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...especially true for many of the pitchers, who tend to be on the flabby side. One player in particular, thirteen-year veteran and Indians closer Bob Wickman (6’1 240 lbs.), could easily pass for a regular local patron at the Hong Kong, perched on a bar stool next to Touchdown...
Despite the constant presence of dead children and Morgan Freeman, everything about this movie is snappy. The names, for example, are exceedingly snappy. Bruce Willis goes by the candy-bar handle of Mr. Goodkat, and Freeman and Ben Kingsley are, respectively, The Boss and The Rabbi. The dialogue is even snappier: almost every question asked in this movie is answered with a snarky rewording of that question. (Examples: “Why do they call him The Rabbi?” “Because he’s a rabbi.”—Repeat 400 times...
...Durham and the nation, the manner in which the media has portrayed the case has allowed these secondary issues to overshadow the facts of the case. A recent New York Times article, for example, contained allegations that the members of the lacrosse team had been spotted at a local bar on a recent Saturday night (while vigils were occurring on campus) and that the coach had scheduled a practice which had caused the players to miss a course over a professor’s objections. These issues, while imprortant in the world of college sports, are unrelated to the case...
...don’t have the power to bar Paris Hilton from Sundance. I’m not sure I would if I could,” he admits...
...It’s hard to limit it just to one! [Laughs.] We had formed a group at the law school that became relatively famous or infamous called the Somerville Bar Review. The Somerville Bar Review went to a different bar in Somerville or Cambridge every Thursday night—and ended up becoming the largest organization on the law school’s campus...