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...what city did Yankee relief pitcher Steve Hamilton throw up on the mound after he swallowed his chaw of tobacco...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reading Period Baseball Quiz | 5/17/1978 | See Source »

...their most recent game the Classics defeated the Holy Cross J.V., 74-58, behind Gordon "Big Spit" Johnson's 23 points. Johnson, who keeps a good-sized chaw in his mouth before ballgames, hates to ride the subway to local contests because he can only exercise his nickname when the train stops and the doors open at various stations...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: Harvard Classics: Not Another Gen Ed Requirement | 2/16/1978 | See Source »

...judge has few outside diversions except an occasional golf game, tinkering with grandfather clocks, and a periodic chaw of Red Man chewing tobacco. His capacity for work is remarkable, and he keeps his docket unusually current. If an attorney fails to file papers on time, Johnson is apt to call him personally-collect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Gilt-Edged Choice for the FBI | 8/29/1977 | See Source »

...cheekful of kat, they say, provides something of a high, makes them care less about heat and hunger, gives a general feeling of happiness, and enhances sexual potency. A local post office clerk, assessing the future with what appears to be typical lack of concern, shifts his chaw to the other cheek and says. "If things go bad, we will simply chew more kat, so we won't care as much. There is not much else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DJIBOUTI: Ceremonies at the Gate of Sorrows | 7/4/1977 | See Source »

Jamming a chaw of Beech-Nut tobacco into his cheek, Larry Csonka jumped into a blue Chevrolet pickup truck and, with his older brother Joe at the wheel, bounced down a deeply rutted, brown dirt road to get a close look at 80 acres of Ohio potato and corn fields up for rent. "It's real good land," Joe said as they surveyed the rolling countryside in the fresh fall air. "It's got good drainage and you can see the good crop growing here." Larry nodded. "We can use the land," he said. "Let's take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Csonked-Out | 11/10/1975 | See Source »

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