Word: gist
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...Gist: Even Barack Obama can't match the Super Bowl's hype. By the eve of "the world's biggest single-day sporting event," even casual fans can recite the betting line, retrace Kurt Warner's journey from an Iowa supermarket to the cusp of the Hall of Fame, or explain why the Steelers' zone-blitz scheme bedevils opponents. St. John's book is not for those casual fans. The veteran sportswriter and Wall Street Journal columnist spent a year covering the foot soldiers who prep the gridiron for glory-and who ensure the event is delivered to an electrified...
...Gist: Bernie Madoff and Co. have, for the moment, dislodged attorneys from the doghouse of public opinion. But a world without tort claims and padded billing would still be many people's idea of heaven. Howard, an attorney and author of the best-selling book The Death of Common Sense, chronicles a society in which rules have run amok and litigation looms as a constant threat. Among his egregious examples: a Florida teacher wary of restraining a hysterical child gets the cops to slap handcuffs on the kid instead; a New York City high school prohibits nurses from calling ambulances...
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