Word: scratches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another possible scratch today is catcher Joe Wark. Leading the team with a .556 Eastern League average, Wark has been sidelined with a groin pull...
There always has been a little after-hours jesting among the campaign operatives about their candidates ("Does he know where he is? ... Get him his speech ...Ask him to try not to scratch himself in front of the cameras"), but in today's world of intense scrutiny, when a tiny glitch can sink a campaigner, the candidates have become frightened and more dependent than ever on their experts, who become more self-important with each election. Twenty years ago, when John Kennedy introduced many of today's practices, the handlers were a good deal more humble. None...
...second thing you learn about Brazil is that Brazilians love their beach. The shores of Ipanema and Leblon, sparsely populated during the week, are jammed each weekend with government workers who jet in from Brasilia--the nation's capital--to escape the boredom of a city built from scratch in the isolated interior. Four-story apartment buildings and kids playing futebol line the quiet streets of these neighborhoods although the construction of a high-rise hotel occasionally pierces the calm. These districts have their weekly fruit-and-vegetable market on a sidestreet like the famous "Copacabana." But Copacabana has been...
...plays upon collective anxieties of a tribe like the Law School by depending on the mere mention of names associated with the collective experience. There is nothing intrinsically funny about "LSAT scores," "Langdell receptionist," or "Roberto Unger." These things make law students laugh the way an itch makes you scratch; it is closer in its workings to irritation than humor...
...campaigning last week to go hat in hand to three fund raisers in Detroit (his take: more than $30,000). Says Larry Pryor of Brown's campaign: "A disproportionate amount of our energy goes to scrounging for small donations. We're like people that have to scratch all day for ground nuts and never get a chance to think of higher things...