Word: bosse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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TIME Correspondent David S. Jackson pieced together the bizarre tale of the hapless group of thieves who made the mistake of crossing Mafia Boss Anthony ("Big Tuna") Accardo. His report...
Martin had long been accustomed to blasting his boss in four-letter words while talking to reporters. But because the remarks were delivered off the record, they were not printed. This time the newsmen felt that Martin was talking for print?and they printed his crack about Steinbrenner being "convicted," a reference to his guilty plea in connection with illegal contributions to Richard Nixon's 1972 campaign.* Within twelve hours of deriding his boss, Martin was tearfully reading a "resignation" speech. Steinbrenner, who has never been loath to meddle in clubhouse affairs (including making out lineup cards and giving...
...irony on the other, and shout out: "Your Papa says he knows that I don't have any money/ This is his last chance/ Tell him, Rosie, I ain't no freak/ 'Cause I got my picture/ On the cover of TIME and Newsweek." The audience roars, and the Boss, as friends call him, moves along to more pressing matters...
...tumble fantasy on the organ, and the hang-tough beat of Max Weinberg's drums, Garry Tallent's sinuous, serpentine bass lines and the roistering guitar of Miami Steve Van Zandt form the firm foundation. The wailing, extravagant sax solos by Clarence Clemens cut jolting, joking arabesques around the Boss's lead guitar and vocals, which are the main attraction, and the most seismic in the business...
...front of the mike and yell with the sort of mock melodrama that cloaks an almost literal truth, "I'm just a prisoner . . . of rock 'n' roll!" In the audience, his fellow lifers laugh and cheer, delirious inmates in the same cell. Of all those prisoners, though, only the Boss holds...