Word: fannings
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...hated to leave home and routine. He felt he should meet people and see the world, but he was increasingly phobic about travel. He panicked on airplanes, broke out in a cold sweat at the very idea of a hotel lobby. At home in his studio, he loved receiving fan letters by the hundreds but resented the demands on his time. Perhaps because he refused so many requests for public appearances, he was unfailingly openhanded in his correspondence, answering scores of letters and special requests from strangers each...
...Friendship likes a Dickensian glow, and so my friends and I, who have incorporated ourselves as the Chuck Jones Fan Club of America, Chester A. Arthur Post Number One, gathered the other day for our annual Christmas lunch, presided over by the distinguished author Stefan Kanfer, whom People magazine designated as "The Sexiest Man Alive" in 1947, and by the distinguished columnist John Leo, who is also cute as a button. The distinguished critic R.Z. Sheppard, for his part, is short-listed by People magazine as one of the "Most Intriguing People of 2001," although, frankly, I can't quite...
...fan punches Dodger catcher Chad Kreuter, steals his cap, igniting player vs. fan brawl...
...Males have not, as a rule, joined [this writer's] fan clubs, and this novel suggests a reason: they are seldom the central figures in the author's world...
Critics of the salary cap say that if a team does not generate fan support, it therefore should not be competitive. Yankees fans will argue that the reason their team wins is because their fans pay up and sell out their games. They point to the lowly crowds that amass in Minnesota, Oakland, and Montreal, saying, "see, no one cares there! They're not entitled to a good team...