Word: ring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That announcement should put an end to the department's three-ring circus, at least for now. It will certainly calm the alumni; after last spring's debacle, Bok is hardly likely to appoint anyone as unsettling to the old-timers as Peck. As a matter of fact, Pittenger's departure makes Reardon the logical choice. Popular with students, a long-time athletic recruiter and the head fund-raiser for the new athletic complex, he gets along with the athletes and, more importantly, the money that keeps the department in business. But predictably, neither Reardon nor Bok will say anything...
...GRANDMOTHER used to read Ring Lardner's short stories aloud at the dinner table to my mother and her brother when they were little. She received, I am told, the kind of response most children give their parents when they try to share something they think is funny at the dinner table--mostly a polite laugh or two, but my grandmother loved Lardner, and somehow the dinner table readings remain implanted fondly in her daughter's memory...
...Francisco as Joseph Bently; shortly afterward, local authorities arrested him-for murder. Louis Bombacino, a Chicago hoodlum, was given a floor-sweeping job at the Arizona Public Service Co. in Tempe. He was eventually caught peddling irrigation equipment stolen from the company and profiting from a gambling-prostitution ring. Justice officials admit that at least 10% of relocated witnesses are arrested again later, and the Government rarely compensates their unsuspecting victims...
...daily press covers the new economics voraciously and impetuously. Details of Catfish Hunter's contract with the Yankees made staid front pages. Sports sections ring with the dull strife of labor negotiations. A hundred newspapers run performance summaries of what they call baseball's Millionaires' Club. The paycheck appears to have become more important than the batting average. The fans read. The fans respond. Alms for the owners...
...like sports and sports films, you should check out One on One. It is nowhere near great, or even very good, but it features a definite appeal despite its many shortcomings and, at times, the ring of truth about the sham that intercollegiate athletics...