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...like that she gave me the full view of her breasts. They were as alive as she was." (They shouldn't be less so.) "A statue with dark, blazing eyes and jaunty breasts that spoke of the passion that lay within." (Hmmm: jaunty and chatty.) Everyone's favorite Spillane "babe" line is this one: "She walked toward me, her hips waving a happy hello...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Prince of Pulp | 7/22/2006 | See Source »

...Another Surly Slugger Were you upset when Barry Bonds hit his 715th home run and passed Babe Ruth's career home-run total? Our Sept. 29, 1961, story on the New York Yankees' Roger Maris showed that even players who aren't accused of using steroids can rile the fans when Ruth's numbers are threatened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 6/19/2006 | See Source »

...Probably not. I hate the guy." TYLER SNYDER, Oakland A's fan who caught the ball Barry Bonds hit for his 714th home run?to tie Babe Ruth at No. 2 on the U.S. base-ball all-time list?when asked if he would give the ball to the slugger

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 5/29/2006 | See Source »

TYLER SNYDER, Oakland A's fan who caught the ball Barry Bonds hit for his 714th home run--to tie Babe Ruth at No. 2 on the all-time list--when asked if he would give the ball to the San Francisco slugger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Jun. 5, 2006 | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

...word "babe," normally a term of endearment, or at least of hipster familiarity (the 60s equivalent of "dude"), here takes on the acridity of a four-letter word. By the end of the song, the person to whom its sung not only has no doubt she/he's been dumped but finds her/his ego in tatters. The message is: I won't be your love slave, and nobody else should either. It's a rancor most people have felt after an affair goes sour, but was rarely set to music. Dylan started doing it, and kept doing it. In the liner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bob Dylan at 65 | 5/24/2006 | See Source »

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