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Rancher Bill Haas turns up the heat against the chilly morning as he waits, first in line, for the Nolan County Coliseum in Sweetwater, Texas, to open at 8 a.m. In the back of his brown-and-tan Ford pickup are 1,042 lbs. of live rattlesnakes. Behind him sit ten more trucks, also filled with live rattlesnakes. The snakes, venomous Western diamondbacks, are reluctant participants in what has become a rite of spring in rural Texas: the rattlesnake roundup...
Neoconservatives have been trying for some time now to incarcerate the term "racism" (and "sexism" too), but Michael Nolan's reply (April 20) to my letter (April 19) won't quite...
Second, I can inform Michael Nolan that newcomers to middle-classes in American society--whites and Blacks, but especially whites--experience enormous anxieties connected with this enormous status transition. He might educate himself on the matter by reading the old and new literature on the subject. Or by opening his eyes, by reading the press or watching television, for events in places like Howard Beach, Carnarise, and South Boston. Yes, white-ethnic newcomers to the middle-classes are ideal candidates for neoracist behavior, whether in South Boston or Harvard Yard. Martin Kilson Professor of Government
...Nolan Ryan of the Astros is the greatest strikout pitcher in history. At age 41, he led the National League in strikeouts again last year, punching out 270 hitters. Who was the first righthanded pitcher to strike out 300 batters in a season in the NL? Five points...
Houston (76-86, NL West third) Joaquin Andujar is back. He will probably help Houston's already strong staff. Mike Scott (16-13) and Nolan Ryan (8-16, 2.76 ERA) still can throw smoke. The Astros have some fine talent in Bill Hatcher (.296, 11 HR, 63 RBI) and Glen Davis. But to turn this season around, the Astros cannot choke like they did after August. Last year, the Astros lost 26 of their final 37 games. Best player: Davis...