Word: stover
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Valentine's Day is nothing more than a pseudo-holiday. It is the result of a huge conspiracy by certain greedy big businesses: Godiva, Russell Stover....and those people at 1-800-FLOWERS...
...subtitle of Eliot Berry's shrewd and knowledgeable TOUGH DRAW (Holt; $25), an account of the 1990 and '91 pro tennis tour, sounds like Dink Stover at Yale: The Path to Tennis Glory. Ignore this; Berry, who was a good tournament player as a junior, writes about tennis almost as well as Roger Angell writes about baseball. Here's his take on Jean Fleurian, losing a tough one to Pete Sampras: "If the Frenchman could have imagined winning, he would have won." He nails Ivan Lendl's monstrous adequacy: "Antonio Salieri in a sweatsuit." And he quotes...
...THINK OF A Valentine's candy without fault. Russell Stover's Marshmallow Hearts are to sticky. Their Peanut Butter Hearts are too messy, and there's something very unromantic about peanut butter anyway. Those tiny cinnamon hearts are just too hot and spicy--too sexy for my mouth...
Defensively, left cornerback Brad Jordan has a team-high four interceptions. Linebacker Matt Stover and safety Bryan Dunphy anchor the defense with 38 and 29 tackles, respectively...
...present the Gift will roll around, and during the ceremony I'll say I have to go to the bathroom or something, and I'll run over to Rix or CVS and get Harvard something really cheap, but sensible, like a big bottle of aftershave or a Russel Stover's candy sampler...