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...Company) developed a realistic style laced with melodious dialogue inspired by the early blues songs he loved. He was influenced by the work of playwright Ed Bullins--who showed him that "you could put black folks on stage as black folks"--but was pretty much a theatrical naif. He hadn't read Shakespeare (except for The Merchant of Venice in school) or Tennessee Williams or virtually any of the other modern American classics. There was some calculation there. When he started writing poetry, Wilson immersed himself in poets like Wallace Stevens, Robert Lowell and Dylan Thomas--and "as a result...
...starting in 1980, he didn't see a single one. (The last film he saw before he quit was Raging Bull, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro; the first one when he came back was Scorsese and De Niro's Cape Fear, so he figured he hadn't missed much.) He avoids the media spotlight, living in Seattle with his third wife, a costume designer, and their seven-year-old daughter. He moved there in 1990, after his second divorce, because he liked the quiet...
Some reporters accused Ueberroth of running for higher office and began referring to him as "Senator." Charged Boston Globe Sportswriter Peter Gammons: "Maybe there wouldn't have been a strike if Ueberroth hadn't encouraged players to believe that he'd step in on their side." But when the strike was settled, a more typical opinion was voiced by a New York Post headline: IT'S PETER THE GREAT...
...that Rose admires viciousness. "I know," he says, "people picture me running over Ray Fosse in the All-Star Game [of 1970]." Scoring the winning run, Rose spread the catcher like apple butter. Fosse's shoulder and career came unhinged. "I wish it hadn't happened," Rose says. "It ruined that kid." But he adds, "I'm glad we won the game." Regarding comparisons with Cobb, Rose joins in few of the arguments. "I don't steal bases like he did, and he didn't wear a tie on the road like I do." It will be fine with Rose...
...they discovered that some flights were already booked by customers paying regular or supersaver fares. Griped a ticket agent who works in Detroit for one of American's rivals: "Seats to all the really good places are sold out anyway. American may have five or six routes where tickets hadn't been selling, and they wanted to fill those planes." One airline that has abstained so far from the Thanksgiving bargains is People Express. The discount carrier said it was busy enough and had already lowered some prices to Western destinations served by Frontier, the airline that People acquired...