Word: asses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...alleys of their neighborhood, meting out their own law-and-order to those they consider criminals. "Every now and then, folks dealing in dope get their doors kicked in and their shit messed up," says one member of the unit. "When we find someone doing wrong, we wear his ass out. A purse-snatcher might end up with two broken hands." The vigilantes, however, do not always escape unscathed. So far, two have been stabbed while making their rounds...
...ocean," Spielberg says, "was a real pain in the ass." While the technical crew scurried about under water, the director and his company waited out the vagaries of tide topside. "With all the planning we did," Spielberg recalls, "nobody thought much about the currents or anything at all about the waves." A strong current would cause equipment boats to drift away. Water color would change, the rhythm of the waves would fluctuate. "I could have shot the movie in the tank," Spielberg says, "or even in a protected lake somewhere, but it would not have looked the same...
...usually so intimidated that they simply stand motionless, watching a called third strike. Says Oriole all-star Third Baseman Brooks Robinson: "Is there fear? Sure there's fear. There's an old baseball saying, 'Your heart might be in the batter's box, but your ass...
Weird things go on at Fenway--not really weird. I guess, just if you think about them long enough. These drunks get into shouting matches and smart-ass college kids tell them to ennunciate, and when the drunks do the smart-ass college kids stare at the field in triumph and say. "Let's hear it for ennunciation!" "If this were some other country," someone asked me at my last game's seventh-inning stretch, "do you think the Bicentennial banner would seem okay...
...arrest without being recognized. The cat-and-mouse game between fugitive radicals and the police "is the greatest show in the world, and I got the best seats there are," boasted Abbie. "I'm almost grateful to the cops who busted me for making me get off my ass. What's there to go back for, anyway? You get tired of sitting around telling the same old stories...