Word: dufferism
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WORCESTER--Mark Duffer was trying to explain the touchdown. He paused for the right words. Such a big play in such a big game deserved the proper descriptive language...
...Duffer could not have picked a better time. His team was behind with only three minutes in the game. His team was down. The fans were down. Defeat for the Holy Crusaders seemed certain...
...that turning 85 "is special enough." He still reads scripts, pursues his acting career, feels well and says, "I couldn't ask for anything more." Well, there is one thing: "I would like to have been able to do very good golf. I love the game." The hoofer-duffer may not be the pro on the fairway that he wants to be, but it is inconceivable that his swing could be anything but smooth...
...felt that I couldn't do as much or offer as much as I had in the past I was afraid of becoming an old duffer just hanging around, he said...
Walter Matthau, decked out in some excellent old-duffer makeup by Dick Smith (of The Godfather), is at some pains to be cute while he is at his most irascible. His portrait of Willy is too selfconscious, too deliberately insinuating. But George Burns, rasping and lively-eyed, makes a fine Al. Burns, 79, has always been the foremost purveyor of the sideways insult that comes in low and inside before it hits the mark. He has added just for the occasion a diabolical ingenuousness, which can raise hackles and laughter in equal, generous measure...