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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unfortunate arbiter? Pleasantries? Assorted profanities? I never knew you needed a dictionary to read a sports story...
Sports language has certainly changed since then. Does anyone talk about "rhubarb" anymore? On April 15, 1959, one headline read: "Coach's Protests Raise Rhubarb, Delay Action in Tufts Ball Game...
...entirely different British accent to capture perfectly the character's well-meaning but provincial sobriety as well as his underlying lecherousness. And as society matron Aunt Augusta, Emma Laskin drawls each word with a terrifically contemptuous sneer; she may be the only actor on stage who can not only read a Wilde epigram but can squeeze a laugh out of it as well...
...next time you read about some college accused of illegal recruiting or a poor graduation rate for student-athletes, find a VCR, get a taped copy of the 1989 hockey championship game and watch Krayer score again. And again. And again...
...wife, corrupted by Western notions about personal inviolability, couldn't understand for the life of her what business CUSTOMS had with her intimate correspondence and assorted panties and bras. She told the customs officers in some detail what she thought of them, and they, huffing dolefully, continued to read our personal papers: "Call Zhenya in the morning . . . don't forget about Yura . . . Sima . . . Sonya ; . . . Lyusya . . . In the evening -- 157-29-09 . . ." My wife didn't let up. I was bored. Why were they doing all this? After all, they didn't confiscate anything . . . Were they just trying to spoil...