Word: armchairs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...armchair quarterback...
...wrote on the subject for Spy.) Levy certainly doesn't shy away from psychobiography: Lewis' demanding though mostly absent parents, who toiled with marginal success on the vaudeville and burlesque circuits, are the obvious villains of the piece; Dean Martin is the beloved but withholding father/big brother substitute. Armchair analysis is notably warranted here, and Levy notably restrained in providing it, given that one of Lewis' salient attributes as a performer is that he exudes a palpable sense of self-satisfaction coupled with an unslakeable, almost scary thirst for adoration--not to mention, as his career progressed and then faltered...
Ever since Bill Clinton strode onto the national stage, armchair shrinks have had a field day labeling him an adolescent, a man defined by all-night bull sessions, fast-food orgies, raging hormones and peripatetic curiosity...
...this day, Rudenstine sits on a small hard-backed chair tilted dangerously on its two back legs and props his feet on the armchair in front of him. Putting aside a crystal tray holding the half-eaten fruit salad he has ordered for lunch, he sips a Diet Coke and fidgets slightly while his eyes roam from the ceiling to the reporters to the elegant furniture in his spacious Mass. Hall office...
March madness is upon us once more. As every armchair prognosticator tries desperately to come up with picks for the office pool, my roommate Brooks Morrin and I are here to end all of the speculation and let you in on what the most exciting three weeks in sports will hold. Through a dissection of each region, we present our tournament selections...