Word: machos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rumble," said the announcer before the stage curtain at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel rose to reveal Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvelous Marvin Hagler perched atop separate pedestals. Last week's midday macho matchup was strictly for exhibition, however. The pair were announcing their superhyped superfight, set for April in Las Vegas. "This is not a career for me," jabbed Leonard. "This is one fight." Shot back Hagler: "There is no one else out there for me." Both blared that they were not doing it for the money. Still, the green spoke pretty loudly too. The guaranteed...
...writes of the industry with affectionate exasperation. There is a wonderful Mad Hatter editorial meeting, propelled by reasoning of the most tangential sort. There are the elusive editors who dread authors as "walking vessels of petty grievance and conceit." An especially funny cameo is Allan Schieffman, the macho editor who boasts to Frances that "Norman Mailer had punched him in the stomach, an affectionate punch, and a tribute to his washboard midriff . . . Saul Bellow had bipped him on the arm to test his biceps. William Styron, who was balding, had tugged at Allan's thick brown hair...
...first year at this esteemed institution was wholly given over to crew--a more macho sport, women included, there...
Indeed, rappers have produced songs that urge kids to stay in school and avoid crime and drugs. The majority of rap lyrics are concerned with nothing more volatile than partying and macho boasting. Yet since rap became popular several years ago, many performances have been marred by brutality. Says Public Safety Commissioner John Norton of Pittsburgh, where teenagers went on a window-smashing rampage after a Run-D.M.C. concert in June: "There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that rap music spurs violence...
...place the total number of pit bulls as high as 500,000. The continued popularity of dog fighting, which has been hard to stop even though it is a felony in 29 states, has helped create a booming market for the terriers. For some, a pit bull is a macho statement. Veterinarian David Dunn says, "A lot of people want them for the wrong reasons...