Word: bowle
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Albeit he is a recalcitrant victim in the goldfish-bowl prison in which the world has placed him, compassion toward him, especially in view of his unobtrusive and unending stream of charitable acts, might help alleviate the weight of his ponderous burden...
There isn't, for example, the same emphasis on winning. A sports story today would not likely end with the hero QB getting sacked in the Super Bowl or a pitcher who got shelled off the mound in the World Series. But Tom Brown, Captain of the School in the final cricket match of the book, manages to lose the game. But without things like pro contracts, playing games without winning made more sense...
...first two varsity plays he caught two passes for 85 yards, and one touchdown. Rentzel remained on the bench for the rest of the season, but the team, led by that "magnificent madman" Joe Don Looney and another "Wild Turk" John Flynn, went all the way to the Cotton Bowl where they lost 17-0 to Bear Bryant's Alabama squad...
Sports Huddle fans do not take such predictions lightly. On the eve of the Miami Dolphins' 14-7 Super Bowl victory over the Washington Redskins, the Boston badmouths consulted a psychic, a bookie, two Chinese abacus experts and assorted astrologers, then correctly predicted the winner of the championship game for the fourth season...
...small, narrow, and low-studded room, the greater part of which is taken up by the huge editorial table, and the cumbersome stove, are gathered about a dozen men, lolling in the window-seats, seated upon the paper-box or around the table. On the table is a large bowl of mild punch, a bottle or so of Bass's Ale (for the men in training) and a can of crackers. Near each man is a glass filled with his chosen drink, and scattered about at convenient intervals are piles of crackers. Smoke from pipes, cigars, and cigarettes curls gracefully...