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...book flows well, and White effectively evokes the hard news soft news conflict and the resulting newsroom tensions. While an air of stereotype pervades some of the characters and situations, those interested in the inner mechanisms which fuel the machine that ultimately deposits a pile of distinctive and allegedly definitive newsprint at your door should find True Bearing an abosorbing read...
...this round that Holmes began to throw an overhand right, the same type which Kenny Norton employed so effectively in this three fights against the former champ. Holmes hammered away repeatedly, and though he never stunned Ali, he continued to pile up points...
Normally a quality snapper, defensive back Jacobs had coated his hands with stickum to help grab Holy Cross passes; indeed Jacobs had made an interception just minutes earlier. But the stickum skewed the snap, and Flach wound up in a pile of bodies at the two. And on the next play, Crusader Doug Pietrick pushed it over to tie the score...
Since they are butting into this delicate situation uninvited, the K-School gurus say they do not want to pile added pressure on the challengers. They keep their research and results private, submitting ideas and observations without attracting much attention...
...MBTA project has also been bogged down by labor troubles. This summer the pile drivers who build the wooden floors above the construction walked out for three weeks. That isn't all. The plumbers' union has been out since August 31. Construction crews have been building around the plumbing sites, Gary Balboni, the project engineer for Perini Construction Co., says, adding, however, that "we can't do that forever...