Word: cusps
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...Nickelodeon last August, there were only half a dozen episodes. Vice presidents at rival networks snickered. The adventures of a rabid Chihuahua and a bulbous cat? Drawn in retro '50s style, with garish backgrounds and gags based on bodily functions? Who knew that Ren and Stimpy were on the cusp of celebrity...
...Jones was, in fact, ever so slightly ahead of its time (1963), coming as it did on the cusp of the era of Janis Joplin and LSD. Richardson and Fielding are there to remind us that "free love" was around centuries before the 1960s, may have taken a break during the 50s, but was about to make a strong return by the late 60s. The characters in Tom Jones are among the fiercest drinkers and wildest lovers in all of history...
...seems reminiscent not of St. Jude but of Gary Hart's up-from-nowhere 1984 surge that carried him to the cusp of nomination. Miracles do happen in politics -- for that rare candidate who resonates with the national mood. Tsongas got it right when he referred to his supporters as "true believers" and reminded them, "When I was cast aside, you took me in; you gave me sustenance...
...think you're a lot luckier than X. I think you're cusp. The next book is about people your age, and your sensibility...
...game hitting streak and Ted Williams' .406 batting average. But if you must read one book on the subject, let it be Baseball in '41 by Robert W. Creamer (Viking; $19.95). A veteran sportswriter now pushing 70, Creamer artfully weaves his own 1941-college-boy-on-the-cusp-of -war persona throughout the narrative. There are wonderful asides, ranging from Red Barber's early days as the Brooklyn Dodgers radio announcer to the draft woes of Detroit Tigers star Hank Greenberg. But hard as Creamer tries, I never caught the magic of the 1941 games themselves. For how could they...