Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...same formidable nerve sustained a major talent for self-publicizing. Capote talked endlessly about "the difference between very good writing and true art" and left no doubt which he was serving up. To a considerable extent he was taken at his own estimation, though a large part of his writing (his 1957 New Yorker portrait of Marlon Brando is an overpraised example) was nothing more than good, smooth journalism. His pretense that the powerful and meticulously written In Cold Blood was something to be called a nonfiction novel demeaned both forms...
...once in a while and realize how lucky it is to have a wealth of quality intercollegiate sports. From ice hockey to tennis to squash to soccer to lacrosse to crew. Crimson teams and athletes have consistently been among the best in the nation during my tenure here. I doubt that any other school of comparable size--and certainly of comparable scholastic quality--has had nearly the broad record of success that Harvard has enjoyed...
...fascinating observation Angell gleans from Joe Garagiola, a former catcher himself, in this chapter is that Johnny Bench, without a doubt the greatest catcher of his time, probably set back the art of catching, on account of his own great skills. Only Bench, with his extraordinarily quick release and balance, Angell's argument goes, could get away with catching the pitch one-handed, which normally catchers are taught not to do so that their throwing hand is on the ball if a Rickey Henderson or Vince Coleman tries for second base...
...gulf, Moscow is trying to keep lines open to Iran -- in hopes, no doubt, that the U.S.S.R. will fare better with a post-Khomeini leadership than it has with the Ayatullah himself. But the Soviets are also cultivating better ties with the conservative and moderate Arab states of the region...
...himself more sympathetically, as a beleaguered defender of traditional news values. His chief enemy, it seems, was Rather. The anchorman was unfailingly polite and supportive in person, Joyce writes, but campaigned for his ouster behind his back. When the antagonism became clear to Joyce's bosses, there was little doubt about which man was expendable. "There are lots of presidents," CBS Broadcast Group President Gene Jankowski told Joyce. "There's only one Dan Rather...