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...short stories collected in The Cape Cod Lighter demonstrate O'Hara's perception of the hypocracies and paradoxes of our civilization. In the land of the free, the individual is trapped. Each story broadens our understanding of our lives by reminding us of the myriad restrictive pressures which confine us: sex, society, manners, ambition, obligation, capitalism, habit...
...Hara's fiction does not glorify American life, it satirizes it. The accuracy with which he describes our way of life in The Cape Cod Lighter is matched by the poignancy with which he mocks it. In "The Bucket of Blood" Jay Detweiler runs a small bar, and has an affair with a local prostitute. Finally he ends the romance when she wants to hustle in his joint, even if it means marrying him. "He was sorry to break off with Jenny, and amidst his regret was deep appreciation of the compliment to himself and to her business...
...freshman heavyweight match, 212-pound Dan Calderwell had only token opposition from Alex Whiteside. Whiteside, at least 20 pounds lighter than Calderwell, barely managed to touch him. It was only in the third round that Calderwell decided to slam Whiteside and even then it was obvious he was not aiming for the knockout...
...first two rounds of the three-round fight Calderwood casually stalked his lighter opponent, who wisely gave the big fighter room. Even so, Calderwood landed three hard rights is the first round which had Howe bleeding from the nose and mouth...
...than specifically for weight reduction, the two things usually go together, as in the case of one of 5BX's biggest boosters-Movie Actor Red Skelton. "He began the exercises-plus a bit of dieting-six months ago," said a friend last week, "and today he's lighter, slimmer and more ept than ever...