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...most abused word in American English. This could be the main dilemma facing the redoubtable chronicler of Britain's titled nobility, Debrett's Peerage, which has set out to publish a ten-volume series on the American aristocracy. Debrett's editor, Martin Stansfeld, an untitled Scot who attended Eton and Oxford and whose family "goes back to the Normans," explains that the series will concentrate on "the glittering star system of America's social leadership...
...lawn of a restaurant. But since the new laws weren't in effect, the man--a repeat offender--received a four-and-a-half year jail sentence and is now eligible for parole after serving only two years. His three drunk passengers walked away from the accident scot-free...
...McNab, a Glasgow-born track man who served as script consultant for the Oscar-winning Chariots of Fire, makes the marathon seem real as he assembles a memorable cast, including a snake-oil salesman, a determined Scot, an underweight Mexican and such historical folks as Al Capone, members of the Industrial Workers of the World and a handful of Hitler Youth. On the way, Flanagan's Run captures the masochistic ecstasy of long-distance running. No one who runs, walks or just sits in an armchair and reads will fail to cross McNab's taut finish line...
...yesterday's press conference, the All-ECAC teams were announced. The first team: goaltender Brian Hayward, Cornell, defenseman Chris Renaud, Colgate, defenseman Scot Klemendorst, Providence; forward Steve Cruickshank, Clarkson; forward Kirk McCaskill, Vermont; forward Andy Brickley, New Hampshire...
Opponents of Reagan's bail-out clause further argue that exempting locals because of clear records would cause unsolvable problems of definition; jurisdictions with biased voting procedures could go scot-free. The slightest possibility that jurisdictions have not eliminated their discriminatory codes should suffice to keep pre-clearance in force...