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...peculiar symbiotic relationship exists between sports teams and the press. Of course, there would be no sportswriters if there were no sports to cover, and newspapers depend on the sports reader for steady circulation. The teams strive for as much publicity as possible, hoping to increase prestige as well as the take at the gate. And, one has to admit, there is something gratifying about seeing one's name in print...
When we started we hoped for the blue-collar audience. But a recent demographic study showed a different reader: a lot of college students and professionals. That kind of blew our theory...
Whisky for Pain. If the reader wants to know still more, he turns to the phlebitis entry in the diseases section of the book. There he learns that the disorder may be due to a clot in the outer veins of the thigh or leg; that his feet should be raised in bed; that whisky may ease the pain; and that doctors -whom he should consult posthaste-usually advise anticoagulants or surgery. In all, the book lists more than 650 symptoms and discusses nearly 500 diseases-from acne and cold sores to Zenker's diverticulum, an unnatural pouch that...
Town Dump. All of this would seem preposterous if Author Hales did not charm the reader with the earthiness of his hell. There are no fork-wielding demons and no brimstone. It is only in the town dump that "the fire is not quenched and the worm dieth not." Though Hales draws many of his characters from Dante's subterranean aristocracy, he sketches them with fresh wit. Cleopatra, for instance, has something of an American accent because she has been "surrounded, for the last hundred years at least, more by Americans than British...
Brock is not irrevocably lost. His shrewd shuttle diplomacy in hell puts him in a unique position to demand a reward. To reveal what that is would spoil the reader's fun, but the prize under lines the irony of the sign that greeted him in the Second Circle: "Hell is where you are free to be yourself, and nothing but yourself." Mayo Mohs