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...Western Michigan; 99. University of South Alabama; 100. Pete Varney; 101. Rich Reese; 102. Tom Zachry; 103. Jack Billingham; 104. Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Tommie Harper, Ken Williams, Bobby Bonds; 105. Dickie Kerr, Eddie Cicotte, Lefty Williams, Urban (Red) Faber; 106. Pete Fox, Charlie Gehringer, Hank Greenberg, Gee Walker; 107. 13-12; 108. 13; 109. Norm Cash; 110. .361; 111. Hal Newhouser; 112. Buck Weaver; 113. Red Schoendienst, Lou Brock; 114. John Matlack; 115. George Foster; 116. Mickey Mantle, Jimmie Foxx; 117. Chuck Klein, 170; 118. Stan Musial, Ernie Banks; 119. Al Kaline, Carl Yastrzemski, Lou Brock; 120. 96, Ninety...
...Science Editor Fred Golden's accompanying report on space exploration. A licensed pilot and irrepressible space buff, Hannifin has been covering NASA since it was NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, until 1958). Recalls Hannifin: "We used to talk about the 'new' turbojet engines, and, gee whiz! a supersonic airplane even seemed possible." Over the years, he met Rocket Wizard Wernher von Braun, covered blast-offs from Cape Kennedy...
...roller, known for his seat-of-the-pants decisions on programming. Pfeiffer is formal and controlled, a superb administrator, known for her idealism and belief in "high programming standards." Where Silverman's language is direct and often unprintable, Pfeiffer's fluctuates between girls' school ("Oh gosh, gee whiz") and "high IBM" ("I am on a steep learning curve...
...letup--the Vietnam generation turning its violence back on America, the helplessness of women (who do nothing but tremble and bawl, and like Cheryl repeat 90 times, "I'm scared"), the arrogance of power, the sadism built into our society. We are supposed to sit there mesmerized and say, "Gee, I never thought of that," as if we haven't been thinking all these things for a long time. It is no longer enough merely to throw such ideas into the air; it is necessary to say something about them...
...Clay Felker's New York (remember "The Pathetic Lies of Jimmy Carter"?), and the top non-fiction editor at Simon & Schuster wanted him to do a book. It was pickyer-topic time, but a succession of three-martini business lunches with the editor had elicited only a few "Gee, that'd make a great magazine article" ideas. Then, a radio announcer droned through the suds of Brill's quiet shower with a "piddling little item" about some Teamsters' local striking in upstate New York...