Word: mciver
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cowboys will be Cowboys--which is why it doesn't seem odd that the Dallas Cowboys would say guard Everett McIver got a 2-in. gash in his neck from scissors during a haircutting session because of "horseplay" with teammate MICHAEL IRVIN. What's making football fans suspicious, however, is the Cowboys' subsequent tight-lippedness over a wound that kept McIver out of action for 11 days and two exhibition games. The rumors, denied by all parties, that Irvin paid McIver to keep quiet seemed serious enough for the NFL reportedly to look into the incident; and the fact that...
...pages; $25) is more than a familiar Richler hero. He is the author's fullest expression of the type: a pleasure-loving scoundrel with a generous romantic streak and a gift that can turn schmoozing into literature. Barney makes his sizable living producing Canadian-content TV series like McIver of the RCMP ("big on bonking scenes in canoes and igloos"). He calls his company Totally Unnecessary Productions, a name that flaunts his self-loathing but, more important, pre-empts the scorn of his artistic betters...
...East Cambridge is hurting just as bad as other areas" says Norman F. McIver, senior vice-president of Cambridge Trust. He notes that the real-estate market is being heavily affected by the recession...