Word: berton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Peter Sellers. But this year's host, for 16 days starting Saturday, is Calgary, Canada, a prairie town muscled into an oil capital, a sprawling city in every sense. Venues may seem a bit more scattered than usual, but this is where Canadian ingenuity comes in. The writer Pierre Berton offers a definition: "A Canadian is someone who could make love in a canoe." After all, isn't intimacy part balance and part illusion? From an American standpoint, another attraction may be that the Yanks don't win so often. Almost four years since that pretty but loud Los Angeles...
Stewart said he selected the teacher, Joe Berton--an old friend of his--to pose as the French horn virtuoso fireballer, because "he has a comic look...
...added that Berton, in exchange for posing as the pitcher who harnessed his spiritual powers and blazing fastball in the remote mountains of Po. Tibet asked only for tickets to the Mets Cubs home opener in Chicago and two Sports Illustrated swimsuit calendars...
Playing along with the gag, the Mets are planning a news conference today where Berton is expected to announce whether his religious beliefs will prevent him from pursuing a major league career, said Mets spokesman Jay A. Horwitz...
...NOTEBOOK. Last night was a reunion of sorts with format Coach Bill McCurdy, last year's Captain Dave Randall and last year's Manager Sue Berton, all on hand to watch the meet. The team will see action again this Saturday at 4 p.m. when Brown invades Cambridge...