Word: short
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...position he becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. CBS News certainly did cover the affair on the night of May 1, and their extended newsreel showed just how sorry a situation there be: arguments obviously intended to go nowhere between righteous long-haired demonstrators and somewhat more self-consciously righteous short-haired jocks, with one beleaguered cop for good measure, pointing out in his New York accent that "when you tell someone ta move, he's sposta move." Perhaps Mr. Glassman missed this CBS coverage while he was watching NBC; perhaps it was while watching CBS that he missed...
Exact cause of death has not yet been determined. Heart specialists conjectured that death was caused by an inborn misconception of format: The Lampoon's rigid structure, dominated by the short story form, inhibited free circulation of wit and frustrated doctors' attempts to heal...
...addition, amnesty is a vital precondition for negotiations on other issues. We cannot negotiate with a sword over our heads. Without amnesty, we run the risk that any formal concessions we win will be short-lived, politically empty and easily betrayed...
...rapid worker ("I don't like the infielders to get cold or bored behind me"), Koosman throws from a short windup, relies on just two pitches: a steaming fastball and a tantalizing slow curve. He never played high-school baseball, but pitched for Army and semi-pro teams while he was at Fort Bliss, Texas in 1964. "My catcher was a fellow named John Lucchese," recalls Jerry, "whose father was an usher at Shea Stadium. He told his dad he had a pretty good pitcher, and his dad told the Mets. They sent a guy out to scout...
There is little doubt that William Gass is speaking for himself when one of the characters in this collection of short stories says: "I can't tolerate any more of my sophistries about spirit, mind, and breath. Body equals being, and if your weight goes down, you are the less." Coming from a man who makes his living teaching philosophy at Purdue University, such a flat-out assertion seems a little unusual. But then William James pledged in his diary to "care little for speculation; much for the form of my action...