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...other devices don't work either. He seeks laughs through what might be called the comedy of recognition--the creation of familiar situations with which the reader will identify. This method depends on the sort of person who will shout "Hey--that's ME" when he sees his face in a group photograph. To this end, Ward gives us accounts of riding in the family car, going to high school, fertilizing his lawn, etc. He doesn't realize that this is not enough; these situations can at best serve as a matrix for creative comedy...
...need for four different Philadelphia pitchers and the power with which the Dodgers greeted each one seemed to keynote this contest, and unfortunately for the Phils, may keynote the entire series if they cannot come up with a mound humbler of some sort. Retread Dick Rutheven gets his chance against L.A. lefty Tommy John when the series resume in Philly tomorrow...
...started walking into the desert, looking for any slight rise of fall in the land, or any bush over seven inches high, or any other sort of sleeping place. I climbed over a barbed wire fence and headed out across some farmer's land, my flashlight the only light for miles and my breathing the only sound in the night. Except for the mooing which I heard after about a mile--soon followed by the sound of cows running across my path about 40 yards ahead...
...immortal detective, Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov), pulled any triggers, and one can only spare the odd suspicious thought for Colonel Rice (David Niven), who assists him in his investigation. But that leaves plenty of others: Bette Davis as a dowager with a taste for pearls of the sort the late-lamented sported; Maggie Smith as her nurse-companion...
Your intelligence. Where you live. The sort of house you live in. Your general background, as far as clubs' you belong to, your friends. To some degree the type of profession you're in - in fact, definitely that. Where you send your children to school. The hobbies you have. Skiing, for example, is higher than the snowmobile. The clothes you wear . . . all of that. These are the externals. It can't be {just] money, because nobody ever knows that about you for sure...