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...used judgeships as political payoffs less often than either Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown or Jerry Brown, the father and son who served immediately before and after him. Even a Carter campaign aide concedes: "You can't go after Reagan for appointing bad judges. That's a bum...
Bryant's ability to shape successful teams from the constantly changing lineups has made him a one-man institution of higher learning for football: 42 of his former assistants and players have become head football coaches in the colleges and pros, among them the Houston Oilers' Bum Phillips, L.S.U.'s Paul Dietzel, the Washington Redskins' Jack Pardee, the New York Giants' Ray Perkins and the University of Pittsburgh's Jackie Sherrill. More than 60 former Bryant players have gone on to the pros (including five last year alone), among them former Jets Quarterback...
From 1965 to 1967, lefthanded Kenny Stabler quarterbacked the Tide. Picked by the Oakland Raiders in 1968, he was their starting quarterback from 1973 through 1979, leading the team to a Super Bowl title in 1977. Traded to Houston last spring, he now finds himself working under Bum Phillips, a former Bryant assistant. Like Namath, Stabler was once thrown off the 'Bama team and reinstated after serving his penance. Stabler recalls...
...someone with the demeanor of an itinerant bum, the slouchy ambience of some Kerouac nomad, Waits has immersed himself in a demanding swarm of projects, committing his time and talents to a busy horde of movers and shakers. Apart from his current fall/winter tour and the Heart Attack and Vine LP (to be recorded with producer Bones Howe in early January), several motion picture forays are under way. One is a script co-written with writer/actor Paul Hampton called Why Is the Dream So Much Sweeter Than the Taste? "It's about a used car dealer in Southern California...
...three generations, U.S. Savings Bonds have been favored gifts for babies, college grads and newlyweds. In recent years, however, that so-called share of America has been a bum investment. Government bonds are safe, but the maximum interest of 7% has often been only half of that earned on almost equally secure bank savings certificates...