Word: pizzaman
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That seems the charm, though the charm is not always what it seems. In the championship game two years ago, Villanova was directed to an implausible 66-64 victory over Georgetown by an appealing point guard named Gary McLain. The Wildcats' pizzaman coach, Rollie Massimino, said in the afterglow, "I've screamed at this group more than any other, not because they are such good players but because they are such good kids." McLain described Massimino as "a brother, a friend, a father, your boss, your coach...
Three steps away from the blind Jew is a little Italian guy twirling an embryonic pizza at the counter of La Trattoria, one of the many sidewalk ethnic food joints which are wedged into former storefornts. Staring aimlessly into the passing traffic, the pizzaman seems as blind as his neighbor. Asking the pizzaman for his name seems a sure bet to end the conversation, so he too, remains anonymous...
...good thing. Business is very good, but only for a few days. Everything is very slow. Nothing is right. People doesn't have money, and they don't go out." The gray blob soars dangerously close to the low ceiling, but returns with a soft slap to the pizzaman's fist...
Questioned about the city's failure to shake off its chronic ailments--pollution, crime, unemployment, suffering--the pizzaman just shakes his head. "So they'll clean up a little here, for a while. We are used to it. The garbage is part of it." His voice trails off as a co-worker notices him chatting on the job with a stranger. Without even a nod, the pizzaman turns his back and ends the exchange...
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