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...doesn't know his brother batteries of Red Sox history-like Wes and Rick Ferrell-could end up ostracized, in public disgrace. Not to worry. True competitors, they keep track of pitching records and batting averages almost as closely as they keep track of each other's age. Problems can arise when arguments over facts give way to differences of opinion. Caterino says, "I've learned never to argue about religion, politics or Ted Williams." Friendships have severed over whether Dom DiMaggio or Jimmy Piersall was the better centerfielder. In general the guiding principle reads: older...
...20th century, has forced civilization to start over again at ground zero. Progress has been slow. People huddle together in small enclaves, fighting off the elements, packs of killer dogs and occasionally, one another. A semblance of central government exists in the person of a "Pry Mincer" and "Wes Mincer," two itinerants who travel from village to village giving repeated performances of the same puppet show. Its subject is a simplified myth of the splitting of the atom...
With the score tied at 15, Tony Cimmarusti silenced his Quaker opponent, 12-5, but minutes later, Penn 190-pounder Paul Pitcher pinned Harvard's Wes Carrion...
...trend continued in the next five weight classes. Brian and Dave Baer lost major decisions to their Princeton opponents by identical 10-2 scores at 150 and 167, and Sean Healey got the short end of a 7-5 decision at 158. Wes Carrion was dominated by the Princeton 177, pounder and lost a major decision, 12-3. And Mark Cooley's ailing knee caused Lee to forfeit the 190-lb. match...
...will use real bullets in the filming. The Cockney crew members, led by the gaffer, threaten a workers' revolt against Bean-cum-Washington, but they hold together to film the British charge up Bunker Hill--hilariously staged, dummies and all. But they can't hold out, and the turncoat Wes, convinced that "Washington" will be a disaster, finally stops the action with the help of some redcoat extras. John Bean is accidentally bayonetted by his gaffer, and as he dies the directorship is passed on to blue-eyed, mindless Dan, squinting bravely into the spotlight...