Word: fewness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Valvano's record, off the court, is horrible. Despite taking courses as demanding as "Leisure Alternatives," few of his players graduate. Several, like Cozell McQueen and Chris Washburn, could not read before or after their N.C. State "educations." And Washburn has been in and out of drug rehabilitation since his...
This time around, though, few will challenge Clancy's claim that simple research and intuition give his books their uncanny sense of realism.
The body of the book, the story of a season of discontent, is where Golenbock excels. There are a few flaws, however: he does dwell unnecessarily on Valvano's coaching deficiencies, which are numerous but hardly immoral; and he also inserts a three-page chapter devoted solely to relaying rumors...
Government critics can't complain this time. That's something no one could have told Clancy, and it makes the book a worthwhile diversion for anyone with a few hours to spare.
"There are a few courses on social history and one on women's history" this fall, she said. Curhan, who spent last year at Oxford University in London, said she left partly because of the paucity of Harvard courses that related to her academic interests.