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'Woman Of The Year': 25 Things You Didn't Know About The Katharine Hepburn And ...

Moviefone - Jan 19, 2012
Actor/director/playwright Garson Kanin came up with the initial story idea, but in 1941, he was drafted into the Army, so he farmed out the screnwriting duties to his younger brother, Michael Kanin, and fellow screenwriter Ring Lardner, Jr. 6.

Weekend Tip: Armchair instruction

GolfDigest.com (blog) - Jan 7, 2012
While sitting on planes and in front of fireplaces the last couple of weeks with Golf Stories--Everyman's Pocket Classics, I had the pleasure of re-reading such gems as Ring Lardner's Mr. Frisbee, Dan Jenkins' Tee and Teens and Bernard Darwin's The ...

Probe of Niles slayings ongoing

South Bend Tribune - Jan 10, 2012
In a 2002 Tribune story regarding the retirement of Ring Lardner Middle School band director Ken Working, she was quoted by Tribune reporter Sherry Van Arsdall regarding her association with Working, whom she assisted at Ring Lardner.

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Haircut and Other Stories

by: Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner first burst upon the literary scene with his greatest popular success, "You Know Me Al". A sportswriter by trade, Lardner had a superb ear for regional peculiarities in speech and was loved for his sense of humor. Funny, sarcastic, sometimes bitter but always ironic, Lardner understood Americans-- their desires, their dreams, and their disappointments. Contained in "Haircut and Other Stories" are some of Lardner's best-known pieces: "Haircut", "Alibi Ike", "The Love Nest", "Zone of Quiet", and "Champion".
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A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s

by: Roger Kahn
From 1919 to 1927, Jack Dempsey was the heavyweight champion of the world. With his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill, he was a fighter perfectly suited to the Roaring '20s. In A Flame of Pure Fire, award-winning and renowned sports writer Roger Kahn, a personal friend of Dempsey's, tells the extraordinary story of a man and a country growing to maturity in a blaze of strength and exuberance. With passion and precision, Kahn not only chronicles the thrilling, brutal bouts of the "Manassa Mauler" but also illustrates how the wild and raucous 1920s shaped Dempsey, and how the champ, in turn, left an indelible mark on sports and American history.
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