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THEO METCALFE SOON proved himself one of the most enthusiastic bounty hunters and hangmen. His desire for revenge seems to have continually grown ever since he reached the British camp at the end of his wanderings; and by October he even went so far as to erect a gallows in Metcalfe House.
William Dalrymple • The Last Mughal
The text critiques Tracy Austin's autobiography, exploring the disconnect between her athletic genius and her narrative's lack of depth, emotional resonance, and insight into the complexities of her life and career.
Linklike any good crisis point it forces Michael to confront his earlier actions.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
At Exeter, he would read Sweet Thursday and Cannery Row, John Steinbeck’s lightly fictionalized accounts of marine biologist Ed Ricketts.
John Markoff • Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand
noninterventionist main owner, Tony Korner.
Sarah Thornton • Seven Days in the Art World
Their unconscious flaw is brought to the surface, exposed to a new world, acted upon;
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
So, in search of baseball simplicity, they turned their attention to what had started the season as a joke but had increasingly become a source of what MLB seemed to have lost the ability to produce. Fun. What was more fun than a basketball player—the basketball player—walking away from a $4 million NBA salary (which, at the time, was astronomical)
... See moreRyan McGee • Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time
One of the game’s great innovators, Paul Brown was the first (or among the first in some cases) to use IQ tests to evaluate players, establish a game film “library” and studiously analyze the footage, teach players in a formal classroom setting, send in plays from the sideline with “messenger” linemen, fit helmets with face masks, expand the networ
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