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...exactly what the fans had in mind, and when the Bills wound up last in the Eastern Division in 1961, they took to demonstrating their displeasure by pelting the players with beer cans. But then came Coach Lou Saban, a man whose own record was nothing to brag about: he had been fired by the Boston Patriots. He spent two years rebuilding the squad, and by last week the jeers had turned to cries of glee. Victory over the Jets ran the Bills' season's record to 7-0, making them the only unbeaten team in pro football...
...Hewlett has said he can win today, and that may be the most important thing. If he can go out there repeating the famous words of the Little Engine That Could--"I think I can, I think I can"--he should give his team a victory to brag about...
Salt-water-taffy stores, sandwich parlors, auction rooms, fortunetellers' lairs, hotel lobbies-all were so jammed last week that Convention Hall seemed almost empty by contrast. Yet Atlantic City swallowed the 45,000 Democratic delegates like a whale mouthing a minnow. "Why," brag the locals, "the A.F.L.-C.I.O. convention here was twice...
Nine holes later, everybody was. Washington weather is never much to brag about, but for the 36-hole final round, it was atrocious. The temperature reached 97, and the humidity could drown a man. Nicklaus shot a 77, Palmer and Lema blew to 75s. But Venturi, in some astonishing way, suddenly became that sculpture again...
...years went to three presidential fact-finding boards, the Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, and countless times to the brink of a crippling national strike. Johnson called both labor and management into the Cabinet Room, said warmly: "I'm very proud of you fellows. You go home and brag to your wives a little bit. You have something to be proud...