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...prosecutors, who shut down the films and secured the conviction of one actor. They were directed by men who could fancy themselves as artists, and starred off-Broadway actors as well as the occasional gifted ingenue -like Linda Lovelace, star of the movie that created the craze (and the phrase) "porno chic," Deep Throat...
...working title had been The Sword Swallower. But "deep throat" (Damiano's coinage) was the picture's key phrase. So he changed it. Damiano: "When we finished the film, the Perainos objected to the title. 'No one will understand it! It's not catchy enough!' 'Don't worry,' I told them. 'Deep Throat will become a household word.'" He got his way, for which Woodward and Bernstein will be forever grateful...
...that the American Academy of Pediatrics (A.A.P.) has revised its guidelines on breast feeding and concluded that it is O.K. to sleep in the same bed with your baby. The recently published breast-feeding policy statement contains no such recommendation, nor does the A.A.P. advise that. We use the phrase "sleeping in proximity to," not "in the same bed with," your baby. We advise that so the mother can respond promptly to an infant's hunger. You also incorrectly implied that the A.A.P. supports the use of "a formula supplement ... for underweight babies." No such recommendation is contained...
...comrades on the ice would take issue with that last phrase, though...
Many have tried, but few have been able to define just what exactly Harvard hockey represents, encompasses, and signifies. The phrase is tossed around and dropped by members of the program anytime you talk to them, but when asked to describe it in words, few even know where to begin...