Word: latters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cassuto of Fordham University's English department deconstructed Ruth and "the politics of greatness." "Is baseball's canon-making procedure subjective?" Cassuto wondered. "Or does the statistically measurable quality of baseball make it possible to prove or measure Ruth's greatness?" Not surprisingly, there were many adherents to the latter proposition. William Jenkinson, a self-described investigative historian, attempted to quantify Ruth's home-run prowess, dropping such impressive phrases as "drag coefficient" and "fast-twitch muscle fiber." A more direct analysis was offered by Ray Hayworth, a Detroit Tigers catcher during Ruth's era who had the advantage...
Meet the residents of Eliot I-52: Winters, Colligan, Chelius and senior Beth morgan--the latter being the perpetrator of the aforementioned deed. All play varsity sports. Up to this year, three played multiple varsity sports. All were elected captains last year...
...near epic example of the latter is The Dream of the Knight, by the Madrid painter Antonio de Pereda (1611-78). The young Don sleeps, and an angel appears in his dream with a scroll bearing a diagram of death's arrow with the motto, "It pierces eternally, flies quickly and kills." Before the two figures is a tumbled mass of emblems of the world: armor and a wheel-lock gun (military glory), a bishop's miter and a papal tiara (religious authority), a laurel wreath (cultural fame), money, jewels, playing cards, sheet music-and a mirror that reflects only...
...field reporting is Rather's forte, that Oklahoma City was in his neck of the woods, or that the story was big enough for two anchors. There are egos to deal with, and believing they had to choose between upsetting Chung and upsetting Rather, CBS News execs chose the latter...
YOUR CRITIQUE OF HOWARD WAS OVERLY harsh. True, bureaucrats often score poorly in exercising power, but I'd far rather argue with a regulator who is enforcing broader and fewer rules than one with overly detailed regulations. The latter fears to stray from "going by the book'' lest he be taken to task for doing so. The former is more predisposed to listen to common sense interpretations of rules...