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Then there is the mako, probably the flashiest fighting fish in the sea. A snaggle-toothed bruiser (record: 1,000 Ibs.) that roams far offshore in both the Atlantic and Pacific, the mako can swim at 40 m.p.h., bite clean through a 500-Ib.-test wire leader, leap 20 ft. out of the water-higher than any marlin. Enraged by the hook, makos have been known to yank luckless fishermen overboard or jump straight into a boat, tear the place apart, then leap back into the water to fight for another two hours. Their killer instinct lingers even after death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fishing: Shark-Eating Men | 6/25/1965 | See Source »

...LUCK OF GINGER COFFEY. All the horror, humor and humanity of Brian Moore's novel are captured in this fine, sensitive film about a big Irish bruiser whose wife alone knows that he is really just a middle-aged child. Played to perfection by Robert Shaw and Mary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Oct. 16, 1964 | 10/16/1964 | See Source »

...LUCK OF GINGER COFFEY. All the horror, humor and humanity of Brian Moore's novel are captured in this fine, sensitive film about a big Irish bruiser whose wife alone knows that he is really just a middle-aged child. Played to perfection by Robert Shaw and Mary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Oct. 9, 1964 | 10/9/1964 | See Source »

...expressed our admiration for such ingenuity and were about to comment on the meticulous selection of products when a strange sound caught our ears. We asked what it was. "I thought you'd ask about that," replied Mr. Whiteside with a wink. "It's our apple bruiser--only one like it in the East...

Author: By Andrew T. Wett., | Title: Food for Thought | 1/14/1963 | See Source »

...Merry Christmas!" say the neon statues on the Boston Common, the vigilant policemen in every toy department, the subliminal TV advertisments for Big Bruiser. Merry Christmas, every...

Author: By Faye Levine, | Title: Big Bruiser, King Zor, Santa Claus Usher in Christmas | 12/13/1962 | See Source »

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