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Tag Archives: Tom Wolfe
NYT’s ‘M*A*S*H’ Retrospective Lacks 20/20 Heinz Sight
Page One of yesterday’s Arts section in the New York Times featured James Poniewozik’s big takeout on the 5oth anniversary of the seminal television dramedy, “M*A*S*H.” ‘M*A*S*H’ at 50: War Is Hell(arious) Five decades ago, “M*A*S*H” anticipated today’s TV dramedies, … Continue reading
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Tagged American Heritage, Death of a Racehorse, Grantland Rice, H. Richard Hornberger, James Poniewozik, Jeff MacGregor, M*A*S*H, MASH4077TV, Nathan Ward, New York Times, Once They Heard the Cheers, Pete Hamill, Richard Hooker, Robert Altman, Sports Illustrated, The Professional, Tom Wolfe, W.C. Heinz, What a Time It Was, When We Were One
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Slate’s ‘Hang Up and Listen’ Totally Lacks 20-20 Heinz Sight
The hardworking staff yields to no man in our admiration and respect for Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin, hosts of the excellent Hang Up and Listen podcast. But we feel compelled to take issue with last week’s edition in which … Continue reading
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Tagged “The Last American Hero Is Junior Johnson. Yes!”, Bill Littlefield, David Halberstam, Eddie Arcaro, Ernest Hemingway, Flannery O'Connor, Hang Up and Listen, John Swansburg, Josh Levin, Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Kram Jr., New Journalism, New York Times, Pete Reiser, Slate, Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, The Man They Padded the Walls For, The Top of His Game: The Best Sportswriting of W. C. Heinz, Tom Wolfe, W.C. Heinz, William Faulkner
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Boston ‘Dream’ Doc Thomas Graboys Gets Elegant Farewell
Tom Graboys was someone special. From his sweet Boston Globe sendoff by Bryan Marquard: Dr. Thomas Graboys, 70; cardiologist, writer On hospital rounds Dr. Thomas Graboys listened carefully to a chorus of beating hearts, placing his stethoscope on the warm, damp … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Zuger, Bernard Lown, Boston Celtics, Boston Globe, Bryan Marquard, Caren Solomon, Caroline Rigby Graboys, Dream Team, Dysrhythmics, Lewy body disease, Life in the Balance, Masters of the Universe, New York Times, Parkinson's disease, Penelope Graboys Blair, Peter Zheutlin, Reggie Lewis, Sam Roberts, Sarah Valeo, Thomas Graboys, Tom Wolfe, Victoria Tenney Graboys, William Rigby
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John Silber Fights Again
Full Disclosure #1: The hardworking staff currently teaches at Boston University and does not have tenure. Full Disclosure #2: The hardworking staff has fond memories of former BU czar John Silber. Back in the day, we regularly collided with Dr. … Continue reading
NYT’s Revisionist History Re: IHT
Smart Sam Roberts piece in Thursday’s New York Times about the pending demise of the International Herald Tribune brand. Fondly Recalling a ‘Writer’s Paper’ as a Name Goes Away Ghostly vestiges of the gothic Herald Tribune logo still survive on … Continue reading
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Tagged Breathless, Dick Schaap, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, I.H.T., International Herald Tribune, International New York Times, James Gordon Bennett Jr., Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jimmy Breslin, New York Times, Pete Hamill, Red Smith, Sam Roberts, takeover, Tom Wolfe, Washington Post
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