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...offensive.” And, frankly, Dartboard doesn’t feel she has the authority or insight to decide what the limits should be; for that matter, however, she doesn’t feel the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) and Chair Michael Powell have a good grasp either...
...Using the same chain of logic, then, those who point out that cigarette smokers are more vulnerable to cancer are cancer apologists. Nor is this a call to abrogate the use of force in the fight against terrorism. Force is needed, but we also need to understand and grasp factors that make the idea of terror take hold of man’s imagination. And those who try to block such an attempt to understand this terror mentality are apostates disguised as patriots...
...Williamson caught the Crusaders’ speedster, and, as he brought him down just short of the goal line, punched the ball out of his grasp and into the waiting hands of Keith Howell for a touchback...
...early one accusing her of "making misery tedious." Hannah Luckraft's misery is making her drink herself to death: Paradise opens in hell, in the kind of hangover that is most quickly cured by getting drunk again. Her career - "something in cardboard" - is hanging by a thread, her grasp on reality starting to slip. Her loving family, in particular her brother Simon, can only watch her self-destruction in horror. Kennedy plumbs the mind-crushing depths of alcoholism and the painful bends of drying out, but allows the blessings Hannah finds in the company of fellow drunks: "We study...
Those criticisms notwithstanding, Playing the Game. casts a unique light on Ivy recruiting that will undoubtedly surprise and shock even those readers who felt that they had a solid grasp on the manner in which the “game” is conducted. The squeeze-play that prospective student-athletes face, the interaction between the admissions office and respective coaches and the acceleration of the commitment process are all presented in a clear, engaging manner that makes the book very difficult to put down...