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...dittohead than a Howard fan, but he appreciates the appeal of Stern's relentless sex talk. "He is the bubbling up from the subconscious," says Greenfield. "If you're a guy and you look at a beautiful woman, the first thing you think of is the most elemental gamey horndog level of response. That's Howard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Big Mouths | 11/1/1993 | See Source »

WHAT A PERFECT TITLE. True Confessions. It has a gamey, drug-store-magazine sleaziness, hinting of muscle-bound stories about husky heroes and fallen ladies. Yet the name demands a double-take. Maybe this movie--with a Catholic priest as its central character--does show us what confession really does, or should, mean...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Less Than Ethereal | 10/14/1981 | See Source »

...gamey Radcliffe tennis squad bouncing back into Ivy league competition today in what promises to be a tooth-and-nail match against Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Netwomen Meet Yale; Captain Predicts Close Match | 4/21/1973 | See Source »

...working with someone who clings tenaciously to his problems. He can understand the tremendous demands placed on attendants and doctors alike, the energy which is required to understand and help a patient. To see a staff working in the fact of these odds is impressive. There is a strong, gamey spirit among the staff; they know the frustrations of their work and they know how to laugh when the problems threaten to undermine their belief in what they can do. And if you can convince them that you are willing to work hard, they will take a chance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Introduction | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

...with the greatness so suddenly thrust upon him. In the process he becomes even more bedraggled and gormless than the natives, and makes it incredible that anyone, much less a bright scornful girl like Pegeen Mike, could call him a lad with "a mighty spirit in him and a gamey heart...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: Playboy of the Western World | 2/28/1959 | See Source »

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