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Writer Herman J. Mankiewicz once listened to Cohn brag: "When I'm alone in a projection room, I have a foolproof device for judging whether a picture is good or bad. If my fanny squirms, it's bad. If my fanny doesn't squirm, it's good. It's as simple as that." There was a momentary silence; then Mankiewicz abruptly terminated his employment: "Imagine-the whole world wired to Harry Cohn's behind...
...because otherwise they would become strikebreakers. He recruited not only truckers for his union but every other worker he could muster, from aircraft workers to hatcheck girls. So large was his union that a nationwide Teamsters' strike could paralyze the U.S. economy, and Hoffa lost no chance to brag about such power...
...half time, Coach Vince Lombardi wasted no time on pep talks. "Stop grabbing and start tackling," he growled, and then he got down to specifics. Fact One: the Chiefs, on the average, were younger, bigger and probably stronger than the Packers -whose ground game had not been much to brag about all year, anyhow. That led naturally to Fact Two: Packer Quarterback Bart Starr, who completed 62% of his passes during the regular season, was the No. 1 passer in pro football. So Green Bay was going to the air. Fact Three: the Chiefs' cornerbacks on defense were vulnerable...
...Chiefs brag that their offensive line is the biggest in either league, averages 253 lbs. from end to end. Kansas City has three of the A.F.L.'s ten top rushers: Halfback Garrett (566 yds.) is No. 5, Halfback Bert Coan (476 yds.) is No. 6, and Fullback Curtis McClinton (408 yds.) is No. 7. Quarterback Len Dawson, a natural rollout passer who could not make it with the N.F.L.'s Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns, has come into his own in Coach Hank Stram's "movable pocket" passing offense; he has hit on 57% of his passes...
...Wednesday evenings, ten or twelve "cavers" (most of them avoid the term "spelunkers"), members of the Boston Grotto, the local caving club, meet in the Harvard Outing Club's quarters to brag about the caves they saw last weekend or to plan trips for the next. A few times a year they run an "easy" trip, like...