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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...matter how hard it tries, Fallows urges the implementation of conservative solutions like workfare and education vouchers. As for those inner-city schools that repeatedly fail to install confidence or discipline in students, Fallows seems to put out a call for Joe Clark, the New Jersey principal who is known for walking around while carrying a baseball bat and a bullhorn...
Last year, the Crimson stumbled, bumbled, clambered, crawled and begged its way to a 3-7 record. Now, it's simply known as The Fall--falling from Ivy League favorite to a sixth-place tie with lowly Columbia. This season's squad isn't expected to do much better at The Stadium, but the traditional line is never to underestimate one of Restic's teams...
...miss the Heartbreak of Fenway, otherwise known as the Boston Red Sox. Make reservations early, because tickets are scarce in September, although you sometimes may be able to get bleacher seats on the day of the game...
...That was cited by the Pulitzer committee. Some folks thought it was particularly nasty. I quote: "Times Square . . . is best known as the site where many thousands of people gather each New Year's Eve for a joyous and festive night of public urination . . . It also serves as an important cultural center where patrons may view films such as Sex Aliens, Wet Adulteress, and, of course, Sperm Busters." It seems that you try to be as provocative and as offensive as possible. Doesn't your editor object...
...three crucial steps: 1) construct a plot with plenty of corpses and exfoliating complexities; 2) provide a beleaguered and therefore sympathetic hero, one whose problem involves not only solving a crime but avoiding extermination by a small army of people who do not wish the truth to be known; 3) set the action in a place that is inaccessible and romantically forbidding -- in the case of Gorky Park, Moscow and environs...