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...seventh inning, and the bleacher creatures join in paying homage to Sox ace reliever Lee Smith. They bow as Smith saunters confidently from the dugout to the bullpen. Chants of "Lee, Lee" ring through the air as the 6-ft., 6-in. demi-god, hardly acknowledging the adulation and screaming of his worshippers, strolls...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Red Sox Rites and Rituals | 10/13/1988 | See Source »

...demi-centenarian ape and his best friend, the man in the yellow hat, are the stars of a popular opus that has been delighting children of all ages--but mostly those under eight--since its creation. Presumably, the man in the yellow hat, who found George in a jungle, turned 50 simultaneously...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Curious George Feted on 50th Birthday | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...course, two superstar teams from the soda world battled fiercely: Pierce Brosnan (TV's Remington Steele) and Demi Moore (St. Elmo's Fire) for Coke vs. Michael J. Fox, Jami Gertz (Less than Zero) and Teri Garr for Pepsi...

Author: By Jeffrey P. Meier, | Title: ABC Wins Super Bowl | 2/4/1988 | See Source »

...School, abandons the standard language of legal discourse, employing instead the device of parable to make his points about race, law, religion, and the intersection of the three. Through dialogues between his fictional characters Geneva Crenshaw, a civil rights lawyer who has tapped into an otherworldly body of Black demi-gods known as the Celestial Curia, and her Black law professor friend, Bell lays the groundwork for a new way of understanding the legal process--a way that is uniquely Black...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: For Whom the Bell Tolls | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

...meant to think of Ritchie as some sort of demi-god, besmitten with a tragic curse. You see, it was simply destined that one day Ritchie would die in a plane crash...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: La Bamba | 7/31/1987 | See Source »

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