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...heart attacks, or the bypass operations afterward that, for some reason, often leave the patient prone to depression? It would seem an odd emotional logic to become depressed after having been given new piping and a new lease on life. Some lore has it that bypass people are a little crazier than most, that the "cabbage" (coronary artery bypass) activates a wild hair. I am beginning to think there's truth in the theory that bypass surgery savages the memory (something to do with oxygen deprivation while on the heart-lung machine). My memory was once photographic. Now I have...
Another figure of Garden lore, the more widely-known Willis Reed, gave the country one of the greatest sports moments in its history when he limped onto the Garden court in Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals. Having torn a muscle in his right leg in Game 5, the captain and MVP defied expectations and human physiology to inspire his teammates to an incredible victory...
...battle of the epics (Gladiator vs. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) as well as the schizophrenic saga of the director with two movies (Steven Soderbergh, with Traffic and Erin Brockovich). Since nobody is an expert on this subject, we can blithely pass along bits of received wisdom and arcane Oscar lore so you will be better informed than your neighbor. To succeed in the Oscar sweepstakes, read the following with a scholar's acuity. Then take a list of the nominees, available from the Academy's useful website, www.oscar.com. Tack the list on a wall, blindfold yourself and start throwing darts...
eBay is also the Internet's clearest example of a company that has exploited its "first mover" advantage. The lore among Internet strategists was that whoever nabbed Web space early would have a commanding commercial lead. The failure of a long list of early-bird dotcoms, from CompuServe to eToys, has proved that wrong...
...Catch' will live in the lore of Yale football, a place Eric Johnson has more than earned in his four years here," said Yale Coach Jack Siedlecki...