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...smash. While in an airport, King decides to play Riggs after hearing that he's beaten Australian tennis ace Margaret Court--then, to triple-underline the moment in red, she witnesses a male pilot feeling up a mortified, silent stewardess. What saves the film is its understanding of the odd symbiosis between the vain, garrulous Riggs--played by Ron Silver with an endearing desperation--and the equally media-savvy King, who needs his histrionic male chauvinism to advance her fight for equal pay for women athletes. It's half war, half platonic screwball romance; by the time the two play...
...Schooled in feminist theory, I felt a certain, unaccountable responsibility to maneuver my copy of "Our Bodies, Ourselves" into a prominent position - blocking out, if at all possible, my collection's less savory offerings (dog-eared copies of Vogue, well-loved Maeve Binchy novels, the odd Tom Clancy spy thriller). A sort of respectability tier system developed, with books stacked three deep on each shelf. Over the years, the private persona of my bookshelves evolved into something quite different from the carefully groomed face they showed to the world...
...Procedurally speaking, it was odd that at a hearing the commission would allow a public comment to consist of a slide show," McCready says. "It was really strange...
February's existing home sales--a hearty 5.18 million annualized--show an industry that, thankfully, doesn't know when to quit; odd, since housing often leads the downhill charge into recession. Construction giants such as Centex and KB Home continue to expand, thanks to consolidation, low mortgage rates and productivity gains. An order backlog means no housing glut this round: spec building has been a no-no since the S&L blowout, and many towns, already sprawling, are now persnickety about development...
...Pops," as he was known, was a burly, intimidating presence, whose command of a bat was widely rumored to send opposing pitchers into pre-game hysterics. He wore his team's odd, cylindrical hat with more than style than one might have thought possible. He led us to the 1979 World Championship, simultaneously leading us in rousing choruses of Sister Sledge's "We Are Family," the unofficial Pirates theme song. He was a palpable presence at Three Rivers, guarding the team, and, I always suspected, the city itself, from unseen dangers...