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...easily, almost automatically; not players just well on course like Kansas City's George Brett or San Diego's Steve Garvey; not players with evident Hall of Fame skills like Baltimore's Eddie Murray, Atlanta's Dale Murphy or Milwaukee's Robin Yount. But cinch Hall of Famers on temporary display outdoors: Cincinnati Catcher Johnny Bench, California Outfielder Reggie Jackson, California First Baseman Rod Carew, Philadelphia First Baseman Pete Rose, Philadelphia Second Baseman Joe Morgan, Boston First Baseman Carl Yastrzemski and six pitchers, Philadelphia's Steve Carlton, Houston's Nolan Ryan, Kansas City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: As Good as Anyone Ever | 8/22/1983 | See Source »

...strong nucleus of players at the so-called skill positions should make the Bulldogs a cinch to repeat as Ivy League grid champion, not withstanding a possibly potent challenge from Joe Restic's Crimson...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Ivy 'Dogcatchers On Yale's Tail | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...accessories vary so greatly that almost anyone can satisfy that metal urge. In New York City, street vendors hawk bronze leather shoulder bags for $23. A similar item at New York's Henri Bendel runs $165. Metallic belts can range from $2 for a gold cinch to $200 for a Judith Leiber number with handcrafted metal buckles from Bullock's Wilshire in Los Angeles. Miami's tony Twenty-Four Collection is devoting its entire holiday catalogue to metallics, from $124 gold-sprayed straw hats to $1,800 gold-striped snakeskin jackets. A gun-metal sweatshirt from Ultimo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: All That Glitters Is Sold | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

...Here's the thing," a man from Burgaw County, North Carolina, is telling me. "It weren't like what people think." Burgaw is blue mold and cinch weed country and the guy's name is Slade. Just Slade. "That's enough anyway," says Slade. He's about forty and nowadays he grows tobacco for a living...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: The King's Last Limousine | 6/30/1981 | See Source »

...whole hell of a lot going on in Knoxville for the weekend. The couple is in their forties. He's one of those incredibly wiry men and looks like a coal miner, only there's no coal mining in Knoxville, so he's probably a farmer. He's got cinch weed killer in the back of the truck. He's wearing a Chevy hat and chewing tobacco. There's nothing worse in the world than farming sometimes. His wife is all wrapped up in a windbreaker; a modified beehive hairdo. When they come in they seem embarrassed by the pretty...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: The King's Last Limousine | 6/30/1981 | See Source »

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