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...Rican, and she remarried into a family in which the color line got crossed so many times that it turned into a sort of soft, beige blur. That condition may be fine for discussion in a sociology seminar, but it is rough in a classroom and punishing on the playground. Jeffreys was Roman Catholic, but the other Catholic kids would not hang out with him because he was black. The neighborhood blacks kept away from him because his skin was too light. He found a couple of Jewish friends but was forbidden to play with his own cousins, who were...
Presiding over the festivities, and passing out his hallmark cigars to celebrate, was Celtics President and General Manager Red Auerbach, who has also shepherded the team's revitalization. When the Celtics of the mid-'70s became clogged with ballhogs and playground freelancers, Auerbach decided to clean house. His first major acquisition was Maxwell, a former University of North Carolina-Charlotte standout. Spindly at 6 ft. 8 in., 217 lbs., Maxwell looks awkward walking across a room, but displays a spidery grace leaping for rebounds or twisting over the outstretched arms of defenders as he soars for a layup...
...Syria, for example, could not hope to win a war with Israel. Yet there it was deploying its missiles in the most provocative fashion possible. As one British intelligence specialist observed: "It's hard to take too seriously a line of missiles drawn up as if on the playground, without any semblance of camouflage...
...which makes Brito's lab an unusual place to work. It is not hierarchical or internally competitive like most. Its workers are not strapped by anxiety. To work for her seems like fun. Her lab is. as virologist Max Delbruck once said, "a playground for serious children who ask ambitious questions...
When the big bullies are dominating the movie playground, it can be tough for a small, canny film to survive: United Artists has, at least temporarily, pulled Cutter and Bone from release. One can only hope that this spirited original will be given another chance...