, such as A Walk on the Wild Side and The Man with the Golden Arm. Algren was a better writer and a more lyrical artist, but Morgan is better acquainted with dead souls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Jailhouse Blues | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

Rather than using remarks "manufactured by media consultants," Silber said that he writes his own speeches and often speaks off-the-cuff--a practice which sometimes lends itself to misinterpretation...

Author: By Erik M. Weitzman, | Title: Silber Skirts Trouble At Kennedy School Lunch | 2/22/1990 | See Source »

...there is only one official U.S. flag, would it be permissible to burn an unofficial one -- say, an obsolete model with 48 stars? Since a flag is, by usual definition, made of fabric, should a wooden representation of it be protected? What about little lapel pins or cuff links with flags on them? What if somebody publicly stomped a piece of such jewelry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Few Symbol-Minded Questions | 8/28/1989 | See Source »

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