Word: saintedness
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Fans live in the past. Their loyalty is built on stats and mental snapshots of games from decades before. They know, if only through oral tradition, that St. Louis won the 1946 World Series because of Boston shortstop Johnny Pesky's late throw to the plate and that in 1967...
Can I dis the sainted Jim Lehrer? Each question is an invitation to filibuster. All the questions are softballs that allow each candidate to go on autopilot. It's great that he's sticking to substance instead of tactics, but couldn't the questions have some focus? And he could...
Nothing revives a reputation quite like being sainted. Last week the Russian Orthodox Church announced that Nicholas II--Russia's last Czar and a man not exactly known for his good deeds--would be canonized. So how does he stack up against that other St. Nick?
The story's adult tone has fueled speculation that it's not just for kids. Henrietta spouts lines like "Sir, you see before you one who, like our Sainted Lincoln, burns to serve through the medium of the Law..."
I don't always cotton to Rosenblatt, but his ruminations on the "dainty violence" writers visit upon one another were delicious! Even the sainted American novelist Flannery O'Connor could not resist taking part in the intramural sport. Asked if she thought universities "stifle writers," O'Connor replied, "Not enough...