Word: fannings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Violence can be construed as the "essence" of hockey only in the sense that it is the attraction for the multitude who do not appreciate. To the true fan, violence is simply an inherent and (to an extent) controllable byproduct of this highly charged game in which emotion often gets the better of one's social graces...
...league, the Bullets have given Jones few opportunities to show that temper. At this point, they rate as co-favorites with the defending champion Celtics to win the N.B.A. title, and all the signs are propitious. A recent home game marked the reappearance of Dancing Harry, a high-stepping fan who is a master at putting the funky hex on opponents. Harry abandoned the Bullets four seasons ago and began to prance for the Knicks. New York won the championship a year later. Last season Harry cast his shimmying spells for the New York Nets in the A.B.A., and they...
Because the shit--the unavoidable fact that science at Harvard might not be so hallowed and immune to social pressures as science elsewhere--had hit the fan...
Around Philadelphia, Parent enjoys the perquisites that go with being a superstar. Industrial Valley Bank pays him generously to advertise: "Bernie Saves . . . at I.V.B.," and a popular local bumper sticker declares: ONLY THE LORD SAVES MORE THAN BERNIE PARENT. Bernie receives so much fan mail he has been forced to hire a secretary. Despite all the attention, he prefers quiet evenings at home with the family. "I've been trying to get Bernie to take me to a country and western show for years," says Carol. "He hates to get dressed up to go out any place...
...face of your usually reliable hockey reporting, it seems a shame that your picture captions often bear no resemblance to the photographs they are purported to describe. Last week, we were issued a picture of Jim McMahon, who was cleverly identified as Leigh Hogan. Any hockey fan worth his Section 18 seat can tell you that Hogan is number S. McMahon 15; that Hogan shoots right, and McMahon left: and that McMahon sports a mustache. The last time I looked, Hogan's upper maxilla was bare...