Word: bazooka
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Those two plays sum up Namath's vital assets on the field: a bazooka arm, a trigger-quick release and an almost supernatural ability to read complex defenses in a matter of microseconds. As Namath explained to TIME Correspondent Marsh Clark last week: "Unless I have some sort of mental lapse, I know what they're doing on the defense every time." In the instruction booklet he is now writing on the art of passing, he gives his older brothers much of the credit for his proficiency: "They taught me a single motion-simply throwing from your...
...backcourt, the Crime lost "Bazooka Ben" Beach, who led the team in field goals made (23) and field goals attempted (2300). Beach, who captained last year's squad, has been sidelined by mono this fall but will return now to coach the boys he recruited as captain...
...Israelis, who have been spared such incidents since last November, both the target and the timing were significant. Petah-Tikva (Gate of Hope), settled by Russian immigrants in 1878, was the first Jewish agricultural settlement in modern Palestine. The rocketing, along with guerrilla forays elsewhere-a bazooka barrage on the Lebanese border, a skirmish on the Golan Heights, a grenade explosion in Ashkelon-coincided with a meeting in Cairo of the 155-member guerrilla high command, the Palestine National Council. It also occurred during the four-day visit of West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel, who conferred with Israeli officials...
...ship became a special attraction for vacationers at seaside motels. While moving through the narrow strait of Babel Mandeb (Gate of Tears), which separates the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, the 78,000-ton tanker Coral Sea had been attacked by a speedboat whose occupants fired ten bazooka shells at the unarmed vessel during a ten-minute pass...
...then Scott dropped a pop-up, Reggie "ping pong paddle hands" Smith magically turned a Senators' single into a double, Carl "bazooka arm" Yazstremski threw behind a crafty baserunner,and Sparky "what's a catcher for?" Lyle uncorked the longest pitch yet of the yet-young American League season halfway up the backstop not while one Joe Foy rejoiced at the opportunity to get out of a light sprinkle sooner than he had thought possible...