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...possible." Niekro lacks six victories for 300. The wise Chicago White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver, 40, got there last week. He has lost only the least of his gifts, velocity. Discussing Rose, he says, "Pitchers don't have to run, remember. Not that Pete was ever a very fast runner, just a very smart one. Generally speaking, I don't think he ever tried to do more than his body would...
...determination, some opponents marshal their best skills especially for him, and they are his favorites. "Do you know what [Houston's] Nolan Ryan told me the other night? He said, 'I hope it's me pitching the day you're going for the record. You can look for the fast ball right down Broadway in the express lane.' I can just see him pulling up his straps for me now. 'Let's play a little hardball...
...bear it' when inconsiderate creeps do you dirty"; $12.95) while sipping coffee from a Soldier of Fortune mug ($7.95) and relaxing on a military cot ($99.50). The classifieds bristle with notices from mercenaries, some less discreet than others (MERC FOR HIRE, advertised a man named Dan. NEED WORK FAST). Gung-ho types who apply directly to the magazine are warned that enlisting soldiers of fortune within the U.S. is against the law. Brown maintains, however, that he can publish the ads because he is merely acting as a conduit...
...business of stuffing knowledge into cadets is scorned by critics as "the fire-hose school of education." Too often, complain some West Point teachers, students just try to skate by with Cs--"2.0 and go," in cadet slang. "I just feel I'm on a fast-moving train," says Cadet Captain Lissa Young, the ranking female cadet and a top student. "You find yourself groping and grasping for things you'd like to take more time with. The Army breeds an attitude of 'Carry out the order with the approved solution.' Creativity here is stifled by the fear of failure...
...Yorker printed one piece out of a batch he had sent in, a small, eerily funny sketch, "Local Family Keeps Son Happy." It was written in the plonking style of a country newspaper, and it reported that two householders, hoping to shield their teenage son from the dangers of fast driving and foolish companions, had acquired a live-in prostitute...