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...hard to compare the influence of statesmen with that of scientists. Nevertheless, we can note that there are certain eras that were most defined by their politics, others by their culture, and others by their scientific advances...
Faye Walker, Suspension Lady, patrols the sidelines in a white Statesmen T shirt, walkie-talkie in hand. "Don't make me work too hard!" she yells at a group of sophomores who have overfilled their section of stands and are climbing over the security bar. "You know," she says, "there are some people who came out here to see the game." But not many. The crowd is carbonated, all noisy and fizzed, relieved, distracted. Kids are focused on planning the postgame show: "Are you going to be at Rob's?" "How do you get there?" "Are his parents home...
...with Webster. On with Webster. Fight on for your fame. Fight, Statesmen, fight, And you will win the game...
Once the school day ends, Webster Groves Statesmen choose their videos, their meals, their gas and their clothes carefully, because they know the chances are good they will be served by a schoolmate. These days being 16 in Webster Groves typically means a car and a job, mixing up to 40 hours a week at work into the already delicate balance of school, friends and family. Some students work to save for college or to help their parents pay the bills, but most do it for cars, insurance and clothes. "Working lets me establish my independence," says senior Nick McCormick...
...Shoptaw says he intends this in an acclamatory way. The book, he says, "is a lot of fun. The best thing about it is that it has late poetry by the elder statesmen of poetry but it doesn't have that high seriousness. It's not pretentious. It's full of adventures, and you just never really know what's going to happen from one moment to the next...