Who's Hosin' Who?
Guest Editorial by Dan Hanley

 'THE SWEET SCIENCE'
   By A.J. Liebling;
   Reviewed by Katherine Dunn

  Joe Liebling was a fat little guy who
  loved boxing. He was born in New
  York City in 1904 with his tongue in
  his cheek and spats on his feet. He
  never let his bankerish pinstriped
  heritage interfere with his love of a
  good joke, a good meal, or a good
  fight. Gifted with classical erudition
  and a taste for vulgar company,
  Liebling was expelled from Dartmouth
  College and fired by The New York
  Times before he parlayed his
  bohemian inclinations into a lengthy
  career writing for The New Yorker.
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