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Unlike much recent American fiction, Fat City is neither a foil for intellectual exegesis, nor a didactic object lesson for humane politicos or members of the Woodstock Nation. It is simply a novel about two impoverished white boxers whose lives touch only for an instant, but whose careers frighteningly parallel each other. By remaining true to his California milieu, by neither moralizing about his characters' profession or condescending to their way of life, Gardner lays bare some ugly truths about an America which closes off possibilities for tragedy or greatness-a society which neglects the mass of its individuals, leaving...
Died. Charlie Root, 71, Chicago Cubs pitcher remembered as the foil for Babe Ruth's greatest grandstand play; of leukemia; in Hollister, Calif. With his blazing right-hand delivery, Root was a star in his own right, running up a 201-160 record (best year: 1927 with 26-15) over 17 seasons. But he is best known for that day in the 1932 World Series when the Babe, in response to a fan's heckling, pointed to the bleachers, then blasted a Root pitch over the centerfield stand to the cheers of 51,000 witnesses...
...agency that dreamed up the ad, insist that this figure was established in microscopic measurement tests. Similarly, Crisco Oil claims that it splatters 35% less than other oils. To determine this percentage, Procter & Gamble research men say they repeatedly collected the splatter of eight frying oils on aluminum foil and measured the weight of the sheets...
Kestler won the NCAA individual foil championship two years ago and finished third last year...
...realize that dissemination of ways to foil computers could result in misuse of the information, but according to Tuttle, "It's a risk we have to take" in getting people to recognize the problems of computer fallibility and computer misuse...