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...contained an intriguing plot or at least a reasonably interesting story line. But Jong doesn't seem to have time for these details. The message, the message. The book's jacket characterizes the insides as "highly entertaining" and "wildly funny"; could that refer to the page-and-a-half roster of eighteenth-century synonyms for "vagina"? Or maybe you consider reading about 12 men who gang-rape an innocent victim wildly funny...
Green also brought to the Phillies the Earl Weaver philosophy of playing every man on the roster. Philadelphia had traditionally played a stand-pat lineup, but Green used pinch hitters freely and was not loath to make late-inning defensive changes in his oversupply of high-priced stars...
DiBonaventura's performance did signify increased improvement from the Greenwich, Conn. native who started the season on the junior varsity roster. "Laura's been playing well, she really has," MacAusland said. "She's been strong and quite consistent...
Honesty, as Diogenes would caution, has never been the strong suit of the human species. Mandatory oath taking in legal proceedings was not invented out of faith in the natural probity of witnesses. Everybody fibs, alas. It is also true that every epoch has its roster of villains, its quota of predatory deceit. Yet today the roster seems far longer than usual, and most observers agree that the quota of duplicity-from artful dodging to elaborate fraud-is growing intolerably large...
Dartmouth almost seemed to have preempted competition with its roster of fancy names. As quarterback, the Big Green has Jeff Kemp, the strong-armed son of the former Buffalo Bill and current Congressional reactionary. And his favorite target is the wily co-captain Dave Shula, the top all-time Dartmouth receiver, and son of Dolphin...