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...teams in the league's whitest cities: benchwarmers were 37.5 percent whit, while in predominantly Black cities, where there is less need for white drawing cards, the percentage of white bench warmers was zero...
...report includes Cleveland owner Ted Stepien's comment prior to purchasing the Cavaliers that "I respect them [Blacks], but I need whit people. It's in me. And I think the Cavs have too many Black players, 10 of 11. You need a blend of Black and white. I think that draws, and I think that's a better team...
...none of these things would have served Mr. Stockman one whit better than the Trojan horse image, which, in spite of its essential flaw, still combines deception with dignity. So does Mr. Stockman. Chagrined now, he turns his figure of speech against himself, contending that it is he who has assumed the role of the "wooden beast without a brain." But the image is inappropriate again. Mr. Stockman is far from brainless, and hardly a beast. He has simply risked his kingdom for a metaphor...
Said Mannix: "Northeastern was the only game where we were close and lost. Our poise had a lot to do whit it." Harris chimed in, "If it gets close there's a feeling that someone will come through...
...suspicion mounts that Percy is secretly on Will's side. This is unfortunate, because the character has some serious, unacknowledged flaws. He is remarkably cold to those around him; he goes into the cave shortly before his daughter's wedding and worries not a whit about missing it. Evidence for his sense of mor al superiority is not provided. He rants at unconscionable length, a voice crying out not in the wilderness but on the golf course or in his Mercedes. The effect of his diatribes is peculiar, as if Swift had put his most acid criticisms...