Word: franked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, Marathon Medalist Frank Shorter feels the long-range effect could be beneficial to U.S. athletics. Says he: "This is a shocker. It's time everyone woke up. We should do track the way it's done in tennis, where anyone can be a professional if he wants to, but amateurs and professionals can compete against each other. Maybe if Dwight's case gets enough attention, the IRS will do all of us a favor...
Despite his troubles, DiCarlo seemed unconcerned as election day approached. The Boston Globe predicted he would win. But the improbable happened: DiCarlo lost by 2,589 votes to a relatively unknown, 24-year-old alderman from Everett named Frank Mastrocola, who had pressed one issue hard -that his opponent had betrayed the public's trust. Said a chastened DiCarlo: "The people of this district have spoken and that's what counts...
...terms suggesting that what is being purveyed is merely conventional wisdom. Not long ago Runner's World, the amiable and authoritative magazine subscribed to by just about all serious foot flappers, published an article alleging that alcohol has not hurt the performances of several distance runners. Frank Shorter, the Olympic gold medalist, is said to have swallowed 1½2 to 2 liters of good German beer the night before he won the '72 marathon...
...Path Between the Seas looks back with frank admiration on the men and machines that toiled 44 years to join the Atlantic and Pacific oceans at the Isthmus of Panama. Historian David McCullough, 44, author of The Johnstown Flood and The Great Bridge, skirts such contemporary controversies as U.S. control over the Canal Zone. There is matter enough for him in history. The isthmus belonged to Colombia until 1903, when the U.S., under Teddy Roosevelt, encouraged a local revolt and sent American warships to block the landing of Colombian troops. Congressional doves objected to the gunboat diplomacy, but they were...
...other characters are less well-developed. Max, the eccentric rock critic, serves as a vehicle for easy humor, often at the expense of Stanley, the beleaguered ad manager. Rounding out the staff at each end are Lynn (Jill Eikenberry), the secretary, David (Bruce Kirby), the cub reporter, and Frank (Jon Korkes), the conscientious editor who is undercut repeatedly by his boss. What they all have in common, besides their affiliation with what Max calls the "Monongahela Backwash," is the low-keyed energy with which they are played. Michael, Laura, Harry et al seem like real people, even though they...