Word: cupfuls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Without even pausing for a cup of coffee, Bishop drove back to his office, where he began seeing patients: a construction worker with a sprained shoulder, an obese teen-ager trying to shed pounds, several elderly women with high blood pressure, a man with an inflamed prostate and a 25-year-old girl who had missed several periods. He inquired not only about his patients' health, but also about their families', carefully explained every diagnosis, answered all questions and charged only $10 for an office visit...
...half a can of beer for breakfast," he whispers, "and it tasted great!" Why does the director of so many he-man shoot-'em-ups whisper? No one has ever dared to ask, but as a technique it has its advantages. When Peckinpah whispers, people cup their ears and listen-or they may not be around for whisper No. 2. The mortality rate on the ordinary Peckinpah picture is about half that of lemmings in leap year...
...fairway leading uphill to the 18th green and into the rough. He slapped his second shot into a steeply escaped bunker in front of the green and a semi-explosion shot left him 40 feet from the pin. Green bladed his second putt into the center of the cup to avoid a playoff and in so doing moved into the pantheon of golf's immortals...
...saucepan: 1 cup sugar; ½ tsp. salt; 1 cup water; 5 tbsp. lard (try more modern shortening!); 1½ cup raisins: 1½ tsp. cinnamon; 1½ tsp. each, cloves and allspice...
Rich Reward. Seattle Slew will take a few months off. In the fall, fans and handicappers should have a chance to judge his greatness when he goes back to work at Belmont in the rich handicap and weight-for-age races like the Woodward and the Jockey Club Gold Cup. There is a good possibility of a dream race against Forego, the seven-year-old gelding that has been Horse of the Year for the past three years and is-unless Slew can beat him-the best horse now running. If Slew stays sound, his owners insist, they will race...