Word: blading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...asked Petro about the play after the game," Roth said, "and he told me that he saw the blade of the guy's stick bent down and knew the guy was shooting for the upper corner. That's the kind of guy Petro is, a real student of the game...
...pitchers in baseball is not bad for a man whose age is ofiicially listed as 33 but could be 36, 37 or whatever. His success is even more remarkable for a pitcher who was floundering in the minor leagues only three years ago. Excess weight and a cracked shoulder blade had apparently ended Tiant's career after several solid years in the majors, including one 21 -victory season with the Cleveland Indians...
...wouldn't mind having to pay higher taxes and higher prices if our fatuous leaders wouldn't squander the money on nations with infantile policies of aggression. Giving nuclear reactors and know-how to Arab nations is like giving a razor blade to a baby. Nixon was prepared to sacrifice most of his staff to get the Watergate heat off his back. Is he preparing to sacrifice the prosperity of the U.S. and the security of the world...
...testimonial could have been the sort of denouement that was a Preston Sturges specialty, an inadvertent confession of blindness and stupidity. It could have had a well-honed double edge of irony, but such style should not really be expected from film makers who prefer a bludgeon to a blade...
...made the move to New York, where he would eventually come to epitomize all that was elegant and dignified about jazz. But in those days he was a tough blade. In Chicago, where he frequently dropped in to play, there was a standing order: "Duke Ellington is not to be bothered in the Loop." It stuck, because it came from Al Capone...