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Irony is the sportswriter's most valued tool. It elevates merely exciting events to the realm of the extraordinary. The Oakland Raiders' Super Bowl victory, for instance, was a prime example--as the first wild card entry ever to win, it was interesting, but Jim Plunkett's remarkable comeback made it a story in the fullest sense...
...convention of the Oklahoma State Psychological Association, some 1,000 professionals assembled to hear his theories, which were hailed by then Governor David Boren in a letter to the society. Said Boren: "For the first time, Oklahoma is making a significant contribution of worldwide importance in the realm of social sciences." Barkouras' opponents in the audience booed...
...American tendency to unchecked garrulity is most conspicuous in the realm of TV sports, but it does not begin or end there by a long shout. The late-evening TV news, for example, is aclutter with immaterial chatter. "Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk . . ." Rodgers and Hammerstein offered that lyrical advice to young lovers, but a great many TV news staffers have adopted it as an inviolable rule of tongue. Happy talk is not reprehensible, but should it be force-fed to an audience looking for the news? Surely not, no more than a sports fancier tuning in football...
...military takeover has been pervasive in the political realm. With party activity banned, all parliamentary processes remain suspended. Both deposed Prime Minister Demirel and the former opposition leader, Bulent Ecevit, have been released after about a month in detention. The leaders of two militant parties, however-Alparslan Turkey, of the far-right Nationalist Action Party, and Necmettin Erbakan, of the radical Islamic National Salvation Party-are awaiting trial on charges of subversive political activities...
...ignoring the world's attempts to involve them in World War III, they prove to be the only one pursuing attainable (if limited) goals. Thanks to Jackson's persistence in delineating his new Rock and Roll, we have a new view of the man, a new field in the realm of pop music, and a new realization of the harsh world around...