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...Rosovsky admits, yet all statements of this sort are tempered by further disclaimers maintaining that "nothing radical will come of this" or "success is uncertain" or "the examination is worthwhile even if it fails." In a sense, Rosovsky realizes this is a giant undertaking that rests smack in the middle of the gray areas he's so uncomfortable with; he is, therefore, far from anxious to immediately put all his marbles...
...game to take extra batting practice. "You don't get no fuckin' work if you play three games in a row," Charlie Hustle explained. Rose said that he had only taken about 12 swings in the three games, but by staying behind, Rose would have many more opportunities to smack the white pill into the outfield...
Both Henry Fairlie and Martin Mayer engage in a savage debunking of the '60s. Fairlie especially starts with an oft-heard Bicentennial premise: the U.S., reeling from Watergate and Viet Nam, must recover its morale and equilibrium. The idea could smack of mere inspirationalism, but Fairlie and Mayer approach the thought with original and even eccentric minds...
...snap from the Crimson center landed smack in Harvard's endzone for a safety and Yale's two point victory margin. The clock ran out with Yale ahead 14-12 and Harvard five yards away from the winning touchdown...
...orderly public school classrooms and may allow spanking to keep them that way. But the decision also ensures that spitball-flingers and bubble-blowers will receive the due process of law, just as somewhat more dangerous offenders do. Only in cases of extraordinarily disruptive behavior may a teacher smack a child on the spot. Normally teachers must give prior warning that a specific offense could be grounds for a paddling, a second school official must be called in to watch the whacking, and parents must get a written explanation of the incident if they want...