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...sophistication and distinctive style. Arranged thematically rather than chronologically, Amis counsels the reader to keep an eye on dates throughout the book. Even without looking, it is usually obvious which reviews were written in the 1970s by the editorial assistant Amis (wearing shoulder-length hair, a flower shirt and knee-high tricolored boots), and which reviews are the product of the mellower, graying at the temples, established author of the 1990s. The evolution alone is worth the read...
...such as SHAQUILLE O'NEAL and KOBE BRYANT. But no. The two Los Angeles Lakers stars were among at least nine players fined $5,000 apiece by the NBA for wearing shorts too long. Seems the rule is that basketball shorts must stop at least an inch above the knee. It was enforced before, in 1997, when officials thought shorts were overly baggy-saggy a la hip-hop fashion, violating "the integrity of the uniform," in the words of the NBA's Tim Frank. Shaq says he refuses to wear "John Stockton shorts," referring to the Utah Jazz 39-year...
...lives difficult, because it is not doing so. Is Yale Law School suddenly finding itself unable to tell which Harvard students it wants to accept because everyone now has stellar grades? Is Harvard Medical School now admitting hacks that we shouldn’t trust to bandage a scraped knee, let alone perform open heart surgery? I think...
...then broke Roger Maris' single-season home-run record only to see Barry Bonds eclipse the mark this year; in St. Louis. McGwire, a 12-time All-Star first baseman who hit a lifetime 583 home runs, exits a remarkable 15-year career after battling tendinitis in his right knee. AWARDED. JONATHAN FRANZEN, 42, the prestigious National Book Award for his best-selling novel The Corrections, about the dysfunctional Lambert family in middle America; in New York City. Franzen came into the spotlight when he was disinvited to Oprah Winfrey's dinner after questioning the literary merit of her book...
Crimson captain Drew Gellert said the team expected Merchant to be a presence off the bench, despite his lack of practice time in the preseason due to a knee injury...