Word: dicks
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That work consisted of more than 400 short stories, film scripts of his novel Fahrenheit 451 for Francois Truffaut and of Moby Dick for John Huston, TV adaptations of Bradbury tales, plus poems, articles and plays. By his early 20s, the son of an impoverished electrical lineman had begun to write his way out of the Depression. The familiar Bradbury style was set early: an amalgam of myth, sentiment and evocations of Poe and H.G. Wells. At 26 he was already being asked where he got all his ideas. With that kind of reader interest, he felt secure enough...
This from a team that was one of the last in the nation to run from the Single-Wing offense. Princeton ran the Single Wing--an anthropological relic from the Stone Age--when Dick Kazmaier won the Heisman Trophy...
Answer to this week's trivia quiz: halfback Dick Kazmaier won the Heisman...
...thought Charlie was in complete command, and [pitching coach] Gary Blaylock and I agreed it was his game to win or lose," Royals Manager Dick Howser said...
...away to Texas a game behind, while Kansas City awaited the Oakland A's and the champagne. Of last year's four playoff teams, including the popular Cubs, the promising Padres and the pre- eminent Tigers, only the modest Royals have endured. "It's great to be great," said Dick Howser, a manager whose achievements exceed his reputation, "but there's a joy in being competitive...