O tempura, o morays! or, Who needs an editor when you halve a spell chequer?

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:37 PM -0500 3/22/05, Mark A. Mandel wrote:
>While idly cruising through today's New York Times sports section, I
>metaphorically drove into a foot-deep pothole. In an article by Lee Jenkins
>titled "Stopping, Popping Those Jerseys"
>(http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/22/sports/ncaabasketball/22uniforms.html),
>four paragraphs from the end, I blew my suspension on the following:
>    >>>>>
>Power forwards who muscle inside for contested dunks are more likely to grab
>two fistfuls of fabric and thrust them forward violently. And when midmajor
>teams claim landmark victories, it is not uncommon to see the captain with
>his thumbs tucked inside his jersey, either pulling it taught or flapping it
>in front of fans.
>  <<<<<
>
>"Pulling it taught"?! Is anyone watching the store there?
>
Now, now, Mark.  These *are* scholar-athletes we're talking about.
Of course they're taught.  The question is whether they larn.

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