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...York. I ask a succession of people at swit-chboards to describe GQ's readership to me. The first woman tells me they're gentlemen. Righto, champ. And quarterly fans too, no doubt. The next tells me they're, you know, fashion-conscious. Finally someone gives me the whole rundown out of a book. It is, as she says, "A lifestyle magazine for the young urban male." More specifically, 'although its coverage is centered on current men's fashion developments it also features fitness news, grooming tips, audio rundowns, features, etc. etc." Originally founded in 1928 as a fashion booklet...
...inheritance from a wealthy grandmother, of which Mary's share was $120,000. After a year of five-or six-day binges followed by several days of sleep and then more binges, Mary had run through most of the inheritance, lost 20 Ibs. and, in her rundown condition, developed back pains and a spastic colon...
...pretty, tree-lined streets with nice big houses, a bustling main drag, and a dusty outskirts where poor people live, with pavement for a front yard. The back road that connects South of the Border with Dillon used to be the main road, and there are only a few rundown motels and roadhouses left. One, the Stonewall Jackson Motel, seems to have caught South of the Border disease. As motorists leave Dillon, its hand-painted sign implores "Turn Around and Sleep with Jackson...
...NOTEBOOK: What manager John Fenton called "the first wacky rundown play of the year" was an odd little exercise with runners on first and third in the seventh. As Sorich went into his stretch, he spied Scott, the runner on first, leaning to second, and threw to first baseman Martelli. At the same time, Landry inched toward home, and Martelli quickly relayed the ball to third baseman Dan Skaff, who rifled it home to catcher Wark. As Scott rounded second and headed for third. Landry backed up the baseline, and Wark threw to shortstop Bauer, who ran Landry down...
...thuggish National Front. Brixton's riot did not seem to follow that disturbing model, but instead traced another pattern, one that could be copied elsewhere. As a Brixton resident gloomily put it, "Next time it might be Cardiff or Liverpool. They've got the same problems: rundown cities and high unemployment...