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...ball for the first out in the ninth summed up the Red Sox' play during the homestand better than any rally or one-two-three inning. Hobson snagged the foul pop while simultaneously running down the steps of the Oriole dugout, and eventually wound up somewhere near the coldcut platter in the Baltimore clubhouse. When he finally came back on to the playing field the ovation was the last and loudest from the throng that seems amazed but not surprised at anything this club does nowadays...
...that he's getting better, and will be back as soon as his typing fingers heal. Hopefully by May 4, because that's when the loveable, pigeon-toed Elvis Costello hits town along with Nick Lowe and Mink DeVille, a combination more delectable than the Kong's #7 platter...
...essays entitled, "Licking the Platter: Niche Differentiation in Sexes of Dioecious Plants" and "An Introduction to Shang Epigraphy" are this year's winners of the annual Bowdoin Prize competition, Lucy White, a spokesman for the Prize Office, said yesterday...
...Cornell's president, may not help his school's pigskin standings, but no matter. "The great universities are those in which people grow by contact with others in ever-widening circles," insisted Rhodes, 51, after suiting up in his new Cornell colors to throw the old platter around...
...countercultural standards becomes tiresome. Perhaps no group of musicians should be severely judged on the basis of its desire to be popular. But the music of the Grateful Dead has clearly suffered by its packaging over the past few years. This concert was by no means a 90-minute platter of hit songs, but there were signs of a mercenary attitude. Although the Dead had played for hours, the crowd's enthusiasm called for a less reluctant encore. In order to avoid performing a second encore Weir stepped up to the microphone and said, "Good night, folks," in a condescending...