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...Charlotte, N.C., area one day last week, hundreds of happy tipplers crowded into restaurants to toast a hotly debated new state law allowing such places to serve drinks for the first time in 70 years. Hank Stoppelbein, 23, a part-time waiter who fired down the first shot (a $1.50 Bloody Mary) at Benedictine's Restaurant at 8:04 a.m., pronounced it not just an eye opener but "history, right there along with George Washington crossing the Delaware." Said the one-word banner headline on the Charlotte News front page: CHEERS...
Alas, Tish's prose style, though always functional, has all the resonance of a schoolgirl's field hockey stick. Her sample "letter of apology for having seriously offended someone" sounds a little like W.C. Fields: "Dear Hank, There is no way I can erase the tragic error of my bumbling tongue." So with a letter to a colleague about a son who has just won a scholarship to Yale: "You and your wife must be bursting forth with unmitigated but understandable pride...
...Snow...blind." The smoke drifted over from the grille, covering liquor breaths and camera clarity. Johnson led into some other songs behind his tapeband including "Catch a Fallen Star," the most impressive of the bunch. He spaced-out Lou Reed's "Pale Blue Eyes" (a testimonial to Hank Williams, also done by Patti Smith), leaving its tribute as poignant as novocaine...
...offensive line averages 250, the defense 235. The Minutemen have Macktrucked their way to 675 yards on the ground in their opening two games. Halfback Cliff Pedrow and fullback Hank Sareault are both tough, but the cream of the crop has to be flanker/wingback Dennis Dent...
...guests who were invited to his semiannual parties are a source of pride in the imperial palace. They are in fact being made into a record album. Among the voices of prominent Japanese on the LP is that of Sadaharu Oh, the home-run king who last fall topped Hank Aaron's 755 record. "What exactly was the most difficult thing in setting your home-run record?" asked Hirohito. "The overwhelming expectation on the part of my fans," replied Oh. "But you will continue to improve your record?" came the royal question. "Yes, your majesty," promised Oh, who obeyed...