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...bodies are riddled with quirks that no competent engineer would have planned but that disclose a history of trial-and-error tinkering: a retina installed backward, a seminal duct that hooks over the ureter like a garden hose snagged on a tree, goose bumps that uselessly try to warm us by fluffing up long-gone...
...even smaller house at the no-less-fine Odyssey Bookstore in South Hadley, Mass. There had indeed been a couple of Yanks fans among the Vermonters, but as I was now gravitating closer to the Hub I was entering the realm inhabited exclusively by devotees of the scarlet hose. I read about the seventh game of last year?s ALCS, then opened it up for discussion, which was almost exclusively about the afternoon?s announcement: Schilling was headed for the bullpen, probably as the closer...
...BLOHARDS had an active and exciting day at Fenway, and so did the Red Sox. The Hose, who were showing signs of life in the mid-1980s-showing signs of being the team they would be right through the ?90s-eventually hosed the Yanks 9-2, and the game immediately became part of BLOHARDS lore. Attendance at this opener became something that would earn you points at future club functions...
...business of stuffing knowledge into cadets is scorned by critics as "the fire-hose school of education." Too often, complain some West Point teachers, students just try to skate by with Cs--"2.0 and go," in cadet slang. "I just feel I'm on a fast-moving train," says Cadet Captain Lissa Young, the ranking female cadet and a top student. "You find yourself groping and grasping for things you'd like to take more time with. The Army breeds an attitude of 'Carry out the order with the approved solution.' Creativity here is stifled by the fear of failure...
...Marlene Dietrich. Hicks took on the look of the legendary German actress after Director Richard Brooks suggested that she dress like an old-time movie star instead of your typical casino bunny. "I always loved The Blue Angel," said the star, and happily donned top hat and silk hose. Now that she is a Mädchen in uniform, Hicks finds more contrast than similarity between her current character and Monroe. "Flo's been hurt, but she doesn't go under," says Hicks. "She's a fighter; Marilyn wasn...