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...spite of the cold weather, Springfield managed to fill the small grandstand with an enthusiastic crowd, which included a small but vocal group of hecklers. When Crimson catcher Dick Diehl dropped a pitch, the fat little Springfield bat boy yelled, "Hey, frog, you slimy, slidey, goofy thing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity's Seventeen-Hit Barrage Stops Springfield 13-0 | 4/18/1962 | See Source »

...shoulder to the Greenwich Village waiter who pursued a nontipper out into the street crying: "No tip! No tip!"-employees around the country have by now established their own argot. A nontipper is universally called a "stiff," while in Boston he is also a "fishball." in New Orleans a "frog," in Seattle a "mossback," in Kansas City a "clutch," in Chicago a "snake" or a "lemon." Someone free with money is a "live one" ,or a "mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Customs: The Outstretched Palm | 6/23/1961 | See Source »

...Yorkers do: be yourself and tip everywhere as you would at home. In general, don't be a Willis Wayde; when in doubt, take a chance on undertipping and see what happens. It may really be more fun to be a frog than a mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Customs: The Outstretched Palm | 6/23/1961 | See Source »

...seasoned players (including four 1960 U.S. Olympians) for the A.A.U. matches, Coach Schultz disregarded infighting tactics, concentrated instead on over-the-water passing, dribbling (done by keeping the ball abreast of the moving wave in front of the swimmer's head), pattern plays and calisthenics. Sample exercise: the "frog kick, scissors, and go," a darting, leaping movement designed to get the jump on the opposing team in a fast break. "We don't spend two minutes teaching any rough stuff," said Lynwood Captain Ron Severa. "The players learn it anyway. It's self-preservation, you know." Such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Underwater Mayhem | 6/2/1961 | See Source »

...Fate Is the Hunter, Gann (3) 5. Who Killed Society? Amory (5) √ 6. Skyline, Fowler (7) 7. Japanese Inn, Statler (10) √ 8. The White Nile, Moorehead (9) 9. The The Frog, MacIver 10. Science and Government, Snow

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Apr. 21, 1961 | 4/21/1961 | See Source »

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