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...Honey, I forgot to duck." The President, a onetime radio sportscaster, borrowed that line from Prizefighter Jack Dempsey, who said it to his wife in 1926 after losing the world heavyweight championship to Gene Tunney...
Inevitably, there have been minor misunderstandings because of the differences in language and customs. One worker sandblasted the numbers 1 2 6 4 on a series of parts she was testing before she realized that her Japanese supervisor meant that she was to label them "one to 64." Mark Dempsey, 23, the plant's youngest supervisor, admits that there is still a vast cultural gap between the Japanese and Americans. Says he: "They do not realize that some of us live for the weekend, while lots of them live for the week -just so they can begin to work...
...Orleans Saints used this rule to set up Tom Dempsey's record-setting 63-yd. field goal...
...Dempsey and Dauer flied out but McGregor worked Robinson for a walk. Tanner had seen enough and called to the bullpen for veteran lefty Grant Jackson, who finished off the inning without allowing any damage to the Bucs' precarious lead...
Rich Dauer started the rally by doubling, and he moved to third on a Rick Dempsey single. Pirate shortshop Tim Foli misplayed a Scott MacGregor grounder to load the bases, and Kiko Garcia slammed home all three runners with a triple...