Word: blockings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...repose was sometimes a touching contrast to the roly-poly jollity that was her public trademark, made as much copy out of her unsexiness as Zsa Zsa Gabor makes out of her libido. "Crawling out of bed, I girdled myself," she would write, "with the aid of a block and tackle." Or, "I've been favorably compared to a whale, a pachyderm, a hippopotamus, an untidy featherbed, an Eskimo igloo during the summer thaw, a charwoman at daybreak. Prince Christian of Hesse, spotting me in bathing costume offshore at Antibes, mistook me for a rubber mattress. But I became...
...hope to catch the eye of a scout and follow in the footsteps of Baltimore Quarterback Johnny Unitas, who strode straight from a sandlot into the pros. But most are onetime high school and college players with no illusions. They play for the earthy satisfaction of throwing a crumpling block or making a bone-crushing tackle...
...irritated Galbraith during his two years in New Delhi. "The social life of an ambassador is almost a complete waste of time," he insisted, "with almost no sacrifice it could be sharply reduced." Galbraith regrets the time which was spent merely entertaining other ambassadors. "I deeply resented the large block of time taken by purely ceremonial matters...
Yovicain played single-wing football in college at Gettysburg, and is singularly successful in defending against the formation. He has even installed certain single-wing techniques--especially blocking patterns--into the Harvard offense.TOM BILODEAU (18), churns the turf as he cuts around end in the Dartmouth game. PAUL BARRINGER (82) and JOHN HOFFMAN (65) move quickly to block out JOEL FELDMAN (45) and GERRY LaMONTAGNE...
Ties & Tradition. The nine second-generation Braun-Menendezes (three sisters along with the brothers) are closer than Kennedys. All live in the same fashionable residential block in Buenos Aires, spend their weekends at a Hyannis Port-like suburban compound, where each has a chalet, and the men spend much time watching the younger generation play polo on a family team. Altogether they have 63 children, many of whom marry cousins or into families with promising business connections. "Above all," says Brother Armando, "we think and act as a family unit. The children in their way will keep the family...