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...BALL GAME Thanks to the all-American virtues of Cal Ripken Jr., the all-Japanese windup of Hideo Nomo and an exciting though politically incorrect all-Indian World Series, the national pastime was back in good graces after the shame of '94. Of course, the players and owners still haven't smoked a peace pipe...
Stereotypes--sophisticated, hi-fidelity stereotypes--are introduced, are belittled, and then skillfully revealed as vivid characters. We can see this in Sabbath's sexual escapades, which have a touch of the anthropological about them. Sabbath is shame-less enough to offer a girl in a detox clinic two quarts of vodka in return for sexual favors (while, mind you, he is ostensibly visiting his wrecked second wife drying up in said clinic), he is sharp enough to describe both his target and his wife with a commited, if not exactly compassionate, eye. This unblinking veracity is the source of Roth...
...damn shame," Chin said, who replaced the broken window on Sunday afternoon. "It's unfortunate, but I think the quality of life in Harvard Square is just going down.... Things like this didn't use to happen...
...neglect and abuse of children is the "nation's shame," says Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services. There has been an alarming 25% rise in cases between 1988 and 1993, a year when 2.9 million incidents were reported to child-welfare agencies and 1,028 kids died of maltreatment. At the same time, burnout and budget cuts are steadily thinning the ranks of child-welfare workers, and those who remain are juggling unwieldy case- loads with dwindling resources. In 22 states and the District of Columbia, child-protection systems have been ruled inadequate by the courts...
...private club wants to pick its own members, then that's really not my business. Punches willingly endure the shame of the punch, and that says as much about their psychological weaknesses as it does about those of their friends. People can associate with whomever they like, and they can do that just as well on the basis of their athletic ties, their alma mater, or their maleness. The only real distinction between final clubs and social cliques is that the final clubs charge dues--and women are relegated to a subordinate role. But if the women who frequent...