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Paul Newman stars as Fast Eddie Felson, an arrogant, amoral hustler, determined to sink his rival, sharp-shooter Minnesota Fasts (Jackie Gleason). Felson risks all he owns, eventually destroying himself in his battle against Fats and his gambler-promoter (George C. Scott). Felson's game is spoiled by the woman he falls for (Piper Laurie...
...with the stinging effects of the recession beginning to sink in, pantries across the city will have to be able to handle the growing numbers of hard-struck residents whose unemployment checks and welfare payments are not enough...
Prospective teaching fellows are at the mercy of these undergraduates, whose course choices will determine whether graduate students sink or swim...
...Americans have been fed such a consumerist diet for so long (epitomized by Reagan, but then, even he did not sink this low) that we no longer think it strange that our politicians lack dignity. It is difficult for Americans to step back and remember that the present horror is just that, and not at all a natural or necessary one. And it is almost impossible for us to conceive of politics as actually being noble...
Major League baseball has always had a disturbing sink or swim attitude toward the weaker of its members. Baseball officials should not place a xenophobic regulation over the best interests of Seattle fans...