Word: dogged
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Best of the bunch is Pete Rose, 26, a brassy, bristle-topped Irishman, whose flip tongue and frenetic brand of baseball have injected fresh breath into an increasingly stale game. His zest once branded him a showoff. "In the minors, they called me 'Hot Dog' and 'Hollywood,' " he snorts, "but they don't holler at me in the majors." They certainly don't. Spraying hits from either side of the plate, Rightfielder Rose has batted better than .300 in each of the past three seasons. This year, with a .327 average, he is fighting...
Back in the days when two stuffed turtledoves under glass decorated many a tasteful parlor, whole families sat for hours poring over the treasures in a Sears catalogue. It was called "the wishing book," and it was usually tattered and dog-eared by the time somebody punched a hole in it and hung it in the family privy. When this particular catalogue appeared, the firm of Sears Roebuck and Co.-founded by Richard W. Sears, a former railroad-station agent, and Alvah Roebuck, a watch repairman -was four years old and prospering...
...also an epoch when ordinary folks were beginning to yearn for "nice things" and even a few luxuries-if they were cheap enough and guaranteed to be durable. It was an enjoyment simply to peruse the bargains offered in men's toupees and nerve pills, mowing machines and dog-powered churns, foot scrapers and kraut cutters. Sears sewing machines and wagons, forges or stoves, were guaranteed to give the purchaser status ("The neighbors would admire it once they were permitted to inspect...
...Mirage's parents are no longer ordinary. Jack Ward, the Connecticut breeder who paid $6,000 for Persian Road II, has reportedly been offered six figures for the stallion; Home by Dark was purchased last week by James J. Hoolahan, an advertising executive, and John Gaines, of the dog-food family...
...when our hero is king of the music mountain, he sings a last rock song about "Flipping Out". Then he asserts his individuality by saying "fuck you" to the world in general and the audience in particular, and singing again the quaint folk song "Little White Dog" which began the debacle...