Back Story
“Hawk lay on the couch in my office with his ankles crossed and a Homestead Grays cap tilted down over his eyes, while I went through the list. Emily Gold was there among the G's. Bonnie Lombard was there among the L's. I recognized no other names.
"If we divided this list equally between us," I said to Hawk, "we'd each have only fifteen-something-hundred people to interview." "One thousand five hundred ninety," Hawk said. "And who gonna keep them from shooting your ass while I'm off chattin...g with my half?" "Oh, yeah," I said. "I forgot about that." "You want to be the one tells Susan I let them kill you?" "There's something wrong with that question," I said. "But no, I don't." "So maybe you need to winnow the list," Hawk said.
"Winnow?" I said.
"Glean." "Absolutely," I said. "I could winnow geographically, and glean all the names in the Boston area." "You know," Hawk said, "we checked out Bonnie Lombard we might not have to winnow and glean no more." "Why didn't I think of that," I said.MoreLess
"If we divided this list equally between us," I said to Hawk, "we'd each have only fifteen-something-hundred people to interview." "One thousand five hundred ninety," Hawk said. "And who gonna keep them from shooting your ass while I'm off chattin...g with my half?" "Oh, yeah," I said. "I forgot about that." "You want to be the one tells Susan I let them kill you?" "There's something wrong with that question," I said. "But no, I don't." "So maybe you need to winnow the list," Hawk said.
"Winnow?" I said.
"Glean." "Absolutely," I said. "I could winnow geographically, and glean all the names in the Boston area." "You know," Hawk said, "we checked out Bonnie Lombard we might not have to winnow and glean no more." "Why didn't I think of that," I said.MoreLess
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