Word: ace
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...within reach of local fans, the team spent last year at Boston University And though the school, proud to have the Breakers in their inaugural season, increased seating capacity by 40 percent. Nickerson Field still only holds 21,000 The National Football League's Patriots play in Sullivan in [ace Schaefer] Stadium But a well-thrown pass from the Foxborough facility can almost reach Rhode Island that is why they go as the New England Patriots Without a suitable home, the Breakers may move against their wishes to Indianapolis, Seattle, or some other city...
...Movie Critic John Bloom) tells his readers where they can find what they want: nudity, sex and gore galore. Joe Bob's alltime favorite was The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, but he also raved about Burt Reynolds' W. W. and the Dixie Dancekings. Reviewing the new Stroker Ace, a dreary bomb starring Reynolds and Loni Anderson, he found much to praise: "Five motor-vehicle chases. Eight crashes. No beasts. No breasts, but Loni comes close. One beer-joint brawl. One guy through a plate-glass window and into the swim pool. No kung fu. No plot...
...STROKER ACE...
This is the latest model of what might be termed the Burt Reynolds Formula One Vehicle. The sometime bandit is a respectable NASCAR driver in Stroker Ace. That means that the skids and scrapes in which he defies death without losing his good-ole-boy aplomb take place on such premises as the Daytona 500 race track. He is also amiably mystified to find himself drawn to a woman (Loni Anderson) who is as tenacious in defense of her virginity as he is in pursuit of a championship. That, however, completes the list of the film's novelties...
...France, where tennis champions have been as scarce as courteous taxi drivers, Yannick Noah, 23, has become the most talked about addition to center court since Rene Lacoste first stitched a crocodile onto a cotton shirt. In the finals of the French Open, Noah defeated Swedish Ace Mats Wilander, 18, the defending champion, 6-2, 7-5, 7-6. Delirious fans overflowed onto the court as he became the first Frenchman to win the tournament since 1946. (Noah was born in France and raised in the former French African territory of Cameroon.) Dampening Yannick's win only slightly...