Word: instants
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...quite an instant classic in a league with "It depends on what your definition of is is," but it had promise as hairsplitting of a high order. For one thing, no one had charged that Monica Lewinsky was hit upon against her will, as Livingston implied. And the Livingston rationale ignored his good fortune in having Larry Flynt, not Ken Starr, with his subpoenas and a grand jury, pursuing him. Thus Livingston could cling to the claim that in a sting operation run by a desperate prosecutor, he was the kind of guy who would have come clean...
When three blatant officiating blunders led to losses for the Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers in recent weeks, the whole playoff picture was torn from its frame. The NFL politburo announced that instant replay, in use from 1986 to 1991, may be revived for the playoffs...
Legitimate concerns, but guess what, guys? Air-traffic control is complicated. So is gene splicing. But reviewing a 5-yd. run on instant replay? Is there any good reason, with a game on the line, a season on the line, maybe the Super Bowl on the line, that everyone but the referees should have the benefit of technology that's roughly 35 years...
Green is a man whose only apparent touchdown in an eight-year career was called back after an instant replay. But not only does he also want the replay back and want it now, he wants the league to get to work on a laser-detection system to determine whether a ball crosses the goal line or a ball carrier steps on the sideline...
Well-known cases of celebrity stalking and worse--e.g., Lee Harvey Oswald, et al.--are included, but Gabler has also recorded, for instance, the story of Robert O'Donnell, the fireman/paramedic who rescued little Jessica McClure from a well in 1987 and achieved instant celebrity. This public hero became angry when his fame quickly faded, and he subsequently became a victim of migraine headaches and a painkiller addict, lost his job, was sued for divorce and committed suicide. O'Donnell, as Gabler puts it, "had been addicted to fame, and the true cause of his death was his withdrawal from...