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That record-tying base knock, however, was not the highlight of the inning for Ralph. In the top or the frame, as Penn looked to get back into the game with runners at first and second and one out, Penn's David Corleto ripped a shot into the right-centerfield gap that had two-run double written all over it. But Ralph sprinted from his usual spot in shallow center, stuck out his glove and made a highlight-reel, back-to-the-plate basket catch that had everyone scratching their heads in awe, vividly recalling in what World Series they...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: Back on Center Stage | 4/14/1998 | See Source »

...popular culture has been immeasurably enlarged. In the fuddy-duddy New York Times, it has become acceptable to see oral sex on the front page--the words, I mean. Barroom rakes can be grateful for half a dozen new pickup lines, each with presidential cachet. "You make my knees knock." "I like your curves"--or, alternatively, "I like the way the hair falls down your back." And when all else fails: "Kiss it." Lawyers of the future will know to reach at once for the trademark wordplay of Robert Bennett, growling at plaintiffs, "This is tabloid trash with a legal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Paula Has Taught Us | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

This opera will go on for a couple decades, may I live so long (knock, knock). My old pals will be sending me postcards from the Aegean, Christmas letters about their grandkids and their prostates, snapshots of them at their condo overlooking the golf course at Plaid Pants Village, and I'll be standing in the back at Miss Lori's dance-class recital and watching my little girl, a swan in a herd of ducks, interpret the Waltz of the Flowers. My pals will become cranky geezers who can't tolerate loud voices, can't bear to be contradicted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: O Baby, Baby | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...jiggy wit it, to do the deed, to shop-lift the pootie, to mess around, to get a piece, to lay pipe, to get it on, to knock boots with, to snog, to go down, to shift, to shag, to shag her silly, to shag her rotten, to loc the dinky, to plow the muddy road, to donkey-punch, to get some action, to hit that shit, to get some, to bunt, to get on, to shack up, to bless, HBI, to go south, to tax that ass, to hit that, to get laid, to hump, to bang bang bang...

Author: By Brian J. Norton, | Title: the truth about HOOKING UP | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

...This is one of the few countries where we can do something like this and no one will knock on our door at 3 a.m.," Kelleher says gesturing to a display of bumper stickers that read "Inhale to the Chief" or "Newter Newt...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, | Title: The Reporter's Notebook | 4/8/1998 | See Source »

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